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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Released By: MCA Universal Home Video   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: MCA Universal Home Video
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Apted
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
Published ID: 1832
UPC: 025192042621, 025192675324, 8712273132211,
Plot: Loretta Lynn was one of the first female superstars in country music and remains a defining presence within the genre; with her strong, clear, hard-country voice and tough, no-nonsense songs about husbands who cheat and wives who weren't about to be pushed around, Lynn introduced a feminist mindset to Nashville years before the phrase women's liberation became common currency. Coal Miner's Daughter is a screen adaptation of Lynn's autobiography, starring Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn. One of eight children born to Ted Webb (Levon Helm), a coal miner raising a family despite grinding poverty in Butcher's Holler, KY, Loretta married Dolittle Mooney Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones) when she was only 13 years old. A mother of four by the time she was 20, Lynn began singing the occasional song at local honky-tonks on weekends, and at 25, she cut (at Mooney's suggestion) a demo tape that earned her a deal with an independent record label. Loretta and Mooney's tireless promotion of the record (including a long road trip through the south in which they stopped at every country radio station they could find) paid off -- Loretta's first single, Honky Tonk Girl, hit the charts and earned her a spot on the Grand Ole Opry. Stardom called and Loretta never looked back, but success brought with it both joy (a long string of hit records and sold-out concerts and a close friendship with Patsy Cline) and sorrow (a nervous breakdown brought on by overwork and a great deal of stress to a marriage that endured -- but just barely). Sissy Spacek won an Academy award for her vivid, thoroughly natural performance as Loretta (she also did her own singing), and Levon Helm (drummer for the legendary rock group the Band) made an impressive screen debut as her father. Ernest Tubb makes a cameo appearance as himself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Coal Miner's Daughter
Added 11/5/2009

I have always enjoyed this movie and Sissy Spacek played the part of Loretta Lynn beautifully.
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loretta lynn coal miner daughter
Added 10/12/2009

I love the DVD movie of Loretta Lynn.
We went to her Ranch this fall and got to go Thru her house and re-created Butcher Holler home , and learned alot
of the movie was film there..
We didn't get to meet Loretta but did get the met Betty Sue and Cissy.. They was very nice and easy to talk to..It was great.
It just made the movie more special..
We got 3 DVD in all 2 of the DVD was gifts , which they loved also....
Also Amazon shipped fast and it was a great price......
NOTE; I also found this book .....Still Woman Enough: A Memoir.. wrote by Loretta,
that tell alot that is not in the movie .. Check it out.. it is great :)

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Satisfied Customer
Added 9/30/2009

Would buy again from this seller. Item arrived quickly, and in condition described.
Thanks so much!

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
"One Of The Best Bios Of All-Time!"
Added 7/9/2009

Sissy Spacek won the 1980 Academy Award as Best Actress playing country music legend Loretta Lynn. Spacek was actually Loretta's first choice when asked who should play her. Based on the autobiography by Lynn, "Coal Miners Daughter" continues to be one of the best biopics Hollywood has ever produced. Loretta's hardships growing up in a small coal mining town in Kentucky, her marriage at 13 to the man of her dreams, the birth of her children, and her eventual stardom, are all covered nicely in this beautiful film. Tommy Lee Jones is excellent as Loretta's husband and Beverly D'Angelo is superb as Lynn's best friend and idol Patsy Cline. Both Spacek and D'Angelo also did all their own singing for the movie.
Among the many special features on this DVD are interviews with Loretta Lynn, Sissy Spacek, and others. There is also a wonderful commentary track by Spacek and Michael Apted who directed the feature.
The movie is a little over two hours long and comes in anamorphic widescreen.
For lovers of country music Hollywood is currently working on a feature film about one of Loretta's best friends, Dolly Parton. The movie is expected to be released in the next two years.

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One of the best biopics you'll ever see
Added 6/16/2009

Released in 1980, "Coal Miner's Daughter" tells the true story of Loretta Lynn and her amazing journey from a poor Kentucky Coal Miner's daughter to the "First Lady" of Country music.

Let me stress that you don't have to like Country music to enjoy this movie. Heck, I'm into the heavier side of metal and the film had no problem pulling me in. As a matter of fact, I wasn't even in the mood for this type of film last night, yet after a mere 35 minutes or so I was spellbound until the end; not to mention I found myself today watching music videos of Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline on youtube (!!).

Sissy Spacek and a young Tommy Lee Jones play Loretta and her husband, while Beverly D'Angelo has a small-but-significant role as Patsy Cline. The acting is so stellar that it seems like you're watching real people.

It's useless to cite best scenes because this is the type of of high-quality film where you just press 'play' and enjoy from beginning to end.

One segment I'd like to comment on, though, is where Loretta and her husband (Oliver "Mooney") come back to Kentucky from Custer, Washington, for the funeral of Loretta's dad. After the funeral Oliver points out that, if they're ever going to make it in the music biz, they have to act now and travel to all the radio stations and push her first single. They put in the time and sweat and the song -- "Honky Tonk Girl" -- became a breakthrough hit. What's the point? We must be sensitive to the critical times in our lives when we must step out in faith and ACT if we want to be successful in our chosen call. If Loretta and Mooney hadn't put the meddle to the peddle at that critical moment you probably wouldn't be reading this.

There are numerous other great segments, including Loretta's relationship with Patsy Cline and her moving breakdown on stage near the end.

The film runs 2 hours and 5 minutes and was filmed in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.

PERSONAL GRADE: A

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Coal Miner's Daughter
Added 11/5/2009

I have always enjoyed this movie and Sissy Spacek played the part of Loretta Lynn beautifully.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
loretta lynn coal miner daughter
Added 10/12/2009

I love the DVD movie of Loretta Lynn.
We went to her Ranch this fall and got to go Thru her house and re-created Butcher Holler home , and learned alot
of the movie was film there..
We didn't get to meet Loretta but did get the met Betty Sue and Cissy.. They was very nice and easy to talk to..It was great.
It just made the movie more special..
We got 3 DVD in all 2 of the DVD was gifts , which they loved also....
Also Amazon shipped fast and it was a great price......
NOTE; I also found this book .....Still Woman Enough: A Memoir.. wrote by Loretta,
that tell alot that is not in the movie .. Check it out.. it is great :)

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Satisfied Customer
Added 9/30/2009

Would buy again from this seller. Item arrived quickly, and in condition described.
Thanks so much!

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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