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Director: Alan Rudolph
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From Time Out Film Guide
Unexpectedly, at three days' notice, Rudolph was asked by producer Sydney Pollack to take the helm on this carefree comedy set in the world of Country & Western music. The result was Rudolph's fastest paced and most uninhibited film to date: a quirky, rambling tale of two star performers on the road. Incorporating songs specially written by Nelson and Kristofferson, the film indulges their male-bonding, hard-drinking, womanising life style, as well as giving Lesley Ann Warren her own shot at performing (not bad). A likeable shaggy dog of a movie, assuming the music's to your taste.Author: DT
Cast & crew
Director: Alan Rudolph
Producer: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren, Richard C Sarafian full cast
Duration: 94 mins
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