Rent Sweet Dreams: The Story of Patsy Cline (1985)
3.5 of 5 from 62 ratings
1h 50min
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- Synopsis:
- Sweet Dreams is a fitting tribute to timeless star Patsy Cline, a biopic that takes us from her upcoming days as bored housewife, to one of Nashville’s biggest sensations. Through her stormy marriage to lady-killer Charlie Dick, her life as an army wife and life on the road during her rise to fame, Lange delivers one of her best performances as the phenomenon who was Patsy Cline.
- Actors:
- Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley, Gary Basaraba, John Goodman, P.J. Soles, Terri Gardner, Caitlin Kelch, Robert L. Dasch, Courtney Parker, Coulton Edwards, Holly Filler, Bruce Kirby
- Directors:
- Karel Reisz
- Writers:
- Robert Getchell
- Studio:
- Momentum
- Genres:
- Drama, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Singer Biopics, Top 10 Czech Films, Top Films
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Reviews (1) of Sweet Dreams: The Story of Patsy Cline
Good - Sweet Dreams: The Story of Patsy Cline review by SB
Fairly straightforward biopic of Patsy Cline, who was possibly the best ever country music singer - at least in the 'heartbreak of love' sub-genre. She had plenty of material from her own life to feed her art. Jessica Lange gives a spirited but not over-the-top performance in the lead (she does not do the singing, which is dubbed in), and the no-good husband is played well by Ed Harris, never tipping over into caricature. The locations in 1950s southern USA are convincingly drawn in their ordinariness. This is not such a good film as 'Coalminer's Daughter', which covers similar territory, but is still well worth seeing.
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