This is a real-life rags to riches 'Cinderella' story.
Kentucky teenager Loretta Webb (impeccable performance by Sissy Spacek) meets "Doolite Lynn" (played by Tommy Lee Jones), a young man nearly 10 years her senior. They fall in love, get married, and raise a family. Impressed by his wife's natural singing skills, Doolittle coordinates reluctant Loretta's path to stardom in the Country Music business. Loretta's parents and "Patsy Cline" nearly steal the show.
Loretta succeeds in the the Country Music industry in spite of her appealing naiveté and lack of a formal education, and this fact is vividly portrayed in this 1980 movie classic.
Get out your handkerchief for the scene where Loretta learns of her friend's demise; it's one of the saddest I've ever seen in a movie.
The singing (by Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo) is quite impressive in this film.
I've read Loretta's book, "Still Woman Enough", which was written AFTER the death of her husband, Doolittle Lynn. While "Coal Miner's Daughter" is an excellent film, the movie (and the book) did not elaborate on the full extent of Loretta's abuse by her inconsiderate husband. Certain omissions were most likely intentional (in order to maintain harmony in the Lynn household). Loretta is a true classy lady.
"Coal Miner's Daughter" is an entertaining movie that depicts Loretta Lynn's impressive rise as one of Country Music's reigning female entertainers.
Kentucky teenager Loretta Webb (impeccable performance by Sissy Spacek) meets "Doolite Lynn" (played by Tommy Lee Jones), a young man nearly 10 years her senior. They fall in love, get married, and raise a family. Impressed by his wife's natural singing skills, Doolittle coordinates reluctant Loretta's path to stardom in the Country Music business. Loretta's parents and "Patsy Cline" nearly steal the show.
Loretta succeeds in the the Country Music industry in spite of her appealing naiveté and lack of a formal education, and this fact is vividly portrayed in this 1980 movie classic.
Get out your handkerchief for the scene where Loretta learns of her friend's demise; it's one of the saddest I've ever seen in a movie.
The singing (by Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo) is quite impressive in this film.
I've read Loretta's book, "Still Woman Enough", which was written AFTER the death of her husband, Doolittle Lynn. While "Coal Miner's Daughter" is an excellent film, the movie (and the book) did not elaborate on the full extent of Loretta's abuse by her inconsiderate husband. Certain omissions were most likely intentional (in order to maintain harmony in the Lynn household). Loretta is a true classy lady.
"Coal Miner's Daughter" is an entertaining movie that depicts Loretta Lynn's impressive rise as one of Country Music's reigning female entertainers.