Summary:
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. #... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Sissy Spacek - (Loretta Lynn)
Tommy Lee Jones - (Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn)
Beverly D'Angelo - (Patsy Cline)
Levon Helm - (Ted Webb)
Phyllis Boyens - (Clara Webb)
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Review:
One of the best music biopics ever made, this 1980 portrait of country singer Loretta Lynn features strong social commentary about Appalachian poverty and the hypocrisy of show business. Director Michael Apted seems to sneak these themes between the seams of a finely crafted melodrama that hews to the standard path of a star's rise, fall, and... Continue >>

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