Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story (1983) (TV)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Dick Lowry

Writers:

Michael Bane (book)
Stephen Kandel (writer)

Release Date:

7 March 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music

Plot:

TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and aspiring to rise above it all. |

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Suicide Attempt | Musician | Accident | Country Music

Cast

Richard Thomas	...	Hank Williams, Jr.
Lenora May	...	Lisa
Liane Langland	...	June Bradshaw
Ann Gillespie	...	Becky
Merle Kilgore	...	Himself
Clu Gulager	...	J.R. Smith
Allyn Ann McLerie	...	Audrey Williams
Barton Heyman	...	Bobby Deane
Noble Willingham	...	Dr. Graham
Jay O. Sanders	...	Dick Willey
Christian Slater	...	Walt Willey
Jonathan Hogan	...	Dennis
Mickey Jones	...	Mickey
Naomi Judd	...	Redhead
Connie Freeman	...	Therapist

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L

Company:

Melpimene Productions

Standing in the shadow.

Better or worse; same song...same verse. Richard Thomas is unlikely cast as Hank Williams Jr. and actually makes the best of it. This TV docudrama depicts the rise of Bocephus as he overcomes alcoholism, a near fatal accident and most of all the long shadow of his beloved father. Factual or not, believe it or not this is an interesting story about a colorful character taking his own place in the history of Country Music. Fine supporting cast featuring: Clu Gulager, Allyn Ann McLerie, Merle Kilgore and Ann Gillespie. Of note is the small roles of Christian Slater and Naomi Judd. Of course Thomas "lip syncs" the singing voice of the real Hank Jr.