Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
***½
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, William Sanderson, Phyllis Boyens, Bob Hannah, Grant Turner
Lorretta Lynn (1932-2022) grew up in poverty in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, got married at 15, and gradually became a country music star in the 1960s. This captivating musical biopic is not a conventional highlights of the career story. It's as much about the person behind the songs as it is about the artist performing them. Sissy Spacek, who sings the songs, is terrific in her Academy Award winning performance. Based on Lynn's 1976 biography by George Vecse.
