Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

2015 2h 0m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 43

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"Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy patchwork coat that helped make Parton who she is today. The film is set in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains in 1955. It is neither a biopic nor a musical about Dolly's whole life and performing career, but rather a family-oriented faith-based story about the incidents in her and her family's life around the time she was nine years old.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Alyvia Alyn Lind
Dolly Parton
Jennifer Nettles
Avie Lee Parton
Ricky Schroder
Robert Lee Parton
Gerald McRaney
Rev. Jake Owens
Carson Meyer
Willadeene Parton
Hannah Nordberg
Judy Ogle
Mary Lane Haskell
Miss Moody
Stella Parton
Corla Bass

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stephen Herek
Writers: Pamela K. Long
Languages: English

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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2 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dolly Parton's Christmases of Many Colors Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 7

ERA

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Directed by Stephen Herek, shot by Brian J. Reynolds. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Leggett. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Alyvia Alyn Lind and Jennifer Nettles and Ricky Schroder carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4767274 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 43 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Stephen Herek directs. Brian J. Reynolds behind the camera. Mark Leggett scores. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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1Released 11 years ago.
2Part of the "Dolly Parton's Christmases of Many Colors Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Stephen Herek, shot by Brian J. Reynolds. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mark Leggett. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Alyvia Alyn Lind and Jennifer Nettles and Ricky Schroder carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt4767274 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 43 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Brian J. Reynolds
Original score: Mark Leggett
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015)

Part of

Dolly Parton's Christmases of Many Colors Collection

"Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" and "Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love" are based on the inspiring true stories of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. These movies take place inside the tight-knit Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy patchwork coat that helped make Parton who she is today. The films are set in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains in 1955. They are neither a biopic nor a musical about Dolly's whole life and performing career, but rather a family-oriented faith-based story about the incidents in her and her family's life around the time she was nine years old and shortly afterwards during some very special Christmas miracles.

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Stephen Herek

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Reno2017-11-29
★ 6/10
Family. Laughing together and grieving together. A television film that I was eager to watch it since it is highly acclaimed. It is a Christian film, which won't mind, but they have highlighted that topic too strongly. What I've anticipated was something like 'Love Comes Softly'. Since it went on that way, missed the opportunity to be balanced in content. Now it is a target product for the believers. If you won't mind that, then it will be a good film that shows lots of good sides by pointing out the bads. Based on the true story, that sets in the 1955, tells the story of a big farmer family living on the mountain, but all the focus was one of the children named Dolly. She's different than rest of her siblings. She's curious about the world, so mischievous and a good singer too. Her latest trouble takes a big price. Following, the family in a distress, that's going to change a few things forever in her life and everybody else. First of all I know zero about the real Dolly Parton. Thanks to this film for her early life introduction, but still don't know much about her latter life. So expecting from the sequels to cover them up. For now, there's only one sequel, about the Christmas. Alyvia was really good. She reminded Abigail Breslin from 'Kit Kittredge'. The film mainly aimed for families, so they would surely enjoy it. I liked it too, but not that overexcited as before my watch. 6/10

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