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Writers:
Loretta Lynn (autobiography)
Thomas Rickman (writer)
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Release Date:
7 March 1980 (USA) more
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She was married at 13. She had four kids by the time she was 20. She's been hungry and poor. She's been loved and cheated on. She became a singer because it was the only thing she could do. She became a star because it was the only way she could do it.
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Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 7 wins & 13 nominations more
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Cast

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Sissy Spacek ... Loretta Lynn

Tommy Lee Jones ... 'Mooney' Lynn
Levon Helm ... Ted Webb
Phyllis Boyens ... 'Clary' Webb
Bill Anderson Jr. ... Webb child
Foister Dickerson ... Webb child
Malla McCown ... Webb child
Pamela McCown ... Webb child
Kevin Salvilla ... Webb child

William Sanderson ... Lee Dollarhide
Sissy Lucas ... Loretta & Mooney's child
Pat Patterson ... Loretta's child
Brian Warf ... Loretta & Mooney's child
Elizabeth Watson ... Loretta & Mooney's child

Beverly D'Angelo ... Patsy Cline
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125 min
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Loretta Lynn was named after actress Loretta Young, whom her mother thought looked pretty. more
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Anachronisms: The modern "Ludwig" logo on her drummer's bass drum did not appear until many years later. Levon Helm, who played Loretta's father, should have noted that, since he was the drummer for The Band, a successful rock group of the '60s. more
Quotes:
Loretta Lynn: [Loretta catches Doo with another woman] Woman, if you want to keep that arm, you better get it off my husband.
Girl at fairgrounds: Who are you telling what?
Loretta Lynn: I don't know who you are, but I know what you are.
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15 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
Honest and Accurate, 20 January 2002
Author: Nick-337 from Tennessee, USA

Coal Miner's Daughter spans the decades from 1948 Kentucky to the 1970's, when Loretta Lynn had a nervous breakdown and collapsed on stage. First off, the scenes in rural Kentucky are very familiar to anyone who grew up in the mountains at that time. My own grandmother had seven brothers and sisters, lived in a cabin, and married at age 15. So I've heard the stories of her growing up, and it's VERY close to what is depicted in this film. The Butcher Holler scenes are so realistic, they make you feel like you're right there. It wasn't like the Waltons, folks. This shows how it really was back then. I will always love Loretta for her honesty and I'm sure that many women can relate to her wedding night innocence. In fact she didn't know where the babies were coming from until the first four were born. By that time she was 18 years old. It was only after Loretta's father died in 1959 that she started singing in honky tonk bars. For anybody who loved the book as much as I did, I wish they would have shown how Loretta's career affected her children. By the time her twins were born she was on the road so much that she simply didn't have time to be an attentive mother. Success didn't bring lasting happiness. Loretta's busy career caused stress which led to her pill addiction and breakdown. The scenes of Nashville in the 1960's are very accurate and Loretta's friendship with Patsy Cline is fun to watch. Patsy was like a big sister and a mother figure to Loretta. She was brilliantly depicted by Beverly D' Angelo. Sissy Spacek became Loretta Lynn for this film and seeing is believing. She was very convincing as a 13-year-old. What an amazing performance. Tommy Lee Jones redeems the character of Doo for his bad behavior and in the end he is a supportive father and husband. Loretta's parents are portrayed very accurately by Levon Helm and Phyllis Boyens. I especially liked the mother's "squaw dance". Coal Miner's Daughter is a masterpiece as a song, a book, and especially a movie.

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