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American Reel is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 4 november 2003 with David Carradine
American Reel (2003)
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Add to a movie listAmerican Reel is a 1999 drama film directed by Mark Archer and starring David Carradine, Michael Maloney, and Mariel Hemingway. The film is set in Chicago, Illinois, though primary filming locations included Fort Wayne, Indiana, Waterloo, Indiana, and Hicksville, Ohio.
American Reel was shown on a double bill with Kill Bill: Volume 2 on December 8, 2011, at the New Beverly Cinema.
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Country singer James Lee Springer (Carradine) has just become an overnight sensation—after 20 years of trying to make it by playing every honky-tonk west (and east) of the Big Muddy. But after so many years of waiting and hoping, the only question is whether it's all worth it.Actors
David Carradine
(James Lee Springer)
Michael Maloney
(Jason Fields)
Mariel Hemingway
(Disney Rifkin)
Mark Schiff
(Marvin Ayres)
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