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Down from the Mountain (2001)

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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 0

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For their film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, set in the American South during the 1930s, filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen collaborated with musician, songwriter, and producer T-Bone Burnett to compile a score that reflected the rich variety of musical influences of the rural South during the Depression. Burnett brought together a veritable who's who of American roots music for the project, and while the film was a moderate success, the soundtrack album to O Brother, Where Art Thou? was a surprise

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All Critics (36) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (1) | DVD (6)

A film that's lovely to hear, though not much to look at.

May 31, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
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The music is grand, the performances are direct and Down From the Mountain is unpretentious in its presentation of both.

January 6, 2002
Washington Post
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In her performances and asides to the documentarians, it is Welch who best articulates why this music is so moving.

November 8, 2001
Philadelphia Inquirer
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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.

October 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee
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Like the old-timey music that inspired it, Down From the Mountain is sweet, serene and utterly unconcerned with polish.

October 12, 2001 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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A tender tribute to Hartford's spirit, and to the enduring value of the plaintive and celebratory music that emerged from this country's farm fields and front porches and backwoods churches.

September 21, 2001 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
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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.

February 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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)].

December 8, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Threat
Film Threat

Feels glossed over and incomplete.

November 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
Apollo Guide

Hardly a groundbreaking concert movie, but it's a creditably agreeable one.

October 25, 2001 Full Review Source: Oregonian
Oregonian

A Polaroid sprung to life.

October 25, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central
Film Freak Central

If you really like the music, I'd tell you to go out and purchase this disc for your own. I just wish there had been more once the music was finished.

October 22, 2001 Full Review Source: Needcoffee.com
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Audience Reviews for Down from the Mountain

A very enjoyable concert film and a must see for any fan of O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
March 31, 2012
Graham Jones

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The good: Absolutely beautiful, spine-tingling music, better than the studio soundtrack. Intimate close-ups with the musicians before the show. The bad: Two of the concert tracks were interrupted to cut to backstage. Bad move. And, inexplicably, the foot-stompin' classic, "Man of Constant Sorrow" is curiously absent from the performance. Overall, I almost gave this more than 4 stars. Anything that makes my spine tingle that much in the course of an hour usually deserves it. I was left wanting just a little bit more, though. The quality is somewhere between breathtaking concert and DVD featurette.
September 16, 2010
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