Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Director:
Michael Apted
Tagline:
« She was married at 13. She had four kids by the time she was 20. She’s been hungry and poor. She’s been loved and cheated on. She became a singer because it was the only thing she could do. She became a star because it was the only way she could do it. »
Actors:
Loretta Lynn
Doolittle Lynn
Ted Webb
‘Clary’ Webb
Webb Child
Rating:
(22’374 votes)
(22’374 votes)
Quotes:
« Loretta Lynn: [in a radio interview] Shoot, we've been driving so much, I don't know where I am half the time. But it's fun. We sing, and talk, and Doo – that's my husband – he'll get to acting horny.
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« Speedy West: [shocked] What!
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« Loretta Lynn: And the more I laugh, the hornier he gets, and then he'll say, "Loretta, spread me up another one of them baloney sandwiches!"
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« Radio station manager: [later] I don't know where in the hell you think you are, lady, but that kind of smut don't go in this part of the country!
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« Loretta Lynn: I didn't know it was dirty! I thought "horny" meant cuttin' up and acting silly!
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« Loretta Lynn: [to Doolittle] An' stoppa that growlin'. You sound like a big ol' bar.
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« Loretta Lynn: [catches Doolittle with another woman] Woman, if you want to keep that arm, you better get it off my husband.
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« Girl at fairgrounds: Who are you telling what?
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« Loretta Lynn: I don't know who you are, but I know what you are.
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:124 minutes
Plots:
The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.
At only 13, Loretta Webb marries Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn and is soon responsible for a large family. She appears destined to a life of homemaking, but Doolittle recognizes her musical talent, and buys her a guitar as an anniversary present one year. At 18, the busy mother of four children still finds time to write and sing songs at small fairs and local honky tonks. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the grueling, tumultuous path to superstardom and country music greatness.
Raised in rural Kentucky poverty and married at 13, Loretta Lynn begins writing and singing her own country songs in her early 20s. With the tireless help of her husband Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn, she rises from local honky tonks and small time record deals to national tours and hit singles, befriending her idol Patsy Cline and becoming a country music icon despite the toll stardom takes on her marriage and family.
