Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Directed by Michael Apted
Married at fifteen in the Kentucky hills, Loretta Lynn follows her husband to Washington State, cuts a record in Los Angeles, drives from radio station to radio station and becomes a star on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Butcher Hollow, Kentucky≈ 00:02:00Stated on screen
Loretta grows up in a coal miner's cabin and marries Doo after a whirlwind courtship.
- 2Logging country≈ 00:30:00Northern Washington StateStated on screen
Doo works logging while Loretta starts singing in local honky-tonks.
- 3Demo recording≈ 00:50:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaStated on screen
With a small label's backing, Loretta records I'm a Honky Tonk Girl.
- 4Grand Ole Opry≈ 01:00:00Ryman Auditorium (Grand Ole Opry), NashvilleStated on screen
After their radio-station road trip, Loretta makes her debut on the Opry.
- 5Midnite Jamboree≈ 01:10:00Ernest Tubb Record Shop, NashvilleStated on screen
Singing on the Jamboree broadcast, Loretta is heard by Patsy Cline, who becomes her friend.
- 6Ranch≈ 01:45:00Hurricane Mills, TennesseeInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 7,982 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- Not shown: 5,123 km
- Car: 2,859 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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