Saturday, April 23, 2011

80's Movie Weekend



Sissy Spacek won a well-deserved Academy Award for her performance in this weekend's 80's movie flashback where she did her own singing. She starred in the biographical tale of country legend Loretta Lynn and her rise from humble beginnings to fortune and fame. Also starring Tommy Lee Jones as her abusive, alcoholic husband whom she married at the age of 13, here is "Coal Miner's Daughter"...

the trailer...



making her first public appearance in the movie...



Coal Miner's Daughter

Directed by Michael Apted
Produced by Bernard Schwartz
Written by Loretta Lynn
George Vecsey (autobiography)
Thomas Rickman
Starring Sissy Spacek
Tommy Lee Jones
Beverly D'Angelo
Levon Helm
Phyllis Boyens
Music by Owen Bradley
Cinematography Ralf D. Bode
Editing by Arthur Schmidt
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) March 7, 1980 (1980-03-07)
Running time 125 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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