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Honeysuckle Rose

1980 · 119 min

A mellow, music-filled drama about a touring singer whose affair complicates his marriage, with a lived-in, bittersweet charm.

Directed by
Jerry Schatzberg
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Tagline
For 20 years he's been singing to the country. But he never figured he'd be living his own love songs.
Overview
Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

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Directed by
Jerry Schatzberg
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • family
  • music
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
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
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, music, romance
Directed by
Jerry Schatzberg
Written by
Carol Sobieski, John Binder, William D. Wittliff
Starring
Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving, Slim Pickens, Joey Floyd, Charles Levin, Priscilla Pointer, Mickey Rooney Jr.
Music
Richard Baskin, Willie Nelson
Cinematography
Robby Müller
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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