The Great American Cowboy
| The Great American Cowboy | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kieth Merrill |
| Written by | Douglas Kent Hall |
| Produced by | Kieth Merrill[1] |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Joel McCrea[2] |
| Cinematography | Reed Smoot |
| Edited by | Kieth Merrill |
| Music by | Harold Farberman |
| Distributed by |
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Release date | 1973 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Great American Cowboy is a 1973 documentary film by Kieth Merrill.[5] The film, which won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,[6] is about the battle between two rodeo stars for the world championship: veteran Larry Mahan and newcomer Phil Lyne.[7]
See also[]
- List of American films of 1973
- Amazon-the 1997 short film that earned Merrill his second Oscar nomination
References[]
- ^ Documentary Oscars: 1974 Oscars
- ^ AllMovie
- ^ WorldCat.org
- ^ D23
- ^ FilmAffinity
- ^ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ TCM.com
External links[]
- The Great American Cowboy at the Internet Movie Database
- The Great American Cowboy is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Douglas Kent Hall official Web site
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Categories:
- English-language films
- 1973 films
- American films
- American documentary films
- Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
- Films directed by Kieth Merrill
- 1973 documentary films
- Rodeo in film
- Cowboy culture
- Sports documentary film stubs
- Rodeo stubs