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Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand

8.0 120 mins Documentary   Music   2005
Director(s): Kim Hopkins

"Man in the Sand" is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, which involved the musicians creating new music to accompany lyrics that were written decades earlier by folk singer Woody Guthrie. The project, which was organized by Woody's daughter Nora, spawned two albums: "Mermaid Avenue," released in 1998, and "Mermaid Avenue Vol. II," released in 2000.

Casts of Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand

Billy Bragg

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Jeff Tweedy

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Ken Coomer

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Jay Bennett

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John Stirratt

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Nora Guthrie

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Peter Jenner

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Corey Harris

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Arlo Guthrie

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Thelma Bray

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Allison Kelly

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Sarah Vowell

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Woody Guthrie

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