It was directed by Hal Ashby and adapted from Woody Guthrie's 1943 autobiography, Bound for Glory (co-written by Robert Getchell). It stars Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka and Randy Quaid. Much of the film is based on Guthrie's attempt to humanize the desperate Okie Dust Bowl refugees in California during the Great Depression. Many of the scenes were filmed in and around Bakersfield and Kern County, actual places of Dust Bowl strife and settlement. Guthrie is best known for his very popular folk songs, most notably, "This Land Is Your Land."

Bound for Glory was the first motion picture in which inventor Garrett Brown used his Steadicam invention for filming moving scenes. Director of Photography Haskell Wexler won an Oscar for Best Cinematography (1976).

Academy Awards

• 1977: Best Cinematography
• 1977: Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

Nominated:

• 1977:Best Picture
• 1977:Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
• 1977:Best Costume Design
• 1977:Best Film Editing

Other Awards

• 1976: National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Best Actor, - David Carradine
• 1977: National Society of Film Critics Award, Best Cinematography - Haskell Wexler
• 1976: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Best Cinematography - Haskell Wexler

Nominated:

• 1977: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama
• 1977: Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture - Hal Ashby
• 1977: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama - David Carradine
• 1977: Golden Globe Award, Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female - Melinda Dillon
• 1977: Writers Guild of America Award, Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium - Robert Getchell

External links

• Review Bound For Glory
• Hal Ashby