Bound for Glory (1976) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Central protagonist and folk musician navigating the Great Depression. He consistently prioritizes protest songs and working-class advocacy over financial stability, repeatedly clashing with employers...
Union organizer who introduces Guthrie to labor activism. He aids Guthrie in securing a radio position, protects him from company thugs during a disruptive gathering, and later informs him about a coa...
Guthrie's wife, initially frustrated by his abandonment of painting work for music. She later relocates to Los Angeles with their children but eventually leaves him and their daughters before his fina...
Radio station owner who demands Guthrie abandon union and protest songs in favor of mainstream entertainment. He repeatedly fires Guthrie for refusing to compromise his artistic message, representing...
A fellow hobbo Guthrie encounters while riding trains. They jump trains together during a fight, but their paths diverge when Slim affords his fare and Guthrie continues his journey on foot.
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Locke employs Woody at a radio station, but later dismisses him after Woody resumes performing protest songs.
The plot identifies Mary as Woody's wife. Woody leaves her a note before departing, later brings her and their children to Los Angeles, and discovers...
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Ozark promotes union songs and labor activism, while Locke orders Woody to avoid union material and perform only entertainment.
Woody rides a train with Slim, and they jump to another train together when a fight breaks out.
Ozark arrives at the hobo camp performing union songs, escapes with Woody when company thugs disrupt the gathering, and helps him obtain a radio job.
Woody Guthrie repeatedly sacrifices security and commercial success to preserve his protest music and solidarity with working people.
Directed by Hal Ashby
Bound for Glory (1976) · 6.9/10 · drama, music
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