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Coal Miner's Daughter

1980 · 125 min

A warm, unhurried rise-from-poverty story that lets you feel the grit and the music, with a few sharp emotional jolts.

Directed by
Michael Apted
Genres
Music, Drama, History
Starring
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm
Tagline
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.
Overview
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

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Free in the UK
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Directed by
Michael Apted
Genres
Music, Drama, History
Starring
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • family
  • parenthood
  • music
  • class
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
music, drama, history
Directed by
Michael Apted
Written by
Thomas Rickman
Starring
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Beverly D'Angelo, William Sanderson, Phyllis Boyens, Bill Anderson Jr., Foister Dickerson
Cinematography
Ralf D. Bode
Runtime
125 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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