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Man from Plains
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Wikipedia article
'Man from Plains' (originally titled 'He Comes in Peace') is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Jonathan Demme, which chronicles former President of the United States Jimmy Carter's book tour across America to publicize his book 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid'.Chris Tilly, [http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1578.html "Demme 'Comes in Peace',"] 'The Time Out Movie Blog: This Week's Top Stories from the Movie World' (TOMB), 'Time Out London' December 5, 2006, accessed January 23, 2007.Borys Kitt and Nicole Sperling, [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i01ddb1dac0f7f4bd485b9e1f3984dd7a "Demme Helms Docu on Carter for Participant"], 'The Hollywood Reporter' December 6, 2006, accessed May 3, 2007.Nick Paumgarten, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/12/11/061211ta_talk_paumgarten "Jimmy Carter Aloft"], 'The New Yorker' December 11, 2006, accessed May 3, 2007.
For the book promotion, Carter grants interviews to selected newspapers, magazines, and television shows, such as CNN, PBS, Air America Radio, NPR, 'Chicago Life', 'Los Angeles Times', and 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'.
Festival screenings
'Man from Plains' debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2007.[http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/filmdetails.aspx?id=706281229381386 "'Man from Plains' Jonathan Demme"] , Toronto International Film Festival official website "film schedules", accessed September 10, 2007. The film won 3 awards at the 2007 Venice Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, EIUC Award and Biografilm Award.
Box office
The film grossed $108,807.[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/MFPLN.php Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains] The Numbers - Movie Box Office Data, Film Stars, Idle Speculation, accessed May 1, 2011.
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