Rent Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
3.8 of 5 from 97 ratings
1h 59min
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- Synopsis:
- In the acclaimed performance that earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress Sissy Spacek stars as legendary Loretta Lynn, the dirt poor Appalachian Mountains girl who rose from humble beginnings to become the "Queen of Country Music". At eighteen, the mother of four children and busy housewife still finds time to write and sing songs at small fairs and local honky-tonks. Recognising her raw talent and huge potential, her ambitious husband Mooney (Tommy Lee Jones) prods her into making a record and going to Nashville. After a performance at the Grand Ole Opry the record becomes a smash hit launching her career to super stardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.
- Actors:
- Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens, Bill Anderson Jr., Foister Dickerson, Malla McCown, Pamela McCown, Kevin Salvilla, William Sanderson, Sissy Lucas, Pat Patterson, Brian Warf, Elizabeth Watson, Beverly D'Angelo, Bob Elkins, Bob Hannah, Ernest Tubb, Jennifer Beasley, Jessica Beasley
- Directors:
- Michael Apted
- Producers:
- Bernard Schwartz
- Writers:
- Thomas Rickman, Loretta Lynn, George Vecsey
- Others:
- Jim Alexander, Arthur Schmidt, Gordon Ecker Jr, Richard Portman, Roger Heman, Ralf D. Bode, John W. Corso, John M. Dwyer, Tom Rickman
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Singer Biopics, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Remembering Gena Rowlands, The Film Highlights of 1980, Top 10 Films By Year
- Awards:
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- Release Date:
- 24/04/2017
- Run Time:
- 124 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature Commentary with Sissy Spacek and Micheal Apted
- Tommy Lee Jones Remembers
- Interview with Loretta Lynn and Michael Apted
- Former President George Bush Sr. salutes 'Coal Miner's Daughter'
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Reviews (2) of Coal Miner's Daughter
US Country Music biopic - Coal Miner's Daughter review by Mr Aquarium
Gritty biopic of Loretta Lynn; her tough early upbringing and too-young marriage are shown sympathetically but with a realistic edge. The poor people of the Appalchian coalmining country are given their due by strong supporting actors, and Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones are convincing leads, always holding attention. If you like country & western, this is one of the best biopics; even if you don't, her story still resonates.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Very good - Coal Miner's Daughter review by SB
This biopic of Loretta Lynn's early days as she became a singer takes an unhurried approach as it builds the detail of her life as a child in rural mining country in Kentucky, then as a very young wife and mother (though not quite as young as the film says). But always engrossing, because of the authenticity of what we see. Tommy Lee Jones is very good in the potentially unsympathetic role of the impatient, hustling husband who sees a lot of potential and is prepared to work hard but has some emotional weaknesses. But the centre of this film is Sissy Spacek's raw but warm performance as Loretta. She is best in the first half, because that gives her more scope than the second – although she delivers the songs herself very well. For some actors a single performance defines their career, whatever else they do well, and at least she got the Oscar to recognise this one.
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