Coal Miner's Daughter
PG
Biography
Documentary
Drama
- Release Date
- March 7, 1980
- Director
- Michael Apted
- Cast
- Sissy Spacek , Tommy Lee Jones , Levon Helm , Phyllis Boyens , Bill Anderson Jr. , Foister Dickerson
- Runtime
- 125
- Main Genre
- Biography
- Writers
- Loretta Lynn , Thomas Rickman , George Vecsey
- Tagline
- She was married at 13. She had four kids by the time she was 20. She's been hungry and poor. She's been loved and cheated on. 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.
Summary
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. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the gruelling, tumultuous path to country music greatness.