Jump to content

Main menu Navigation ●Main page ●Contents ●Current events ●Random article ●About Wikipedia ●Contact us ●Donate Contribute ●Help ●Learn to edit ●Community portal ●Recent changes ●Upload file

●Create account ●Log in ●Create account ● Log in Pages for logged out editors learn more ●Contributions ●Talk

(Top) 1 Festival screenings 2 Box office 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Man from Plains

●Čeština ●Cymraeg ●Français ●Italiano ●Nederlands Edit links ●Article ●Talk ●Read ●Edit ●View history Tools Actions ●Read ●Edit ●View history General ●What links here ●Related changes ●Upload file ●Special pages ●Permanent link ●Page information ●Cite this page ●Get shortened URL ●Download QR code ●Wikidata item Print/export ●Download as PDF ●Printable version Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

[edit]

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.

Box office

[edit]

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

References

[edit]

^ ^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.

External links

[edit]

Man From Plains Participant Media
An intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter Take Part
Man from PlainsatIMDb

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)

Jimmy Carter

39th President of the United States (1977–1981)
76th Governor of Georgia (1971–1975)
Georgia State Senator (1963–1967)

Presidency
(timeline)

Foreign policy	Carter Doctrine Camp David Accords Egypt–Israel peace treaty Torrijos–Carter Treaties Iran hostage crisis International Emergency Economic Powers Act Executive Order 12170 Operation Eagle Claw Canadian Caper Engagement with Ruhollah Khomeini 1979 oil crisis Support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War Algiers Accords Iran–United States Claims Tribunal Diplomatic relations with China Goldwater v. Carter Strategic Arms Limitation Talks International trips 1980 Summer Olympics boycott Executive Order 12036 Refugee Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA Court Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978
Domestic policy	Cannabis policy Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 Senior Executive Service Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 Department of Education Organization Act U.S. Department of Education Executive Order 12148 Federal Emergency Management Agency Executive Order 12172 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Economic policy	Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980 Airline Deregulation Act Carter bonds Community Reinvestment Act DIDMC Act Electronic Fund Transfer Act Executive Order 12086 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977 Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council National security letter Right to Financial Privacy Act Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act Motor Carrier Act of 1980 National Aquaculture Act of 1980 Staggers Rail Act Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977 Revenue Act of 1978 Trade Agreements Act of 1979 Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980
Energy policy	U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Energy Security Act Synthetic Fuels Corporation National Energy Act Energy Tax Act National Energy Conservation Policy Act Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980 Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978
Environmental policy	Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Antarctic Conservation Act Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 Clean Water Act of 1977 Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978 Superfund Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry National Priorities List Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Three Mile Island accident investigation Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act