Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)

March celebrates Women’s History, Irish-American Heritage – and the Ides of March!

Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) She was married at 13. She had four kids by the time she was 20. She’s been hungry and poor. She’s been loved and cheated on. She became a singer because it was the only thing she could do. She became a star because it was the only way she could do it. Michael Apted’s biopic follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn from her early teen years in a poor family to her rise as one of the most influential country musicians. Based on Lynn’s 1976 biography, it stars Sissy Spacek (who picked up an Oscar), Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D’Angelo and Levon Helm. Rated PG: 2 hours 4 minutes.