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Bookmark this pageCoal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Director: Michael Apted
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From Time Out Film Guide
Beautifully acted (with Spacek winning an Oscar) rags-to-riches biopic of Country & Western singer Loretta Lynn, here working her way from the Kentucky coalfields, via the Grand Ol' Opry, to superstardom. For all the modern gloss, what with poverty and nervous breakdowns it's still highly conventional stuff, but lovingly constructed to produce unremarkable but heart-warming entertainment.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Apted
Producer: Bernard Schwartz
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens, Beverly D'Angelo, William Sanderson full cast
Duration: 124 mins
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