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Coal Miner's Daughter [Widescreen Collector's Editon]

Actor(s): Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens
Director(s): Michael Apted
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Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children
Movie Release: 1980
DVD Release: 05/06/2003
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 5 mins
Studio: Universal Studios
Members Wishing: 7
Genres: Drama, Musical Drama, Biopic [feature]
See Also: Coal Miner's Daughter [25th Anniversary], Coal Miner's Daughter

Synopsis

Loretta Lynn was one of the first female superstars in country music and remains a defining presence within the genre; with her strong, clear, hard-country voice and tough, no-nonsense songs about husbands who cheat and wives who weren't about to be pushed around, Lynn introduced a feminist mindset to Nashville years before the phrase "women's liberation" became common currency. Coal Miner's Daughter is a screen adaptation of Lynn's autobiography, starring Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn. One of eight children born to Ted Webb (Levon Helm), a coal miner raising a family despite grinding poverty in Butcher's Holler, KY, Loretta married Dolittle "Mooney" Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones) when she was only 13 years old. A mother of four by the time she was 20, Lynn began singing the occasional song at local honky-tonks on weekends, and at 25, she cut (at Mooney's suggestion) a demo tape that earned her a deal with an independent record label. Loretta and Mooney's tireless promotion of the record (including a long road trip through the south in which they stopped at every country radio station they could find) paid off -- Loretta's first single, "Honky Tonk Girl," hit the charts and earned her a spot on the Grand Ole Opry. Stardom called and Loretta never looked back, but success brought with it both joy (a long string of hit records and sold-out concerts and a close friendship with Patsy Cline) and sorrow (a nervous breakdown brought on by overwork and a great deal of stress to a marriage that endured -- but just barely). Sissy Spacek won an Academy award for her vivid, thoroughly natural performance as Loretta (she also did her own singing), and Levon Helm (drummer for the legendary rock group The Band) made an impressive screen debut as her father. Ernest Tubb makes a cameo appearance as himself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Sissy Spacek - Loretta Lynn
Tommy Lee Jones - Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn
Beverly D'Angelo - Patsy Cline
Levon Helm - Ted Webb
Phyllis Boyens - Clara Webb

Awards

1980	Best Actress (winner)	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Sissy Spacek
1980	Best Director (nominee)	Directors Guild of America	Michael Apted
1980	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com (nominee)	Golden Globe	Tommy Lee Jones
1980	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C (winner)	Golden Globe	Sissy Spacek
1980	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	Golden Globe	Beverly D'Angelo
1980	Best Actress (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Sissy Spacek
1980	Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Tom Rickman
1980	Best Art Direction (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	John M. Dwyer
1980	Best Art Direction (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	John W. Corso
1980	Best Cinematography (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Ralf Bode
1980	Best Editing (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Arthur Schmidt
1980	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Bernard Schwartz
1980	Best Sound (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Roger Heman
1980	Best Sound (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	James R. Alexander
1980	Best Sound (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Richard Portman
1980	Best Actress (winner)	National Board of Review	Sissy Spacek
1980	Best Actress (winner)	New York Film Critics Circle	Sissy Spacek

Editorial Review

Michael Apted's 1980 biopic Coal Miner's Daughter comes to DVD in this widescreen collector's edition from Universal. The original Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono soundtrack is presented in English. Optional subtitles are available in Spanish and French. An audio commentary track is provided by star Sissy Spacek and director Michael Apted. Special features include an interview with Tommy Lee Jones, an interview with the real-life Loretta Lynn, and a segment featuring President George Bush Sr. delivering a speech in a salute to the American Film Institute. This is an excellent DVD of an Academy Award-winning film. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Member Reviews

Aimee M. wrote on 4/1/2008...

0 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I am not a country music fan, so this movie bored me to tears. (Took me three days to watch it) BUT if you like country music, you'll like this movie fine enough. It is a biography, so obviously it moves slow in some parts. (Actually... moves slow in MOST parts)

Parents should know that since it is a true-to-life story, there are some adult situations such as a sex scene (brief and not too graphic, but referenced to later in vulgar terms) some marital fighting, a death of a friend, and plenty of language.