great, american, cowboy, album, sons, joaquin, great, american, cowboy, album, 1973, documentary, film, about, sport, rodeo, film, which, directed, kieth, merrill, notable, experimental, editing, camera, techniques, film, focuses, 1973, battle, rodeo, cowboys,. For the album by Sons of the San Joaquin see Great American Cowboy album The Great American Cowboy is a 1973 documentary film about the sport of rodeo The film which was directed by Kieth Merrill 5 is notable for its use of experimental editing and camera techniques 6 The film focuses on the 1973 battle for the Rodeo Cowboys Association RCA all around world championship race between seasoned veteran rodeo star Larry Mahan and more recent champion Phil Lyne Voiceover narration is provided by Hollywood actor Joel McCrea 7 The film won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 8 The Great American CowboyTheatrical release posterDirected byKieth MerrillWritten byDouglas Kent HallProduced byKieth Merrill 1 StarringLarry MahanPhil LyneNarrated byJoel McCrea 2 CinematographyReed SmootEdited byKieth MerrillMusic byHarold FarbermanDistributed byAmerican National EnterprisesWalt Disney Productions video release 3 4 Release date1973Running time89 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 300 000See also EditList of American films of 1973 Amazon the 1997 short film that earned Merrill his second Oscar nominationReferences Edit Documentary Oscars 1974 Oscars AllMovie WorldCat org D23 FilmAffinity RODEO IS THE MAN The Great American Cowboy 11 May 2016 TCM com The 46th Academy Awards 1974 Nominees and Winners oscars org Retrieved June 10 2019 External links EditThe Great American Cowboy at the Internet Movie Database The Great American Cowboy is available for free download at the Internet Archive Douglas Kent Hall official Web site An interview with Keith Merrill about the making of the film This article about a sports related documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This rodeo related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Great American Cowboy amp oldid 1144168167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
