Rent Heartworn Highways (1976)
4.0 of 5 from 52 ratings
2h 30min
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- Synopsis:
'Heartworn Highways' is James Szalapski's fabled documentary about the rebirth of country music around Austin and Nashville in the mid-70's. This classic features Townes van Zandt, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Charlie Daniels, Steve Young, Gamble Rogers, David Allan Coe and Steve Earle, amongst numerous others. Heartworn Highways is a movie that affords not not only a rare insight into the lives of this unique set of maverick artists, but also the opportunity to experience their inspiring and beautiful music in both an ultimate setting and from an intensely personal perspective. This deluxe edition includes a transcribed interview with the Director Szalapski and additional written contributions from the other key players responsible for the movie's creation. It further includes over an hour of previously unseen footage and extra features that only serve to enhance the legendary status of Heartworn Highways. - Actors:
- David Allan Coe, Peggy Brooks, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Charlie Daniels, Steve Earle, Wayne Moss, Gamble Rogers, Glenn Stagner, Townes van Zandt, Larry Jon Wilson, Steve Young
- Directors:
- James Szalapski
- Producers:
- Graham Leader
- Writers:
- James Szalapski
- Studio:
- Snapper Music
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
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Worth it for the high points - Heartworn Highways review by TE
This document of the rougher end of the 'Outlaw Country' movement of the early 1970s has acquired something of a legendary status, largely because it is so hard to find without spending mega-bucks.
In truth, the best bits (which are indeed sublime) can be viewed on YouTube. The two songs by Townes Van Zandt, especially 'Fixing To Die', are spine-tingling records of a great songwriter before his fall.
There are many other good passages, but the amount of footage given to David Allan Coe is an embarrassment that probably explains why the film-makers have not re-released it. Coe brags about his exploits in prison, exploits that were later revealed to be untrue, and the sequence where he plays to the prison crowd is cringeworthy.
These were musicians who subverted the glitzy Nashville image of country music and who paved the way for the more rootsy Americana genre. It's a shame that this lumps them in with Mr Coe.
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