Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

About

Lange's performance as tragic country crooner Cline, whose life was brought to a premature end by an unfortunate meeting of her plane and a mountain, is the main reason to watch this lively biopic.

Cast & Connections

Actor: Gary Basaraba, David Clennon, Ed Harris, Jessica Lange, James Staley, Ann Wedgeworth
Director: Karel Reisz
Writer: Robert Getchell
Producer: Tony Curtis
Photographer: Robbie Greenberg

In a nutshell

The focus is mainly on Cline's abusive and unhappy marriage to alcoholic Dick (Harris), but Lange also mimes to some of Cline's more famous tunes ('Sweet Dreams', 'Crazy').

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