Coal Miner's Daughter 1980  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens, William Sanderson, Robert Elkins, Bob Hannah, Frank Mitchell, Bob Hannah
Loretta Lynn's rise from the hills of Kentucky to the stage of the Grand Old Opry is the subject of this film in which Sissy Spacek gives a superb performance in the title role and received an Oscar for Best Actress.
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The Dollmaker 1984   TV, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Fonda, Levon Helm, Susan Kingsley, Geraldine Page, Amanda Plummer, Christine Ebersole, Ann Hearn, Dan Hedaya, Studs Terkel, Sheb Wooley
Jane Fonda won the Emmy for her portrayal of Gertie, a Kentucky hills woman who strives to find freedom, individuality, and hope when her family relocates to Detroit during World War II and her new home is in the bleak, misnamed neighborhood of Merry Hill. 1 User Review
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| | -- | Mary Frances 10/07/2009 | This is an excelent movie about a family trying to make a decent living for them selves. I just wish I could find it some were so I could see it again and share it with others.
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End of the Line 1988  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jay Russell
Cast: Wilford Brimley, Levon Helm, Mary Steenburgen, Barbara Barrie, Bob Balaban, Kevin Bacon, Holly Hunter, Clint Howard, Trey Wilson, Bruce McGill
Protesting the closing of a train yard, railroaders Will Haney (Wilford Brimley) and Leo Pickett (Levon Helm) steal a train engine and head for Chicago where they confront railroad owners.
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 Fire Down Below 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix Enriquez Alcala
Cast: Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Harry Dean Stanton, Stephen Lang, Kris Kristofferson, James Mathers, Brad Hunt, Levon Helm, Alex Harvey, Richard Masur
Orin Hanner (Kris Kristofferson) works in the toxic waste business by providing dumping space for industrial polluters. But here comes the E.P.A. Marshal (Steven Seagal) who goes undercover to save the day.
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 The Last Waltz 1978 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Documentary / Musical
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Levon Helm, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Martin Scorsese, The Band
This last concert by "The Band" includes 12 of their songs plus great guest performances.
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Smooth Talk 1985 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joyce Chopra
Cast: Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge, Levon Helm, Sarah Inglis, Margaret Welch, William Ragsdale, Geoff Hoyle, David Berridge
A girl coming of age and maturing into a woman is skillfully portrayed by Laura Dern in this touching story. Her mother (Mary Kay Place) must live and put up with all the problems associated with being the mother of a teenager.
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Staying Together 1989  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Grant
Cast: Timothy Patrick Quill, Sean Astin, Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Jim Haynie, Levon Helm, Dinah Manoff, Daphne Zuniga, Keith Szarabajka
A Southern family stays very close because of the necessity of teamwork in running a fried chicken restaurant. However, their lives must change when the father decides to sell the business.
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo, Levon Helm, Mel Rodriguez, Vanessa Bauche, Cecilia Suarez
Ranch foreman Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) believes that Border Patrolman Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) has killed his best friend, Melquiades Estrada. In the meantime, the body was buried in the west Texas desert, was found, and once again buried in the town cemetery. Pete kidnaps Norton and forces him to dig up the body and then help him bring the corpse across the border into Mexico to be buried in his hometown.
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| 1. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
2. The Dollmaker (1984)
3. End of the Line (1988)
4. Fire Down Below (1997)
5. The Last Waltz (1978)
6. Smooth Talk (1985)
7. Staying Together (1989)
8. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
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