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Man from Plains
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jonathan Demme
Written by	Jonathan Demme
Produced by	Neda Armian
Starring	Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter
Cinematography	Declan Quinn
Edited by	Kate Amend
Music by	Djamel Benyelles Alejandro Escovedo Florent Prabel
Production company	Participant Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date	September 7, 2007 (2007-09-07) (Venice Film Festival)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$108,807^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]^[4] 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.^[5] The film won 3 awards at the 2007 Venice Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, EIUC Award and Biografilm Award.

Reception

Box office

The film grossed $108,807.^[1]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 83 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Man From Plains is a fascinating look at the former president's recent endeavors."^[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains The Numbers - Movie Box Office Data, Film Stars, Idle Speculation, accessed May 1, 2011.
^ Chris Tilly, "Demme 'Comes in Peace'," Archived 2007-05-26 at the Wayback Machine 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, "Demme Helms Docu on Carter for Participant", The Hollywood Reporter December 6, 2006, accessed May 3, 2007.
^ Nick Paumgarten, "Jimmy Carter Aloft", The New Yorker December 11, 2006, accessed May 3, 2007.
^ "Man from Plains Jonathan Demme" Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto International Film Festival official website "film schedules," accessed September 10, 2007.
^ "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
^ "Jimmy Carter Man from Plains". Metacritic. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

External links

Man from Plains on Participant Media
Man from Plains on Take Part
Man from Plains at IMDb

v t e Jonathan Demme
Filmography Unrealized projects
Feature films	Caged Heat (1974) Crazy Mama (1975) Fighting Mad (1976) Handle with Care (1977) Last Embrace (1979) Melvin and Howard (1980) Swing Shift (1984) Something Wild (1986) Married to the Mob (1988) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Philadelphia (1993) Beloved (1998) The Truth About Charlie (2002) The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Rachel Getting Married (2008) A Master Builder (2013) Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Concert and documenatary films	Stop Making Sense (1984) Swimming to Cambodia (1987) Cousin Bobby (1992) Storefront Hitchcock (1998) The Agronomist (2003) Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) Man from Plains (2007) Neil Young Trunk Show (2009) Neil Young Journeys (2011) Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016)
Television	Who Am I This Time? (1982)

v t e Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States (1977–1981) 76th Governor of Georgia (1971–1975) Georgia State Senator (1963–1967)
Presidency (timeline)	Transition Inauguration Timeline 1977 1978 1979 1980 January 1981 Political positions Judicial appointments controversies Executive Actions Executive Order 12036 Executive Order 12086 Executive Order 12148 Executive Order 12170 Executive Order 12172 Carter bonds Rabbit incident Catoctin Mountain Park Run Carter Doctrine Camp David Accords Egypt–Israel peace treaty Torrijos–Carter Treaties Iran hostage crisis Operation Eagle Claw Canadian Caper Engagement with Ruhollah Khomeini 1979 oil crisis Support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War Diplomatic relations with China Goldwater v. Carter Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 Senior Executive Service Strategic Arms Limitation Talks International trips 1980 Summer Olympics boycott Cannabis policy Community Reinvestment Act Airline Deregulation Act Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 Clean Water Act of 1977 Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977 Electronic Fund Transfer Act Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978 Right to Financial Privacy Act Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act Superfund Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Solar power at the White House Three Mile Island accident Presidential transition of Ronald Reagan
Speeches	Moral Equivalent of War Island of Stability A Crisis of Confidence State of the Union Addresses 1978 1979 1980 1981
Elections	Georgia gubernatorial elections 1966 1970 Presidential campaigns 1976 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1976 1980 Democratic National Conventions 1972 1976 1980 Presidential debates 1976 1980 Presidential elections 1976 1980
Post-presidency	Carter Center Presidential Library and Museum Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project The Elders Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter House Nairobi Agreement, 1999 One America Appeal Continuity of Government Commission Death and state funeral
Books	Everything to Gain (1987) The Hornet's Nest (2003) Our Endangered Values (2006) Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (2006) reaction and commentary Beyond the White House (2007) We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land (2009) White House Diary (2010) A Call to Action (2014) A Full Life (2015)
Awards and honors	Nobel Peace Prize Presidential Medal of Freedom Freedom of the City Silver Buffalo Award Philadelphia Liberty Medal United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights Hoover Medal Christopher Award Carter–Menil Human Rights Prize Grammy Award
Legacy	Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue (1976) USS Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (1987) Georgia State Capitol statue (1994)
Related	Plains, Georgia Birthplace Home Mary Prince (nanny) UFO incident Jimmy Carter (2002 television documentary) Man from Plains (2007 documentary) Eradication of dracunculiasis "Mush from the Wimp"
Family	Rosalynn Carter (wife) Jack Carter (son) Amy Carter (daughter) Jason Carter (grandson) James Earl Carter Sr. (father) Lillian Gordy Carter (mother) Gloria Carter Spann (sister) Ruth Carter Stapleton (sister) Billy Carter (brother) Emily Dolvin (aunt) Hugh Carter (cousin)
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Man from Plains

Festival screenings

Reception

Box office

Critical response

See also

References

External links

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