Coal Miner's Daughter | 
| Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens, Bill Anderson Jr.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 51049
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0783268505
UPC: 025192042621
EAN: 9780783268507
ASIN: B00005JLTZ
Theatrical Release Date: March 7, 1980
Release Date: May 6, 2003
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Sissy Spacek won a much-deserved Oscar for her lead in this entertaining biography of country-music legend Loretta Lynn. British director Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist) brings fine texture to the Kentucky backwoods section of the film, where the teenage Loretta meets her future husband (Tommy Lee Jones), who ultimately pushes her into show business. Lynn's adult life is well covered, from her spouse's philandering to her own on-stage crackups; but between the chapter-and-verse recollections, the script by Thomas Rickman is layered with life and moments of great humor. No wooden portrait, this is a vibrant film made outstanding by the colorful performances of the two leads, as well as Beverly D'Angelo and the Band's Levon Helm. --Tom Keogh
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One of the best biopics you'll ever see June 16, 2009
! Durrkk (Ohio/PA border USA)
Released in 1980, "Coal Miner's Daughter" tells the true story of Loretta Lynn and her amazing journey from a poor Kentucky Coal Miner's daughter to the "First Lady" of Country music.
Let me stress that you don't have to like Country music to enjoy this movie. Heck, I'm into the heavier side of metal and the film had no problem pulling me in. As a matter of fact, I wasn't even in the mood for this type of film last night, yet after a mere 35 minutes or so I was spellbound until the end; not to mention I found myself today watching music videos of Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline on youtube (!!).
Sissy Spacek and a young Tommy Lee Jones play Loretta and her husband, while Beverly D'Angelo has a small-but-significant role as Patsy Cline. The acting is so stellar that it seems like you're watching real people.
It's useless to cite best scenes because this is the type of of high-quality film where you just press 'play' and enjoy from beginning to end.
One segment I'd like to comment on, though, is where Loretta and her husband (Oliver "Mooney") come back to Kentucky from Custer, Washington, for the funeral of Loretta's dad. After the funeral Oliver points out that, if they're ever going to make it in the music biz, they have to act now and travel to all the radio stations and push her first single. They put in the time and sweat and the song -- "Honky Tonk Girl" -- became a breakthrough hit. What's the point? We must be sensitive to the critical times in our lives when we must step out in faith and ACT if we want to be successful in our chosen call. If Loretta and Mooney hadn't put the meddle to the peddle at that critical moment you probably wouldn't be reading this.
There are numerous other great segments, including Loretta's relationship with Patsy Cline and her moving breakdown on stage near the end.
The film runs 2 hours and 5 minutes and was filmed in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
PERSONAL GRADE: A
Sissy was awesome June 3, 2009
C. Majors (Cameron, TX)
I really enjoyed this movie. Sissy Spacek was wonderful and my 17 month old daughter swayed and sang to the movie; so it was and still is a hit in our houshold.
coal miner's daughter April 17, 2009
Gloria A. Ramirez (Stockton, CA. USA)
I am so happy that I received this video that I forgotten to send a review. I enjoy it immensely and will continue to purchase items from Amazon. thank you very much
A Classic Gem January 23, 2009
Nathan C. Mills
This is a movie that still holds up over time. This is filmmaking at it's finest.
With a British Director telling the story of Loretta Lynn he masters the ability
to see this american drama through fresh eyes looking past cultural cliche and
telling a real honest story that you will want to watch over an over.
Sissy Spacek is so believable in this performance it's haunting.
Great performances also by Tommy Lee Jones and Beverly D'Angelo.
A great movie and story for country music fans January 18, 2009
Jeff Brower (Long Beach Ca. USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great movie for those of you who like Loretta Lynn as well as straight country music and the story of the artist who went through plenty to become a country music star. This movie is really good and tells the story well of a gal who was born in Butcher Holler Kentucky to a poor family and was the daughter of a coal miner who earned a poor mans dollar and then she courts as well as marries at a young age a man who is older than she is wild as the dickens and then he treats her like trash but no matter what she goes through she still loves him very much and he does do a good job as her manager turning her into a well known country music star. All of the cast in this movie all do a great job portraying the story of country music legend. If you want to get a great movie I highly recommend this movie for your enjoyment seeing a young lady who is a great country music singer making it up to the heights of country music stardom as the Queen of country music. Loretta Lynn.
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