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    Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)

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    Sissy Spacek won a best actress Oscar for her heartfelt portrayal of country singer Loretta Lynn in this movie biopic from Michael Apted, the British director who went on to such Hollywood blockbusters as Gorillas in the Mist (1988).

    Based on Lynn’s autobiography, the film charts the singer’s life from poverty in deepest Kentucky to her success as the queen of country music.

    It’s a fascinating, no-holds-barred adaptation that includes Loretta’s battle with drugs, a nervous breakdown, her rocky marriage and the death of friend Patsy Cline.

    Spacek is superb (successfully doing her own singing) and is ably supported by Tommy Lee Jones and Beverly D’Angelo (as Cline).

    Loretta Lynn
    Sissy Spacek
    Doolittle Lynn
    Tommy Lee Jones
    Ted Webb
    Levon Helm
    Clara Webb
    Phyllis Boyens
    Lee Dollarhide
    William Sanderson
    Patsy Cline
    Beverly D’Angelo
    Bobby Day
    Robert Elkins
    Charlie Dick
    Bob Hannah
    Ernest Tubb
    Himself

    Director
    Michael Apted

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