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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

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Loretta Lynn was one of the first female superstars in country music and remains a defining presence within the genre; with her strong, clear, hard-country voice and tough, no-nonsense songs about husbands who cheat and wives who weren't about to be pushed around, Lynn introduced a feminist mindset to Nashville years before the phrase "women's liberation" became common currency. Coal Miner's Daughter is a screen adaptation of Lynn's autobiography, starring Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn. One of

PG, 2 hr. 5 min.

Musical & Performing Arts, Drama

Directed By: Michael Apted

Written By: Thomas Rickman

In Theaters: Mar 7, 1980 Wide

On DVD: May 6, 2003

MCA Universal Home Video

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Cast

Sissy Spacek
Loretta Lynn
Tommy Lee Jones
Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn
Beverly D'Angelo
Patsy Cline
Levon Helm
Ted Webb
Phyllis Boyens
Clara Webb
Ernest Tubb
Himself
Robert Elkins
Bobby Day
Bob Hannah
Charlie Dick
Bill Anderson Jr.
Webb Children
Foster Dickerson
Webb Child
Malla McCown
Webb Child
Pamela McCown
Webb Child
Kevin Salvilla
Webb Child
Sissy Lucas
Loretta and Mooney's Ch...
Brian Warf
Loretta & Mooney's Chil...
Elizabeth Watson
Loretta and Mooney's Ch...
David Barry Gray
Doc Turner
J. Michael Baish
Storekeeper
Charles Kahlenberg
Business Manager
Merle Kilgore
Cowboy at Tootsie's
Susan Kingsley
Girl at Fairgrounds
Gary Parker
Radio Station Manager
William Sanderson
Lee Dollarhide
David Thornhill
The Coal Miner's Band
Frank Mitchell
Washington Neighbor
Billy Strange
Speedy West
Jim Webb
Bus Driver
Doug Bledsoe
Cowboy at Grange Hall
Royce Clark
Hugh Cherry
Allison Caine
Billy West
The Patsy Cline Band
Pat Patterson
Loretta's Children

Critic Reviews for Coal Miner's Daughter

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (0) | DVD (15)

Loretta Lynn's tough but heartwarming biopic.

December 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

Though a classic rags to riches saga, this biopic of Loretta Lynn doesn't fall victim to cliches, and benefits immensely from the astonishingly authentic turn from Sissy Spacek, who does her own singing; even real-life singer Lynn liked the picture

February 8, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Eschews convention and presents one of the more honest and non-pandering Hollywood depictions of the South of the last quarter century.

November 2, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brent Simon

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

Superior biopic with an unforgettable performance by Sissy Spacek

September 10, 2004 Comment

Jon Niccum

Lawrence Journal-World

This uplifting drama, based on Loretta Lynn's autobiography, shows how her marriage kept changing to accommodate her career as the First Lady of country music.

May 9, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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My aunt and cousin were watching "The Coal Miner's Daughter" and I wasn't really wanting to watch it. There wasn't anything else to do, so I watched it. It was actually a pretty good movie. It tells the biography of Loretta Lynn all the way from how she struggled becoming a mother at the age of 14 all the way to when

August 15, 2009

Jason Owens

Super Reviewer

Movie's OK. I would probably rate it higher if I could stand country music.

June 13, 2007

Red Lats

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1. Loretta Lynn: [waving fists in a full length gown, coming off stage] All I could hear was them dad-burn drums, a-beatin' in my ears!
– Submitted by Glenn R (20 days ago)
1. Loretta Lynn: [performing for her children, but her sons are wrestling] You boys quit fightin' and listen to me sing!
– Submitted by Alyssa B (3 months ago)
1. Loretta Lynn: If you boys don't settle down on this porch I'm gonna have to whup you!
2. Loretta and Mooney's Child: That's right?
– Submitted by Alyssa B (5 months ago)
1. Radio Station Manager: You're number fourteen, nationwide!
– Submitted by Alyssa B (5 months ago)
1. Loretta Lynn: Doolittle; are you leavin'?
2. Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn: [come back in the house] Naw, Loretta; *I* ain't leavin'.
– Submitted by Alyssa B (5 months ago)

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