His lack of a father in his formative years leads to a wandering lifestyle to make ends meet. If anything good came from the Great Depression it was Woody Guthrie. Could I take a beating on the dead main street and still manage to keep going? He has a romance with Pauline before bringing his wife and three children from Pampa to a comfortable home in California. In addition with the Impact roster, wrestlers from All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), and Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), with which Impact Wrestling has partnerships also appeared on the card. During the show, an official video announcement confirmed the event would transpire at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on October 14, 2012. I read the whole thing hoping it would get better, and it did for short segments, but there was plenty of room in between. "[23] James Caldwell, a PWTorch columnist, had different feelings toward the event, stating that the finish to the main event was "fitting, a bad close to a bad PPV. I don't know the exact statistic, but I would guess that it covers no more than a few years, with an end title that tells us briefly of his death. On this schedule, the second Bound for Glory event was slotted to take place on October 22, 2006 though no location for the event was announced. As a fan of Guthrie's music and someone who has always been oddly drawn to the stories of depression era America (it's so surreal!) Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". The film looks beautiful and is more about Guthrie's music and its roots (almost a pre-cursor to Haynes' Bob Dylan bio-pic). The 2020 Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. Carradine and Cox give amazing performances, but the film falls a little short. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. This film is about a guy who had integrity. The eighth event in the Bound for Glory chronology was first announced on June 10, 2012 at the Slammiversary PPV to around the weekend where Sting would be formally inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame. The event was created in 2005 to serve as the company's flagship PPV event, similar to WWE's WrestleMania, in which wrestlers competed in various professional wrestling match types in what was the culmination of many feuds and storylines that occurred during the calendar year. He left his wife and kids with her family and jumped on a west bound freight. Exceptional look at Americans in protest. You Can't Scare Me, I'm Sticking to the Union. In execution, it turns out to be a lot more. All rights reserved. My knowledge of Woody was VERY limited to some songs and of course his son Arlo in "Alice's Restaurant". Boy was I wrong. David Carradine, looking suitably gaunt, tattered and worn-out (and doing his own astonishingly tuneful, subdued, rawboned singing with a hoarse, but sturdy baritone, plus playing a pretty mean acoustic guitar), gives a terrifically tenacious, touching and totally believable performance as legendary folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie in this excellent, engrossing, ruggedly authentic biopic about Guthrie's tough, but eventful formative years during the Great Depression. "And he had a to hell with you attitude. Tickets sales for the event went on sale on July 22, 2011. Nothing, that's what! Director Hal Ashby adapted this biopic from Guthrie's 1943 autobiography of the same title. Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. Directed by Hal Ashby, "Bound for Glory" is less a biopic of Woody Guthrie(David Carradine, in perhaps his best performance) than an origin story, set mostly in 1936. Perhaps you get a better sense of Guthrie in the second half of the film, but I had trouble keeping with it. I always loved it-my father had a story about when he met Woody, in the kitchen of some activist or another and I guess I'll always love it. "Bound for Glory" is a very long but utterly engrossing musical biography about an entertainer worth getting to know. The sequence, which looks . As a member of the Weavers, he had a string of hits, including a 1949 recording of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. It is popular among white supremacists. [17] On October 22, 2005 TNA held the second annualthe first being at TNA's Victory Road PPV event nearly a year earlierTotal Nonstop InterAction fanfest at the Doubletree Hotel in Orlando, Florida, where 800 fans were in attendance. Its interesting and kind of frightening at the same time. He keeps the characters somewhat honest but tends, rather unusually, to lean on the postive side. Finally, he goes to New York to campaign through his music. On June 19, 2005 at TNA's Slammiversary PPV event, TNA commentators Mike Tenay and Don West announced that the first Bound for Glory event would take place on October 23, 2005. Damn. The next day, Sting, in his interview with ESPN SportsCenter anchor Robert Flores, declared that the event would emanate from Philadelphia at the Liacouras Center on October 16, 2011. It didn't help that Guthrie turned out to be pretty selfish early on, and yes, a lot of famous people are flawed, but if you were to watch the first half of this movie without knowing who Guthrie is, you would wonder what the movie was about besides some random guy living through the dust bowl days. Director Hal Ashby Writers Robert Getchell (screenplay) Woody Guthrie (autobiography) Stars David Carradine Ronny Cox Melinda Dillon Carradine did his own singing which is impressing itself. It's kinda all over the map. He was trying to tell people about what he had seen when he made his way from east to west. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! [38] Sokol commented on the overall event stating that it was full of "several surprises, a card full of good matches and crowd that was so hot it would've melted the Impact Zone. [21] The main event on the card was Jeff Jarrett defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Rhino with Tito Ortiz as the Special Guest Referee, which Rhino won. [53] They felt the overall event was a "decent PeePeeVee." An excellent & absorbing Woody Guthrie bio film with a top-rate David Carradine performance, Evocative, thoughtful, gritty, and sometimes funnybut without a dynamic core. I've been listening to Woody's lyrics for more than half my life, thanks to the Mermaid Avenue albums and as a result of listening to those albums for the past 20+ years, those lyrics have bled into my life's philosophy. The 2016 edition took place on October 2, 2016 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. Regal [60] Later that evening, TNA issued their first public written statement regarding the event via a press release announcing that Bound for Glory would be held at the Bren Events Center located on the University of California at Irvine campus in Irvine, California; contradicting their earlier promotional video package proclaiming it would be held in Los Angeles. 411 Mania writer of the wrestling section, Colin Rinehart, rated the event an 8.5 out of 10, praising the show as "far and away TNA's best PPV of the year so far" and "probably the most consistently entertaining Bound for Glory yet in company history", giving it an "Easy and enthusiastic Thumbs Up." Overall he commented, "Bound for Glory was perhaps TNA's best offering of 2010". Bound for Glory was met with mixed to positive reviews. It reminded me of a few other books such as To Kill A Mocking Bird. The use of speech was excellent as I envisioned myself being in the 1940 as a child. This land was made for you and me.". Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. This allowed him to become the storyteller of the American Everyman during the depression. As others have mentioned the cinematography is fantastic. The 2018 edition took place on October 14, 2018 at the Melrose Ballroom in Astoria, Queens, New York. To be absolutely fair, the scenes of migrant workers' woes are at least equal to those in its predecessor. Enjoy. Director Hal Ashby's screen presentation of Woody Guthrie's autobiography is cinematic pleasure. Dont worry, it wont take long. Carradine and Wexler make it worth it, but I feel like somebody really dropped the ball here, and that this is one of the times where I think a remake is definitely warranted. His stories made me think, what would I have done in the same situation. Bob Kapur, from CANOE Slam, said that he enjoyed the event overall. I had a hard time getting into the first chapter, but once Woody started talking about his childhood, I was entranced. The maximum capacity of the Gwinnett Center is 13,000,[44] however only 4,000 were in attendance for the event. Guthrie was an amazing individual who road the rails for the life of it, and for that I gave this one more star that I would have otherwise. and the Bound for Glory: America in Coloris the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI). She ordered two copies. 4.5 out of 5 stars. Bound For Glory's depiction of Depression Era life is both accurate and eye-opening. But I did watch the thing all the way through--all 2 and a half hours of it. One can go into this film from several different angles, and be rewarded at every turn. Bound for Glory (frequently abbreviated to BFG) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced annually in October by the American Impact Wrestling promotion. A folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it or it could be. Woody Guthrie writes this book addressing issues such as: racism, classism, exploitation, and environmental degradation in America. The man was a musical genius, a visionary songwriter, and a great man, a man who never gave up on his dream, a man who gave up a lot of money so he could take his songs to the people, the people the songs were written by, and for, in the first place. [48] The TNA X Division and the TNA World Tag Team Championships were defended on the event's undercard. Woody Guthrie was integrity personified, a great American hero. I finally decided to read it and picked the audio book with Arlo Guthrie reading the book. To date, thirteen championship matches have taken place in the main event. He couldn't be bought off. Bound for Glory Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger (Foreword) 4.14 5,502 ratings304 reviews Want to read Kindle $9.99 Rate this book First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all. Also in the cast: John Lehne, Gail Strickland, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Elizabeth Macey and Randy Quaid. When he sings this land is your landthis land is my land its not an abstract that he sings about. In fact, for the first 45 minutes I was watching it on cable TV, I had no idea why I was watching it. There is relatively little in the way of story until the music side enters in. This book was in the house I grew up in (actually, apartment but you know what I mean). Guthrie decides that the best way for him to do his part is to become a folk singer for the poorest peoples of Northern Texas and depression-era Oklahoma. Enjoyed this film from beginning to the very end because it was so down to earth and told a great story about Woody Guthrie played by David Carradine. Parts of this book are brilliant, but there are a lot of gaps. [45] All three of TNA's active championships at the time were defended at the event, with a new championship being unveiled and the first champion being crowned at the event. He's just living the part. To appreciate what we now have one must sit through the "boring" parts to see how badly people lived during this time in the USA. I found this film to be enjoyable to spike the fact that it feels (at times) a bit "made for tv". Words that rip you up and make you laugh, that open up a whole world of childhood and poverty and madness, boom towns and dying towns and dead towns, immense kindness and violence and desperation. In one of his many masterpieces throughout the '70s, Hal Ashby tells the story of Woody Guthrie (David Carradine) during the folk singer's Depression-era travels, and how he got politicized. Bob Dylan's music turned me on to Woody Guthrie. But this book is about much more than about the troubles of America in his early life. The pivotal Steadicam sequence that first captivated industry insiders involved David Carradine 's amble through a migrant camp. Before the event began TNA aired a thirty-minute pre-show with Sonjay Dutt defeating Alex Shelley, Austin Aries, and Roderick Strong in a match involving four participants. Late June, TNA President Dixie Carter stated via Twitter that Bound for Glory would take place in a city not yet visited by the company and be revealed during the telecast of the July 5 edition of Impact Wrestling. On October 7th Impact Wrestling presents its biggest fall spectacular live on FITE - it's Bound for Glory 2022. The 2017 edition took place on November 5, 2017 at the Aberdeen Pavilion in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. "He had the right rural look and the musicianship," said Ashby. But I suppose that these are things that Woody has always been known for being the humanitarian that he is. The show's biggest matches delivered on a show that featured a weak undercard". There are certainly compensations, particularly Haskell Wexler's cinematography and Leonard Rosenman's music-adaptation, both of which won Oscars. Carradine's performance is mesmerizing to say the least and his underdog is more than likable. [55] All four of TNA's active championships at the time were defended at the event. Canadian Online Explorer pro wrestling section writer Matt Bishop graded the event a 7 out of 10, the same as last year's event. The action begins on the LIVE Countdown to Glory pre-show! I don't think it goes into his Grand Coulee Dam time frame--but it has been awhile since I read it. "[33] Caldwell also felt that the NWA World Tag Team Championship match was "just a notch below Sabin-Senshi for match of the night so far. The "story" was episodic and meandering. This partial autobiography was written in 1943 and is an account of Guthrie's life and his reflections on America in the 1930s. [32], Hailing from Plymouth, Michigan at the Compuware Sports Arena on October 22, 2006 TNA held the second annual Bound for Glory event, where it featured eight professional wrestling matches. Copyright Fandango. I now own a copy, which will allow me to GASP! The film stars David Carradine as folk singer Woody Guthrie, with Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka and Randy Quaid. [31] The song Enemy by the American heavy metal band Fozzy was used as the official theme of the show. About the pre-main event Lethal Lockdown match, Allely said, "Lethal Lockdown was everything it should be, a full-throttle cage match where all hell breaks loose and the opposing teams finally get the chance to work through their differences with the cage and weapons as added extras". We actually learn very little about Woody Guthrie's life. the book starts with him as a hobo stealing a ride on a train along with a bunch of other travellers. I mean it was the quiet film in a year which consisted of "Rocky", "Network", "All the President's Men" and "Taxi Driver". Lovely to see Carradine as a young guy, having seen him in Kill Bill I/II. Both images derive from albums . It's definitely one of his best. Bound for Glory 1976 PG 2 h 27 m IMDb RATING 7.3 /10 5.3K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:39 1 Video 99+ Photos Biography Drama Music The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer. "[3] The event was released on DVD on January 6, 2009 by TNA Home Video. Haven't seen _Kung Fu_ (yet). Nothing much was happening. [62] In August 2009, the official site for the fifth incarnation was opened at BoundforGlory5.com; Crawl Back In, a single by the rock band Dead by Sunrise to be featured on their debut album Out of Ashes was announced as the official theme song of the event on the site. Bishop felt that the company delivered its best show in recent memory that was marred by a "horrendous finish in the main event", but went on to call the action, "outstanding". Ashby wanted a "big" freight train for the movie, as opposed to the shorter trains commonly used in filmmaking. Richard Dreyfuss was considered. A great story told by a great man. It came from a sense of caring about people. [38] The TNA X Division Championship was also defended by Senshi against Chris Sabin, which Sabin won to win the title. His lowest scores were for the Knockouts Title match that was given a 2 out of 10 and the Young-Jordan versus Neal-Moore match that was rated a dud. We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. He is writing in the style of Steinbeck, Sarayon, Twain and others and makes similar social commentaries by revealing to an equal degree that the characters could be blammed and fate can play a role. Great filmmaking. [61] Tickets for the event went on sale August 1, 2009. United Artists. However, he criticized the Magnus-Sting due to "The idea here was to make Magnus by having Sting lose clean in a back and forth contest. While they talk about their wealth and stuff, Woody says something that I'm probably not allowed to write here. As a Bob Dylan fan, I wanted to love this. Storyteller of the show 's biggest matches delivered on a west Bound.... 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