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12/30/06
Down from the Mountain (2001)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:30
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: The musicians behind the Soggy Bottom Boys, which is the name of the fictional bluegrass band in the Coen brothers's movie O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?, are featured in this documentary, which... [More]
Starring: T-Bone Burnett, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, John Hartford
Director: Nicholas Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Reviews for Down from the Mountain
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01/26/06
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11/07/01
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10/29/01
Top CriticIt's impossible to deny the unalloyed joy that the film gives the spectator.
10/21/01
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12/06/05
Top CriticNo review available.
01/29/05
A beautifully done record of a very unusual event – and one that inadvertently serves as a testament to John Hartford, making it a very special document of musical history.
02/18/04
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03/10/03
Now if you're looking for an in-depth study of the music, look elsewhere. This movie is strictly about the one event [a benefit concert (for the Country Music Hall of Fame 2001)].
12/08/02
Top CriticFeels glossed over and incomplete.
11/23/02
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08/09/02
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06/01/02
A film that's lovely to hear, though not much to look at.
05/31/02
The music is grand, the performances are direct and Down From the Mountain is unpretentious in its presentation of both.
01/06/02
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12/16/01
Top CriticIn her performances and asides to the documentarians, it is Welch who best articulates why this music is so moving.
11/08/01
Has the ease of a casual get-together by musicians who enjoy jamming with each other and who give us the privilege to sit there and listen and watch.
10/27/01
Hardly a groundbreaking concert movie, but it's a creditably agreeable one.
10/25/01
A Polaroid sprung to life.
10/25/01
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