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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   2,019 votes
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Director:
Writers:
David Byrne (writer)
Beth Henley (writer)
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Release Date:
10 October 1986 (USA) more
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"It's a completely cool, multi-purpose movie." more
Plot:
David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town, on the eve of the town's celebration of the state's sesquicentennial... more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
"True" Is Stranger Than Fiction more (41 total)

Cast

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David Byrne ... Narrator / Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads singer

John Goodman ... Louis Fyne
Annie McEnroe ... Kay Culver
Jo Harvey Allen ... The Lying Woman

Spalding Gray ... Earl Culver

Alix Elias ... The Cute Woman
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples ... Mr. Tucker
Tito Larriva ... Ramon (as Humberto 'Tito' Larriva)
John Ingle ... The Preacher
Matthew Posey ... The Computer Guy

Swoosie Kurtz ... Miss Rollings
Freeman Beatty ... Lip-Syncher
Evelyn Box ... Hey Now Kid
Kevin Box ... Hey Now Kid
Amy Buffington ... Linda Culver
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Runtime:
90 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Most of the commercials seen before and during the Love for Sale musical number were genuine TV ads of the day, including Victor Kiam's famous Remington shaver ad with its slogan "I liked it so much, I bought the company!" According to Byrne, many of the characters in this film were inspired by actual supermarket tabloid stories. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The movie supposedly takes place in the town of Virgil, Texas. However, in one scene where little children in 4-H shirts are dancing in a field, a water tower is briefly visible in the background that clearly says "RED OAK". more
Quotes:
Narrator: Excuse me, Mr. Culver. I forget what these peppers represent. more
Movie Connections:
Features Aluminum on the March (1956) more
Soundtrack:
The Celebration Begins more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
"True" Is Stranger Than Fiction, 13 April 2002
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Author: EmperorNortonII from San Francisco, California

David Byrne creates a surreal musical in "True Stories." He acts as narrator on a tour of the small town of Virgil, Texas, which is preparing for the Texas Sesquicentennial with its "Celebration of Specialness." The town is full of strange but amiable characters, such as Louis Fyne, a lovelorn Varicorp employee; Mr. and Mrs. Culver, a happily married couple who never speak directly to each other; and Miss Rollings, a lazy rich woman who never gets out of bed. Also eye-catching are the weird visuals, like at the fashion show at the mall. Think of the whole thing as an oddball version of "Our Town." You may not understand it, but you'll probably enjoy it!

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