1980 · 125 min · PG

Coal Miner's Daughter

Name: Coal Miner's Daughter
Genre: Music, Drama, History
Released: 1980
Duration: 125 min
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Beverly D'Angelo, William Sanderson

Directed by Michael Apted · Music, Drama, History

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) is a Music film, directed by Michael Apted set in Kentucky, Nashville, and Los Angeles during the 1940s–1970s. It runs 125 minutes and is rated PG.

A biopic, with a nostalgic and melancholic tone. Themes of family & loyalty and grief & loss play out through episodic chapters.

Cinematography

Ralf D. Bode

Cast

Sissy SpacekTommy Lee JonesLevon HelmBeverly D'AngeloWilliam SandersonPhyllis BoyensBill Anderson Jr.Foister Dickerson

The world of this film

Setting

Where

KentuckyNashvilleLos Angeles

Setting

Rural

When

1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Premise & themes

Premise

Biopic

Themes

Family & Loyalty Grief & Loss

Structure

Episodic Chapters

Tone

NostalgicMelancholicHopeful

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadFemale Led

Pacing

Measured

Based on

True Story

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Coal Miner's Daughter

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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