Summary
Another short documentary of "Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do!", Spend It All is Les Blank's spirited look at the French-speaking Cajun community of southwest Louisiana. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 83GoodWatch 78
Audience score92%
IMDb7.3
Running time
41 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −55 min on the typical 96
typical 9641Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1972
March 13, 1972
54 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
- United States
Directing · 2
- Les Blank Director, Editor, Cinematography
- Skip Gerson Co-Director, Sound
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Film 4 of 14 · after A Well Spent Life · then Dry Wood
- God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance (1968)
GoodWatch score 60Film 1
- The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968)
GoodWatch score 77Film 2
- A Well Spent Life (1971)
GoodWatch score 69Film 3
- Spend It All (1972)
GoodWatch score 78You're here
- Dry Wood (1973)
GoodWatch score 66Film 5
- Hot Pepper (1973)
GoodWatch score 68Film 6
- Always for Pleasure (1978)
GoodWatch score 74Film 7
- Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)
GoodWatch score 75Film 8
- Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)
GoodWatch score 65Film 9
- In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)
GoodWatch score 67Film 10
- Gap-Toothed Women (1987)
GoodWatch score 71Film 11
Film 12
- Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995)
GoodWatch score 63Film 13
- The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1995)
GoodWatch score 66Film 14
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