Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaThe story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
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- Sceneggiatura
- Star
John Alban
- Theatre Patron
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David Armstrong
- Spectator
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Phil Arnold
- Pie-Eating Contest Barker
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Larry Barton
- Undetermined Secondary Role
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Harold Belfer
- Dancer
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Charles Alvin Bell
- Manager
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- QuizElvis Presley was considered for the role of Hank Williams but his first wife, Audrey Williams, vetoed the idea. She felt that Elvis would become the focus of the movie.
- BlooperIn the film, Hank is singing with a medicine show when the "Drifting Cowboys" band finds and recruits him. In actuality, he formed the band himself in 1947.
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Hank Williams: Woman, who are you to tell me what I am? These are my friends. My kind of people!
- Versioni alternativeWhen Turner Entertainment group edited the film for television, Hank Williams' mother Lillie and his second wife Billie Jean were completely removed. Also shown on TV in a colorized version.
- ConnessioniFeatured in MGM 40th Anniversary (1964)
Recensione in evidenza
While watching this 1964 biopic, I constantly drew the conclusion that this story needs and deserves to be updated in our contemporary styles a la 'I Walk the Line' and 'Ray'. Each time we hear Hank's songs and recall in our minds the true story of his life and gifted talent, we know that he deserves an honest portrayal on film with higher than average production values. I liked that this film was in B&W. It made the setting of the '40s and early '50s realistic. Unfortunately, the movie sets looked too incredibly stock studio back lot. The half a dozen seedy bars down the back alley beside the Grand Ole Opry was suddenly too stylized a scene (and consequently, less believable). Hank and Audrey's super-stardom mansion looked like they borrowed it from a David Niven melodrama set. George Hamilton was OK as Hank. Sometimes I believed him as Hank, sometimes I just saw George Hamilton. Often, the seams were showing in this film: Hollywood studio, 1964. The story seemed one-sided (the Audrey Williams story)and with too much standard Hollywood melodrama (Red Buttons: Look off into the distance past the camera and make a speech to Hank. Repeat later.). Based on what we know of Hank's real story, much of it seems to be missing in this movie. We saw Hank fall off a horse and hurt his back but where's the pain killers that contributed to his death? (And I won't mention the fact that in the end he was remarried to a second woman.) The music in this movie often bothered me. Hank's song were great but their renditions (apparently by Hank Williams Jr.) sounded too Nashville studios, hi-fi 1964. (I don't remember Hank Sr. being accompanied by back-up singers...oooh, aaah!) This movie almost felt like the altered version of a great and troubled performer's story...safe to tell to the kids and grandma ('Don't mention the pills, just say he died of a broken heart.'). The ending was fitting for the great Hank, though. A filled theater and an empty stage. The show that he was headed to but didn't make. Because I know of the greatness of his talent and contributions to music, I thought that it was right on the mark. It put tears in my eyes. It was the best and truest part of the movie.
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- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 39 minuti
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- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) officially released in Canada in English?
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