Honkytonk Man
1982 · Movie · PG · 123 min · ★ 6.4 · 72% critics
In the Dust Bowl years of the Great Depression, a farm boy leaves Oklahoma to ride along with his hard-living uncle, a struggling country singer chasing a make-or-break audition at the Grand Ole Opry. The trip becomes a rough, sometimes warmhearted road journey that forces the boy to grow up fast while the dream stays just within reach.
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Details
- Years
- 1982
- Release date
- 1982-12-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (199 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a low-key, bittersweet Depression-era road story with country music and coming-of-age lessons; Not for you if you need fast pacing, big laughs, or nonstop excitement like Breakin’.
Pros: warm road-trip bond; moving country songs; strong late payoff | Cons: slow, meandering middle; uneven child acting; scattered side episodes
Themes
- based on novel or book
- oklahoma
- great depression
- tuberculosis
- grand ole opry
- nashville, tennessee
- whorehouse
- stealing a chicken
- 1930s
Awards & recognition
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Original Song · 1983 · nominated
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Red Stovall
Kyle Eastwood
as Whit
John McIntire
as Grandpa
Alexa Kenin
as Marlena
Verna Bloom
as Emmy
Matt Clark
as Virgil
Barry Corbin
as Arnspriger
Jerry Hardin
as Snuffy
Tim Thomerson
as Highway Patrolman
Macon McCalman
as Dr. Hines
Directed by Clint Eastwood