--- title: 'Coal Miner''s Daughter (1980)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Apted' released: '1980-03-07' runtime_minutes: 125 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Music' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/coal-miners-daughter-1980' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080549/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) 1980 · 125 min · Drama, History, Music · United States ## Synopsis Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted and written by Tom Rickman. It follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn from her early teen years in a poor family and getting married at 15 to her rise as one of the most influential country musicians. Based on Lynn's 1976 biography of the same name by George Vecsey, the film stars Sissy Spacek as Lynn. Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo and Levon Helm are featured in supporting roles. Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, and Minnie Pearl make cameo appearances as themselves. ## Credits - **Director:** [Michael Apted](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-apted) - **Screenplay:** [Loretta Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/loretta-lynn), [Thomas Rickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-rickman) - **Original Music Composer:** [Owen Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/owen-bradley) - **Producer:** [Bernard Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-schwartz) - **Director of Photography:** [Ralf D. Bode](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-d-bode) - **Editor:** [Arthur Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-schmidt) ## Cast - [Sissy Spacek](https://cinepixo.com/people/sissy-spacek) - [Levon Helm](https://cinepixo.com/people/levon-helm) - [Beverly D'Angelo](https://cinepixo.com/people/beverly-d-angelo) - [William Sanderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-sanderson) - [Tommy Lee Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-lee-jones) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/coal-miners-daughter-1980 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1285467); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.