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Honkytonk Man

  • 19821982
  • PGPG
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
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A boy with a music talent goes on a journey with his uncle for a stage concert.A boy with a music talent goes on a journey with his uncle for a stage concert.A boy with a music talent goes on a journey with his uncle for a stage concert.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
8.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
15,822
887
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    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writer
      • Clancy Carlile(novel)
    • Stars
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Kyle Eastwood
      • John McIntire
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writer
      • Clancy Carlile(novel)
    • Stars
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Kyle Eastwood
      • John McIntire
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    • 44User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Honkytonk Man
    Trailer 2:24
    Honkytonk Man

    Photos51

    Clint Eastwood and Alexa Kenin in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Alexa Kenin in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood and Marty Robbins in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood and Alexa Kenin in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)

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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Red Stovall
    Kyle Eastwood
    Kyle Eastwood
    • Whit
    John McIntire
    John McIntire
    • Grandpa
    Alexa Kenin
    Alexa Kenin
    • Marlene
    Verna Bloom
    Verna Bloom
    • Emmy
    Matt Clark
    Matt Clark
    • Virgil
    Barry Corbin
    Barry Corbin
    • Arnspriger
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    • Snuffy
    Tim Thomerson
    Tim Thomerson
    • Highway Patrolman
    Macon McCalman
    Macon McCalman
    • Dr. Hines
    Joe Regalbuto
    Joe Regalbuto
    • Henry Axle
    Gary Grubbs
    Gary Grubbs
    • Jim Bob
    Rebecca Clemons
    • Belle
    Johnny Gimble
    • Bob Wills
    Linda Hopkins
    Linda Hopkins
    • Blues Singer
    Bette Ford
    Bette Ford
    • Lulu
    Jim Boelsen
    Jim Boelsen
    • Junior
    Tracey Walter
    Tracey Walter
    • Pooch
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writer
      • Clancy Carlile(novel) (screenplay)
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Clint Eastwood played his own guitar work and performed his own vocals for this movie.
    • Goofs
      Ryman Auditorium is used as the setting for the Opry. This venue was not used until the 1940s, and the movie takes place in the 1930s.
    • Quotes

      Highway Patrolman: [finds Marlene in the trunk of the car] Get out of there! It's against the law to ride in the trunk in this state. I don't suppose you've got any I.D., either?

      Marlene: Idee? Idee 'bout what?

    • Alternate versions
      ABC edited 7 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Dueling Critics (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Honkytonk Man
      Sung by Marty Robbins and Clint Eastwood

    User reviews44

    Review
    Top review
    Heading For The Promise Land
    Set in Depression era Oklahoma, this film tells the story of a dirt poor, alcoholic singer named Red Stovall (Clint Eastwood), who heads out for Nashville, in hopes of making it big as a country singer. The story begins on a dilapidated farm composed mostly of dust, where Red's sister hesitatingly allows her son Whit (Kyle Eastwood) to go with Red to Nashville. The kid's Grandpa (John McIntire) also wants to go, to return to his native Tennessee. The film's beginning is dreary and depressing, but wonderfully realistic of the dust bowl days of the 1930s.

    Much of the plot takes place on the road, as the three travelers encounter an assortment of characters and problems along the way. The most important character they meet is a young girl named Marlene (the late Alexa Kenin), who yearns to be a country singer. It's one of many plot contrivances, but at least this contrivance offers some humor, especially when Marlene ... "sings". Other plot contrivances include a jailbreak, an angry bull, an aborted robbery, and an incident involving a chicken coop.

    If the film's weakness is excess contrivances, the film's strength is the portrayal of Red as an interestingly complex character. He coughs a lot, a symptom of tuberculosis. And the TB is getting worse. The question is ... will Red be able to reach the promise land before the disease affects his ability to sing? And, in a long monologue aimed at Whit, Red talks about his long-ago love affair with Mary Sims.

    The film's acting is credible, if not outstanding. Kyle Eastwood does a nice job as Whit. The film also features cameos by several then-current country singers. At the end, there's some sad real-life irony as Marty Robbins helps Red.

    "Honkytonk Man" has some good atmosphere. Arguably, the best segment is at the Top Hat Club on Beale Street in Memphis, where the great Linda Hopkins belts out a blues number. If the film's writer had ditched some of those hokey "on the road" contrivances, and focused the plot more in smoky old bar rooms with low light levels and mournful music, the film would have been a lot better. As is, "Honkytonk Man" is still worth a look, if for no other reason than to see a low-key character study, in contrast to the brash and gaudy big ticket films of that cinematic era, like "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" and "Star Wars".
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 15, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El aventurero de medianoche
    • Filming locations
      • Fallon, Nevada, USA
    • Production company
      • The Malpaso Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,484,991
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $667,727
      • Dec 19, 1982
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,484,991
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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