director:
Louis Alvarez
/
Andy Kolker
playwright:
Lora Myers
/
Anderson Ferrell
actor:
Polly Holliday
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Molly Ivins
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罗伯特·克莱因
/
Trey Wilson
genre:
Documentary
region:
United States
language:
English
length: 56m
release date: 1988-07-05
IMDb: tt0303637
Overview
Rich in humor and regional color, this sometimes hilarious film uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes about the way other people speak. From Boston Brahmins to Black Louisiana teenagers, from Texas cowboys to New York professionals, American Tongues elicits funny, perceptive, sometimes shocking, and always telling comments on American English in all its diversity. (PBS)