Based on Loretta Lynn’s own autobiography and adapted with the greatest care and attention to detail by director Michael Apted, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” is surely one of the best film versions of a public performer’s rise to stardom. Sissy Spacek is pitch-perfect as Lynn, expertly capturing Lynn’s distinctive speech patterns and doing her own impressive singing – it’s the kind of performance that doesn’t come along often, registering as electrifyingly genuine in every single frame. Beverly D’Angelo is stunning as Patsy Cline, doing her own singing as well and matching Cline’s pitch and emotional delivery perfectly. Not one to be missed.
Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)
Sissy Spacek is extraordinary. You forget you are watching an actress. It’s hard to believe Spacek used her own voice — she could have been a (great) country singer! 🙂
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So interesting you saying that, I found out this weekend that she actually did have a country album!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangin%27_Up_My_Heart
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Ha! I didn’t know that, but I’m not surprised at all. She’s great. Maybe it runs in the family. Sissy’s real life cousin, Rip Torn, is supposed to sing (country songs) in Payday (1972), but I haven’t seen the movie. Have you? Anyhow, in a documentary — I think the DVD has it — Loretta Lynn tells a funny story. She said that her daughter told her, “mom, you sound like Sissy.” A funny way of conveying the idea that Sissy was just perfect! 🙂
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