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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital Mono, English, Audio Commentary, Interviews, Spanish, French Subtitled
In the acclaimed performance that earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, Sissy Spacek stars as legendary Loretta Lynn, the dirt poor Appalachian Mountains girl who rose from humble beginnings to become the 'Queen of Country Music.' Tommy Lee Jones is Loretta's ambitious husband Mooney who takes Loretta away from her backwoods Appalachia home to be his child bride. At eighteen, the mother of four children still finds time to sing and write songs. Badgered into making a record and going to Nashville, she gets a chance at the Grand Ole Opry, which launches her career into super stardom.
"Spacek won well-deserved Oscar" Leonard Maltin
Editor's Note
The story of Loretta Lynn, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER charts the rise of the queen of country music from her upbringing in backwoods Appalachia to stardom at the Grand Ole Opry. One of eight children, she married at age 13 and was a mother of four at age 20. Shy and naive, she was pushed into music by her husband, Doolittle, who gave her a guitar instead of a ring for their wedding, in what was to be a career that also tracked her complicated relationship with this man. His strengths helped her create numerous hit singles, but his weaknesses inspired such immortal songs as "You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man." Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her virtuoso performance, mimicking Lynn's voice nearly perfectly, while Beverly D'Angelo solidly impersonates Patsy Cline; unlike other music biographies, this film features both actors using their own voices in the singing scenes. Country music legend Ernest Tubb also makes a cameo. For director Michael Apted, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER is one in a series of films--AGATHA, GORILLAS IN THE MIST, and NELL--he has made about strong, eccentric women.
Plot Summary
This biographical drama of Loretta Lynn, country music's grand dame, traces the highs and lows of her career from rustic Appalachia to stardom. The film, directed by the English director Michael Apted (NELL), stars Sissy Spacek in an Oscar-winning performance as Lynn. Tommy Lee Jones plays her husband, Doolittle, and Beverly D'Angelo appears as Patsy Cline.
| Features | Subtitles: Spanish, French | | President George Bush Sr. Salutes AFI And Coal Miner's Daughter | | Recommendations | | Audio: English, Spanish, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono | | Feature Commentary With Sissy Spacek And Director Michael Apted | | Tommy Lee Jones Remembers Coal Miner's Daughter | | An Exclusive Interview With Loretta Lynn And Director Michael Apted | | Widescreen Version | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 5/6/2003 |
| Running Time: 125 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1980 | | Catalog ID: 20426 | | UPC: 00025192042621 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1981) |  | Sissy Spacek, Winner, Best Actress | | | John W. Corso, et al., Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration | | | Ralf D. Bode, Nominee, Best Cinematography | | | Arthur Schmidt, Nominee, Best Film Editing | | | Bernard Schwartz, Nominee, Best Picture | |
Golden Globe (1981) | | Sissy Spacek, Winner, Best Motion Picture Actress-Musical/Comedy |
| Memorable Quotes| "If you born in the mountains, you got three choices: coal mine, moonshine, or moving on down the line."----Lee (William Sanderson) to Doolittle (Tommy Lee Jones) | | "This pie ain't the only thing salty about you."----Doolittle to Loretta (Sissy Spacek) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...A thoughtful, endearing film....Both Spacek and D'Angelo deserve a special nod of credit for doing all of their own singing with style and accuracy..." 02/20/1980New York Times
"...Four extraordinary performances....Spacek is luminous..." 03/07/1980 p.C8 Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 8 of 10
Rags-to-riches story of country singer Loretta Lynn is among the best musical bios ever made, though final quarter does slide over some ``down side'' details. Spacek won well-deserved Oscar (and did her own singing), but Jones, D'Angelo, and Helm (drummer for The Band) are just as good. - Leonard Maltin
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