However over time he reconsidered. This movie is for those viewers who can appreciate that many have struggled and suffered to bring this country to the point where some can be bored by a movie of this caliber. This proves how much of great Steadicam operation is reliant upon the . The film stars David Carradine as folk singer Woody Guthrie, with Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka and Randy Quaid. [48] The TNA X Division and the TNA World Tag Team Championships were defended on the event's undercard. This might be based on folk legend Woody Guthrie's autobiography, but it comes off as less of a biopic, and more of an origin story of sorts, basically a tale of how a situation not all that dissimilar from The Grapes of Wrath led to a man changing the face of folk music and specifically politically charged protest tunes. [7], Film critic Roger Ebert praised the film, calling it "one of the best looking films ever made." The biggest revelation, however, was David Carradine, who gives an amazing performance as Woody Guthrie. He runs off to ride the rails and becomes one of the most influential folk singers. And the movie isn't an interesting enough version of that sort of movie. Directed by Hal Ashby, "Bound for Glory" is less a biopic of Woody Guthrie(David Carradine, in perhaps his best performance) than an origin story, set mostly in 1936. [37] The main event on the card was Jeff Jarrett defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Sting in a Title vs. Career match with Kurt Angle as the Special Outside Enforcer; Sting won the encounter to become the new champion. Carradine's performance in "Bound for Glory" reminds me of two other, more recent performances in similar films: Ashley Judd in Victor Nunez's "Ruby in Paradise" and Peter Fonda in the role that gave him an Oscar nomination, "Ulee's Gold", also by Nunez. The eighth event in the Bound for Glory chronology was first announced on June 10, 2012 at the Slammiversary PPV to around the weekend where Sting would be formally inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame. Oh please: I grew up on Woody (from my parents) and then Arlo (my time). His lowest actual rating was given to the Knockouts Championship match at 1 and a half stars while the Extreme Monster's Ball match was simply rated a "DUD."[65]. It's a document of our country, our history, our heritage, and our lives. This was a series of fan interaction sessions, which allowed fans to get close and personal with their favorite stars for opportunities such as pictures, autographs and special interviews. By the time we found him, he was two miles away; and he had held up shooting for three hours.[2], The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad. I found this film to be enjoyable to spike the fact that it feels (at times) a bit "made for tv". Melinda Dillon, Randy Quaid and Ronny Cox are among the other players, but this is Carradine's show from the word go. I read once that Bob Dylan stated that this book was more influential to him than "On the Road." Dont worry, it wont take long. When he meets singer and union agitator Ozark Bule (Ronny Cox), Guthrie finds his populist political voice -- but at the expense of his personal life. So much so that I was left wishing it would have given more details about him and his life. When I went to a local book store to buy it the clerk in the music section was surprised firstly that it was still in publication having been written in the forties, and secondly that given thatthat they did not have it in stock! Styles and Tomko defeated Ron Killings and Rasheed Lucius Creed, who were accompanied by Adam Jonescollectively known as Team Pacmanto win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. In fact, Guthrie was never pressed to stop singing union-organizing songs; the station owner, Frank Burke, was a populist New Dealer who agreed with Guthrie. [8], The Academy Award-winning score was released internationally in 1976 by United Artists Records, in an album containing Leonard Roseman's music and Woody Guthrie's songs with David Carradine in the vocals. [40] On July 26, 2007 TNA sent out text messages to subscribers of their "TNA Mobile" service announcing that Bound for Glory 2007 would be held in Atlanta at the Gwinnett Center, which is actually located in the Duluth suburb of Atlanta. Plus, this film featured what I believe was the first steadicam-based long take tracking shot, and I generally just go nuts for that sort of things. After hearing great things about California including from those leaving for it and being unable to find work, he joins the migration westward to supposedly greener pastures via boxcar riding and hitchhiking, leaving a note to his wife promising to send for her and their children. [34] The last championship match was a Six Sides of Steel cage match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship, in which A.J. [39], The third installment of Bound for Glory was announced in early July 2007 via TNA's official website, with it being scheduled for October 14, 2007; no location for the event was announced. Woody meets up with some very poor people who were trying to make a living by picking crops in the fields for penny's a day and children deprived of food and shelter. Nothing, that's what! Woody discovers the low pay and absence of job security of California's casual labor fruit pickers and joins Ozark Bule in using music to fight for people's rights. See production, box office & company info. Guthrie's singing partner on KFVD radio in Los Angeles was not named Memphis Sue. Tim Buckley was going to be offered the part but died of a drug overdose. I think everyone should read it, and I feel that way about very few books. However, he criticized the Magnus-Sting due to "The idea here was to make Magnus by having Sting lose clean in a back and forth contest. The sequence, which looks . the stuff of legends, as they try not to be, as Woody Guthrie personifies the quest and struggle of the working man. However, his career as a mainstream performer was seriously curtailed by the Second Red Scare: he came under severe attack as a former member of the Communist Party of the United States of America. Director Hal Ashby's screen presentation of Woody Guthrie's autobiography is cinematic pleasure. Winning a war so gory, Ukraine. The song was later made famous by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who recorded an acoustic guitar version in the 1930s and later in the 1950s made another recording using an electric guitar. A great story told by a great man. There's not much music in here until the end, but his story itself reads as this jaw-dropping rambling epic earthy American folk ballad. In fairness, it does give us an idea of what the protagonist went through and what motivated his career, but is there not too much time spent on it? The top two highest rated bouts were given to Van Dam-Lynn that got 3 and 3/4 out of 5 stars and the Angle-Roode main event got 3 and a 1/2 out of 5 stars. Dylan biographers, and Dylan himself, often reference Guthries autobiography Bound for Glory. You Can't Scare Me, I'm Sticking to the Union. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". [25] On July 16, 2006 at TNA's Victory Road PPV event, TNA commentators Mike Tenay and Don West introduced a video package which announced that the second Bound for Glory event would be held in Detroit, however, its actual location was the charter township of Plymouth, Michigan at the Compuware Sports Arena, which is a suburb west of Detroit area. TNA also organized "Bound for Glory VIP Weekend", a series of fan interaction sessions over the event weekend, which allowed fans to get close and personal with their favorite stars for opportunities such as pictures, autographs and special interviews. I have an old paperback version of this book. The main event of 2010's Bound For Glory saw a fantastic triple threat match. [30] A thirty-minute "Road to Glory" special aired on October 21, 2006 highlighting the main matches on the card. Woody lives. For the adventure genre that the film best fits into, it is also relatively unexciting. He did not give an overall event rating. [16][17] Like previous monthly PPV events hosted by TNA, it was scheduled to take place at the TNA Impact! years old-in those days, we couldn't afford that many books and I read whatever I could). Trivia. The lowest went to Velvet Sky-Winter-Madison Rayne-Mickie James at 1 and a 1/4 stars. It takes patience to get through, but there are some good things in the end. The Dust Bowl overtakes his native Oklahoma in the early 1930s, and struggling young musician Woody Guthrie leaves his wife, Mary, to join the great westward migration to southern California. the book starts with him as a hobo stealing a ride on a train along with a bunch of other travellers. Nothing much was happening. Woody Guthrie (David Carradine) is struggling in the dusty small town of Pampa, Texas with his wife Mary (Melinda Dillon). Bob Kapur of the Slam Sports section of the Canadian Online Explorer rated the event a 9 out of 10. [7] The first TNA Women's Knockout Champion was crowned in Gail Kim, who defeated ten other female wrestlers in a Gauntlet match. Bound for Glory brings the Dust Bowl era to authentic life thanks to Haskell Wexler's opulent cinematography and Woody Guthrie's resonant music, capturing the American mood at the time as much as it does the folk singer's life. For 20th century history buffs, and music lovers of the folk time period this book is essential. IMPACT Wrestling is Bound For Glory, LIVE TONIGHT at 10pm ET on pay-per-view! All in all, this film is an overlong mess, but it does have its moments. and the [7] His lowest was given to the Fight for the Right Reverse Battle Royal, which was marked at half a star. In fact, for the first 45 minutes I was watching it on cable TV, I had no idea why I was watching it. In fact, for the first 45 minutes I was watching it on cable TV, I had no idea why I was watching it. Another early life full of tragedy and the constant symbolism of fire. David Carradine, looking suitably gaunt, tattered and worn-out (and doing his own astonishingly tuneful, subdued, rawboned singing with a hoarse, but sturdy baritone, plus playing a pretty mean acoustic guitar), gives a terrifically tenacious, touching and totally believable performance as legendary folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie in this excellent, engrossing, ruggedly authentic biopic about Guthrie's tough, but eventful formative years during the Great Depression. [61] On August 23, 2009, TNA published an article on their official site giving a first look at the Bound for Glory 2009 poster, which featured Sting, an updated Bound for Glory logo, advertising for the event, and the tagline "The Final Curtain?". He described the entire show as "It was just a show some good, some eh, but Bound for Glory should never be just a show, it's their Wrestlemania, except this year, it wasn't. An unusual film, it starts by depicting the harsh life that many had to live during the Depression era, but then about halfway through it takes a sharp turn to become a biography of a musician. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. [33] There were several matches featured on the event's undercard: an 8 Mile Street Fight resulting in a victory for Christian Cage over Rhino; and Samoa Joe defeating Brother Runt, Raven, and Abyss, who was accompanied by James Mitchell, in a Monster's Ball match with Jake Roberts as the Special Guest Referee. [38] Sokol commented on the overall event stating that it was full of "several surprises, a card full of good matches and crowd that was so hot it would've melted the Impact Zone. And basically all of the experiences shown onscreen can be seen in other films, most notably John Ford's brilliant American masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath. At its base, Bound for Glory is just a simple biopic about Woody Guthrie. I had compassion for his mother who was clearly mentally unwell and just how devastating it must be to keep losing your home. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. I've been listening to Woody's lyrics for more than half my life, thanks to the Mermaid Avenue albums and as a result of listening to those albums for the past 20+ years, those lyrics have bled into my life's philosophy. Bound for Glory is outstanding biographical cinema, not only of the late Woody Guthrie but also of the 1930s Depression era which served to disillusion, inspire and radicalize him and millions of. Bound for Glory (1976) - HD Trailer [1080p] Blazing Trailers 6.88K subscribers Subscribe 144 15K views 6 years ago Get it at Amazon! Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter An excellent & absorbing Woody Guthrie bio film with a top-rate David Carradine performance, Evocative, thoughtful, gritty, and sometimes funnybut without a dynamic core. When he meets singer and union agitator Ozark Bule, Guthrie finds his populist political voice -- but at the expense of his personal life. The reason Woody was fired was because after the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in 1939, he started singing songs that, mirroring the Communist Party line, denounced the war as a capitalist fraud. Found the movie to be "real". It manages to paint the glumness and the poverty of the Depression era so well that the sudden change in story direction just about violates what has gone before. "Bound for Glory" is a very long but utterly engrossing musical biography about an entertainer worth getting to know. "Once, when we were doing a scene, some migrant workers marched by. The pacing is pretty slow and uneven, and the way the film is structured is like this, too. "[43] The event was released on DVD on December 11, 2007 by TNA Home Video. At Victory Road, Christian Cage successfully retained his IMPACT World Title against Ace Austin in a hard-fought contest. Bound for Glory is the first film to ever use the new tool. The action was exciting and the story of the match was Hardy turning heel to win the title and join Immortal. "[23] He later stated that TNA "definitely lived up to its name, delivering Total Nonstop Action from top to bottom" with a "well-executed mixture of excellent storytelling in the Iron Man match, high-flying excitement in the Ultimate X match, and brutal hardcore violence in the Monsters Ball, this show is definitely one that has to be seen, either on the replay or on the DVD when it becomes available. Synopsis. 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