Coal Miner’s Daughter movie storyline. At only thirteen years of age, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a sizeable family. Loretta appears destined to a life of homemaking, but Doolittle recognises his wife’s musical talent, and buys her a guitar as an anniversary present one year.
At eighteen, the mother of four children and busy housewife still finds time to write and sing songs at small fairs and local honky-tonks. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the gruelling, tumultuous path to superstardom and country music greatness.
Coal Miner’s Daughter is a 1980 American biographical film which tells the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn. It stars Sissy Spacek as Loretta, a role that earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Tommy Lee Jones as Loretta’s husband Mooney Lynn, Beverly D’Angelo and Levon Helm also star. The film was directed by Michael Apted.
Levon Helm (drummer for the rock group The Band) made his screen debut as Loretta’s father, Ted Webb. Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, and Minnie Pearl all make cameo appearances as themselves. The film was adapted from Loretta Lynn’s 1976 autobiography written with George Vecsey. At the time of the film’s release, Loretta was 48 years old.
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
Directed by: Michael Apted
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D’Angelo, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens-Liptak, Foister Dickerson, Malla McCown, Pamela McCown
Screenplay by: Tom Rickman
Production Design by: John W. Corso
Cinematography by: Ralf D. Bode
Film Editing by: Arthur Schmidt
Costume Design by: Joe I. Tompkins
Set Decoration by: John M. Dwyer
Studio: Universal Pictures
Release Date: March 7, 1980
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