Sweet Dreams
- She was the first female solo artist to be elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Thirty-two years after her untimely death in a plane crash in Tennessee, Patsy Cline’s “Greatest Hits” album sold over six million copies. 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 t
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The life of legendary country singer Patsy Cline is powerfully brought to the screen. From her climb to fame and fortune, through her passionate and turbulent marriage, this is the unforgettable story of the tragically short lived performer.Amazon.com essential video
She wasn’t a beauty queen, but country-music star Patsy Cline’s voice was a thing of wonder: full-bodied, aching and dreamy at the same time. She came by the torchy emotions in her songs hones… More >>
Sweet Dreams
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Comment from Edmond Gauthier
Time March 3, 2010 at 12:01 pm
It’s just a waste of time to quibble about the minor boosts given to dramatization at the expense of absolute accuracy regarding this film. (The most notable fact being that Cline looked much more like Bette Midler than Jessica Lange.)
But the point was never about how she mistakenly married a wife-beating weasel or what she said just before she made a big smudge on a mountain somewhere. (By the way, why was there a “benefit for a disc jockey” that Cline’s ill-fated plane had to go to, anyway? Didn’t DJ’s make enough big money even back then?) But all that matters is that this movie points new fans to the incredible sound stylings of Cline herself.
And the producers thankfully opted to keep only Cline’s original tunes in this one, instead of putting Lange through some forced vocal training to imitate her. Cline could never be completely imitated anyway, and decades later we can see that her quality still endures. Sure, we’ll never forget other swingin’ young ’50s and early ’60s country and/or pop stars, like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Bobby Darrin. And Patsy was one of ‘em too!
Maybe one other point does need restating anyway, at the risk of being too obvious – hey, entertainers – whenever possible, stay the heck out of airplanes! If your career demands that you always get flown to your gigs instead of driven, then it’s going way too fast. Nobody should be in that much of a hurry. You’ve got decades of a very rich life ahead of you – don’t blow it all on a fiery crash in some crazy contraption invented by those nutty Wright brothers.
This lesson is shown by the following Dirty Dozen of entertainment legends who all also died in those “dang new-fangled flying machines”:
Big Bopper
Jim Croce
John Denver
Bill Graham
Buddy Holly
Ricky Nelson
Otis Redding
Jim Reeves
Will Rogers
Ritchie Vallens
Ronnie Van Zant
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Rating: 3 / 5
Comment from Anonymous
Time March 3, 2010 at 12:49 pm
This movie is about the life and tragic death of Patsy Cline, the great country singer. Unfortunately, it is a very routine Hollywood-ization biography, and is certainly nothing special. Also, from what I’ve read, Patsy Cline wasn’t like this at all; she had more of a reckless personality, according to what I’ve read. Jessica Lange does a great job lip-synching Cline’s recordings, but the script does in the movie. The only interesting thing in this movie for me was that I saw them filming some of the scenes, as I lived in Martinsburg, West Virginia at the time. Martinsburg is where they filmed the majority of the film. I enjoy watching the movie just to see things that bring back memories of Martinsburg for me (As they pan the city, for example, I can see the apartment building that I lived in). But for the majority of people, meaning those that never lived in Martinsburg, West Virginia, this movie is a waste of time. Rating: 2 / 5
Comment from Babycake
Time March 3, 2010 at 1:49 pm
This is a very good movie. Sissy plays an awesome part of Lorretta Lynn. I just love this movie. Rating: 5 / 5
Comment from Jamie Kling
Time March 3, 2010 at 2:16 pm
This is a good movie. I love the Patsy Cline Stpry and I like all the music in it Rating: 5 / 5
Comment from Anonymous
Time March 3, 2010 at 9:23 am
I am not an expert on Patsy Cline, but I am a big fan. And from all the interviews I’ve heard and the books and magazine articles I read, this film was very inaccurate. I don’t know anything about the personal life of Patsy and Charlie when they were at home, away from the public, but how did the scriptwriters know, either? They weren’t there.
The plane crash, from what I heard, was portrayed inaccurately. I had read there was no fire at all; yet the movie showed the plane bursting into flames. This is just one thing that I noticed which didn’t fit the real Patsy Cline story. I did not care for this movie at all. I am hoping that in the near future, Hollywood will decide to produce a more accurate, and better, film on the life of the great Patsy Cline. Rating: 1 / 5