Stars: Dolly Parton, John Terry, Bill Dean, Kimberley Kates

Director: Richard A. Colla

Summary: Country music legend Dolly Parton stars as singer Leana Taylor in this heartwarming tale of a small town girl who makes good. Somewhere in the heartland, Leana is struggling to make her music go places, and when it does, to take her with it. When she finally discovers that the power to escape lies within herself, she takes her great big voice to the top.

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In a totally unexpected piece of casting, Blue Valley Songbird stars Dolly Parton as a country singer/songwriter with big hair, large breasts and lots of lippy. The comparison ends there, though, because here she plays Leana Taylor, a talented performer hampered by her provincial background (and unpleasant manager/boyfriend) who realises she must escape her small-town roots in order to achieve her true potential. This isn't the most taxing of narratives, but it's the music that counts here. This movie is of the "musical drama" genre--take a star musical performer, give them the lead role in a movie, then furnish them with every excuse to perform therein so long as it can be done as a realistic element within the overall story--and as such it's highly agreeable. Parton not only has buckets of musical talent but also has plausible acting skills, even if the viewer is bound to think that these are mainly to do with being Dolly Parton. In any event, the songs are excellent, so this is well worth watching even if you find yourself fast-forwarding until you see someone picking a guitar up.--Roger Thomas

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Year:	1999
Release Date:	June 25, 2001
Runtime:	91 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	I X 0752 H E U K D
Keywords:	Music, Country, Blue, Valley, Films, Dolly, Parton, Performing, Musicals, Arts, Popular, Songbird
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts