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Director:
Writer:
Robert Getchell (writer)
Release Date:
2 October 1985 (USA)
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Plot:
Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
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(3 articles)
Candlelight Playhouse Announces A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline March 6 - May 31
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 23 February 2009, 9:15 AM, PST)
Always...Patsy Cline Hits The Road, Plays At Act 2/12-2/19
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 6 February 2009, 10:15 AM, PST)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 23 February 2009, 9:15 AM, PST)
Always...Patsy Cline Hits The Road, Plays At Act 2/12-2/19
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 6 February 2009, 10:15 AM, PST)
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Love Not Faded For Miss Patsy Cline
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jessica Lange | ... | Patsy Cline |
 | Ed Harris | ... | Charlie Dick |
 | Ann Wedgeworth | ... | Hilda Hensley |
 | David Clennon | ... | Randy Hughes |
 | James Staley | ... | Gerald Cline |
| Gary Basaraba | ... | Woodhouse |
 | John Goodman | ... | Otis |
 | P.J. Soles | ... | Wanda |
| Terri Gardner | ... | Old Singer |
| Caitlin Kelch | ... | Sylvia |
| Robert L. Dasch | ... | John |
| Courtney Parker | ... | Older Julie |
| Coulton Edwards | ... | Baby Randy |
| Holly Filler | ... | Madrine |
| Bruce Kirby | ... | Arthur Godfrey |
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115 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Sweden:11 |
USA:PG-13 |
Canada:AA (Ontario)
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The town used as Winchester, Virginia is actually Martinsburg, West Virginia (about a half hour away).
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Goofs:
Continuity: The object that Patsy cuts in the kitchen changes from a cake to a pie.
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Quotes:
Hilda Hensley:
Well, good morning.
Patsy Cline: Says who?
Hilda Hensley: Oh, for heavens sake girl, sit up and take nourishment. Charlie'll have his first leave in three weeks and you walk around with your lower lip draggin' the floor in front of you. You big bawl baby. I oughta fix you a sugar tit.
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Patsy Cline: Says who?
Hilda Hensley: Oh, for heavens sake girl, sit up and take nourishment. Charlie'll have his first leave in three weeks and you walk around with your lower lip draggin' the floor in front of you. You big bawl baby. I oughta fix you a sugar tit.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.76)" (2005)
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Soundtrack:
I Fall to Pieces
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As a cinematic biography of country/western singer Patsy Cline, "Sweet Dreams" is fairly good. The story takes place mostly in the 50s and 60s during which time she had already begun singing in local honky-tonks. The film's plot is straightforward and easy to follow. Production design is excellent. Overall acting quality is credible, with good performances from Jessica Lange as Patsy Cline; reliable Ed Harris as Patsy's redneck husband, Charlie Dick; and wonderful Ann Wedgeworth as Patsy's mother. Profuse country/western music helps make the film even more enjoyable, though I wish they could have found a spot in the film for "Faded Love", one of Cline's most popular songs.
Patsy was talented, ambitious, frustrated, determined, and outgoing. Charlie Dick comes across in the film as a jerk. And my main complaint about this film is that too much time is spent on him, rather than on Patsy and her career. The film's climax is not entirely consistent with known facts; but it is very dramatic.
"Sweet Dreams" will appeal to older viewers, as well as to those who like country/western music. And, of course, being a biography, the film will appeal to viewers who like real life stories.