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10/29/01
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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
Theatrical Release:Jun 15, 2001 Limited
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
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12/16/01
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
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12/06/05
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01/26/06
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12/30/06
If you have any affection at all for traditional American music, the movie itself ... is pretty close to heaven.
09/07/01
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11/07/01
A Polaroid sprung to life.
10/25/01
Like the old-timey music that inspired it, Down From the Mountain is sweet, serene and utterly unconcerned with polish.
10/12/01
Top CriticIn her performances and asides to the documentarians, it is Welch who best articulates why this music is so moving.
11/08/01
Top CriticThere are plenty of musical highlights here.
10/04/01
Roots-music lovers will find plenty here to applaud.
09/07/01
Valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity.
09/07/01
Top CriticIf this picture doesn't set your toe tapping and your spirit soaring, you'd better check your pulse.
08/30/01
It's impossible to deny the unalloyed joy that the film gives the spectator.
10/21/01
It's poor filmmaking, but wonderful music.
10/22/01
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
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
'This is stupendous,' participant Welch says of the concert. Spectators will feel the same way.
09/07/01
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