The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
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Director:
Liza Johnson
Stars:
Michael Shannon,
Kevin Spacey,
Alex Pettyfer
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Director:
Whit Stillman
Stars:
Kate Beckinsale,
Chloë Sevigny,
Xavier Samuel
Maggie wants to have a baby, raising him on his own, but when she gets romantically involved with John, a married man, things get complicated and all the balance of Maggie's plans may collapse.
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
The real Audrey Williams/Sheppard was several months older than her husband Hank Williams, however, the actors portraying them Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen have an eight year age difference with Tom being the older of the two. See more »
Goofs
Sections of the balcony at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee were removed in 1993 after a major renovation to the facility. Prior to 1993, the balcony extended to the sides of the main stage. The early 1950s scenes at the Ryman in this film show the post-1993 layout of the facility. See more »
Quotes
Hank Williams:
Everyone has a little darkness in them. They may not like it. They don't know about it, but it's there. And I'm talking about things like anger, misery, sorrow, shame. And they hear it. I show it to them. And they don't have to take it home.
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Growing up I was more familiar with Hank Williams Jr. and his music still I heard stories about the life and hard times of his legendary dad Hank Sr. and how that his life was short and tragic. With this film a biography typed called "I Saw the Light"(a hit Williams song)it's very informative and interesting as it shows the rise and complex life of a man who battled the bottle and women which all lead to his tragic young end.
Tom Hiddleston is in top form as the country legend he plays Hank to near perfection from his accent to his posture and movements and actually does a pretty good job singing Hank Williams songs. The film just really is a chapter by chapter turn in the life of the country western music legend showing his rise to fame sadly the fame was mixed with man problems like failed marriages and many different lady friends and Hank had plenty of kids with different mothers as they gave birth to them out of wedlock. And his biggest inner personal demons was his battle with the bottle, it's clear the sorrow and sadness of Hank's short life was fueled by alcohol and whiskey. Overall well done film that shed light on the tragic life of a young legend.
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Growing up I was more familiar with Hank Williams Jr. and his music still I heard stories about the life and hard times of his legendary dad Hank Sr. and how that his life was short and tragic. With this film a biography typed called "I Saw the Light"(a hit Williams song)it's very informative and interesting as it shows the rise and complex life of a man who battled the bottle and women which all lead to his tragic young end.
Tom Hiddleston is in top form as the country legend he plays Hank to near perfection from his accent to his posture and movements and actually does a pretty good job singing Hank Williams songs. The film just really is a chapter by chapter turn in the life of the country western music legend showing his rise to fame sadly the fame was mixed with man problems like failed marriages and many different lady friends and Hank had plenty of kids with different mothers as they gave birth to them out of wedlock. And his biggest inner personal demons was his battle with the bottle, it's clear the sorrow and sadness of Hank's short life was fueled by alcohol and whiskey. Overall well done film that shed light on the tragic life of a young legend.