Sweet dreams 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. While we see cline and lynns friendship play out from beginning to end in coal miners daughter, their relationship was handled differently when cline earned a biopic of her own. The story of patsy cline, the velvetvoiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fa. Jessica lange and ann wedgeworth in sweet dreams 1985 ed harris and. I liked sweet dreams a lot, because i know really nothing about patsy cline and for your average biopic this provided a lot of information about the success and brief life of the famous singer. This film covers the years 1956 through 1963, from her rise to fame and the. The big hits are here with some lesserknown performances as well. The real miss cline, who died in a plane crash at the age of 30 in 1963, plays a more significant role in sweet dreams than the subjects of biographical films ordinarily do.
Mar 21, 2019 while we see cline and lynns friendship play out from beginning to end in coal miners daughter, their relationship was handled differently when cline earned a biopic of her own. While the movie tells the story of patsy clines rise to stardom and features her indelible musical performances, the emotional emphasis is on the passionate and abusive relationship between patsy and her. The film was written by robert getchell and directed by karel reisz. Rent sweet dreams 1985 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Loretta lynn never appears in patsy clines movie sweet dreams.
Patsys vocal recorded august 17, 1961, bradley studio, nashville. Sweet dreams lange stunningly portrays patsy cline, the velvetvoiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash. Patsy s vocal recorded august 24, 1961, bradley studio, nashville. We see lange, as patsy, getting jobs singing country songs like a good little girl, her eyes halfclosed as if shes trying to remember the lyrics. Rock a bye baby 1958 jerry lewis dean martin full length comedy movie by best jerry lewis. Patsy cline was a wonderful singer, but her life was a bad country song even before it ended in a plane crash. This film tells the story of the passionate, funloving, softspoken, loudliving life of one of country musics and one of popular musics greatest singing stars. This is the first time all these master takes have been issued in a complete set, which is hard to believe because they. Jessica lange stunningly portrays patsy cline, the velvetvoiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame. While the movie tells the story of patsy cline s rise to stardom and features her indelible musical performances, the emotional emphasis is on the passionate and abusive relationship between patsy and her. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The soundtracks music contained all original songs by patsy cline. Download sweet dreams 1985 yify torrent for 1080p mp4. Download sweet dreams 1985 yify torrent for 1080p mp4 movie.
The song also featured in martin scorsese s 2006 movie the departed, asif kapadias 2006 movie the return, and the coen brothers film blood simple. Patsy cline virginia patterson hensley, winchester, virginia, september 8, 1932 march 5, 1963 was an american country music singer. Nashville music historian, robert oreman, host the video giving insight and history into each performance. Lange stunningly portrays patsy cline, the velvetvoiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash. Patsys vocal recorded august 24, 1961, bradley studio, nashville. Sweet dreams 1985 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The story of patsy cline, the velvetvoiced country music singer who died in a tragic. Its a slow, insensate musical biography, with the unfortunate jessica lange miscast as country singer patsy cline. Jessica lange stunningly portrays patsy cline, the velvetvoiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her. Sweet dreams is a 1985 american biographical film which tells the story of country music singer patsy cline. Loved by her fans today as much if not more than she was at the height of her fame, the life, the loves and most of all the voice of patsy cline is legendary. Sweet dreams is like coal miners daughter, but without the grit.
It stars jessica lange, ed harris, ann wedgeworth, david clennon, james staley, gary basaraba and john goodman. Cline s hit version of sweet dreams was included on the film s soundtrack, along with crazy, shes got you, and many of her other songs. This is a video anthology of her work from 1955 to 1963. The complete decca masters 1960 1963 gathers all of the 51 master takes patsy cline recorded with owen bradley after she left 4 star records for decca in 1960, running right until her tragic death in 1963. Cline began recording in the mid50s, and although she recorded quite a bit of material between 1955 and 1960 17 singles in all, only one of them was a hit. It stars jessica lange, ed harris, ann wedgeworth, david clennon, james staley, gary basaraba and. Parents need to know that with its scenes of domestic violence and frequent profanity, sweet dreams pushes the limit of its pg rating. Despite its critical and box office success and a favorable imdb rating, hbo pictures 1985 patsy cline biopic sweet dreams lacks the staying power of coal miners daughter and walk the line. Despite its critical and box office success and a favorable imdb rating, hbo pictures 1985 patsy cline biopic sweet dreams lacks the staying power of. Loretta lynn never appears in patsy clines movie sweet. Instructive if you want to know who was patsy cline.
Jessica lange plays the great country singer who, as the film opens in 1956. Patsy clines legacy is celebrated through other songs she recorded, such as walkin after midnight and crazy, but sweet dreams stands as arguably her. Sweet dreams is a movie starring jessica lange, ed harris, and ann wedgeworth. Patsy s vocal recorded august 17, 1961, bradley studio, nashville. Sweet dreams is the 1985 soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, starring jessica lange and ed harris about the life of country music star, patsy cline. One more about dolly parton and well have us a nice series. Music from the motion picture soundtrack sweet dreams the life and times of patsy cline. Sweet dreams sits squarely on jessica langes shoulders. Sep 29, 2011 cline began recording in the mid50s, and although she recorded quite a bit of material between 1955 and 1960 17 singles in all, only one of them was a hit.
Sweet dreams is a 1985 american biographical film which tells the story of country music singer patsy cline the film was written by robert getchell and directed by karel reisz. Oct 02, 1985 the real miss cline, who died in a plane crash at the age of 30 in 1963, plays a more significant role in sweet dreams than the subjects of biographical films ordinarily do. Sweet dreams begins with more energy than it is able to sustain. Hear patsy clines final studio session of sweet dreams. Though compelling, well crafted, and well acted, sweet dreams will probably be a disappointment for patsy cline fans. Movie, sweet dreams movie,sweet dreams trailer,sweet dreams 1985. This film covers the years 1956 through 1963, from her. Sweet dreams sits squarely on jessica langes shoulders and she responds with a mesmerizing turn as legendary country singer patsy cline. Sweet dreams or sogni doro, a film directed and starred by nanni moretti sweet dreams 1985 film, a film based on the life of patsy cline sweet dreams 1996 film, a madefortelevision film starring tiffaniamber thiessen. Aspiring country artist patsy cline jessica lange is resigned to both. Mar 04, 2017 patsy cline defined modern country music by using her singular talent and heart. The physical and emotional opposite of the coarse cline, lange looks like a refugee from a dude ranch in her western gear, her delicate features overwhelmed by a.
Patsy clines original producer, legendary nashville producer owen bradley produced the soundtrack. Sweet dreams is a fitting tribute to timeless star patsy cline, a biopic that takes us from her upcoming days as bored housewife, to one of nashvilles biggest sensations. This is from the coal miners daughter cinematic universe of famous female country stars. The movie mainly covers the years from 1956 to her death in 1963. Patsy cline defined modern country music by using her singular talent and heart. It stars jessica lange, ed harris, ann wedgeworth, david clennon, james staley, gary basaraba, john goodman, and p. Sweet dreams 1985 jessica lange as patsy cline full movie. Lange did a terrific job and even though she didnt do her own singing because patsy did that part through audio archives, she at least brought the. Titled sweet dreams, the movie was released in 1985, just five years after coal miners daughter. Theres a lot of great classic country music songs included throughout the movie. With jessica lange, ed harris, ann wedgeworth, david clennon.
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