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Movie Info

Young Alexander Napoleon Ulysses LaTour (Joseph Boudreaux) is a Cajun boy who lives with his family and his beloved pet raccoon in the Louisiana bayou. When his father (Lionel Le Blanc) allows an oil barge to drill on the family's land, the boy has questions about the process and its safety. Although directed by noted documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty and sometimes misidentified as a true story, this is a scripted film commissioned and paid for by a major oil company.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Robert J. Flaherty
Producer:

Robert J. Flaherty
Writer:

Robert J. Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 28, 1948 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 10, 2017
Runtime:

1h 17m
Production Co:

Robert Flaherty Productions Inc. [us]
Sound Mix:

Mono
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.37:1)

Cast & Crew

Joseph Boudreaux
The Boy

Lionel Le Blanc
His Father

Mrs. E. Bienvenu
His Mother

Frank Hardy
The Driller

C.P. Guedry
The Boilerman

Robert J. Flaherty
Director

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Critic Reviews for Louisiana Story

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (3)

A powerful, swooning visualization of a wilderness childhood.

January 25, 2016 | Full Review…

Michael Sragow
New Yorker
It has a slender, appealing story, moments of agonizing suspense, vivid atmosphere and superlative photography.

February 26, 2008 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
Flaherty's narrative may seem slightly naive; but his vision of a child's myth-world, and the oilmen's intrusion and acceptance into it, is perhaps his greatest achievement.

February 9, 2006 | Full Review…

Time Out
The ring of sincerity is clear in Flaherty's film.

May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Bosley Crowther
New York Times
It's a solid but tedious industrial film showing the risks and rewards of getting oil out of the ground.

June 9, 2010 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
As adept as it is in photographing nature, Louisiana Story is weak in capturing culture.

February 26, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
One of all time best, and one of earliest, documentaries; with Robert Flaherty's deft style.

February 24, 2008 | Rating: 5/5

Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
...it's the virtuosic craftsmanship that makes Louisiana Story a genre classic.

April 9, 2006 | Full Review…

Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com
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September 23, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
Louisiana Story may be Flaherty's greatest work.

September 18, 2005 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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July 23, 2005 | Rating: 4/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
That Robert J. Flaherty managed to make a fascinating movie that also subtly chastises the massive oil interests (using their money to do it) is one for the record books.

October 29, 2003 | Rating: 86/100

Scott Weinberg
Apollo Guide