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Sweet Dreams

Year:
Duration:
115 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | Music | Musical
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Karel Reisz
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1985-10-02
Filming Locations: Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $80,418 (USA) (6 October 1985)
Gross: $9,085,049 (USA) (24 November 1985)
Cast
Actor
Character
Jessica Lange
Patsy Cline
Ed Harris
Charlie Dick
Ann Wedgeworth
Hilda Hensley
James Staley
Gerald Cline
Gary Basaraba
Woodhouse
John Goodman
Otis
P.J. Soles
Wanda
Terri Gardner
Old Singer
Caitlin Kelch
Sylvia
Robert L. Dasch
John
Courtney Parker
Older Julie
Coulton Edwards
Baby Randy
Holly Filler
Madrine
Bruce Kirby
Arthur Godfrey
Jerry Haynes
Owen Bradley
Kenneth White
Big Bill Shakey
Stonewall Jackson
Announcer at Opry
Jake T. Robinson
Biker
Boxcar Willie
Old Man in Jail
Tony Frank
Bartender
Charlie Walker
Cowboy Copas
Frank Knapp Jr.
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Ric Kidney
TV Technician (as Richard J. Kidney)
Jack Slater
Recording Engineer
Missy Proulx
Girlfriend at Fair
Aleda Pope
Girlfriend at Fair
Carlton Cuse
Sergeant
John E. Davis
Skip Catmill
John Walter Davis
Stone
Toni Sawyer
Baby Nurse
Robert Rothwell
Plastic Surgeon
Patricia Allison
Surgery Nurse
William Byrd
Patsy's Band: Bass
John R. Smarr
Patsy's Band: Guitar
Fred K. Young
Patsy's Band: Drums
Curtis Young
Patsy's Band: Singer / Guitar
Michael David Black
Patsy's Band: Singer / Guitar
Don Warden
Opry Band: Steel Guitar
Timothy N. Tappan
Opry Band: Piano
William Edward Taylor
Opry Band: Guitar
Lonnie Ray Jones
Opry Band: Guitar
Douglas B. Green
Opry Band: Singer
Gary W. Pigg
Opry Band: Singer
Paul W. Chrisman
Opry Band: Singer
Fred LaBour
Opry Band: Singer
James Bartley Young
Kracker Band: Acoustic Guitar
Fred Paul Tenly
Kracker Band: Electric Guitar
Odie Palmer
Kracker Band: Electric Guitar
Walter Caton
Kracker Band: Fiddle
Dennis Donaldson
Kracker Band: Piano
Jimmy Mack Hodge Jr.
Kracker Band: Steel Guitar
Irv Cook
Studio Musician
Peter Robert Grant
Studio Musician
Jim Kipman
Studio Musician
William Landers
Studio Musician
Jimmy Vann
Studio Musician
Riders in the Sky
Pamela Clay
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Brian L. McCarty
Alto Saxophonist (uncredited)
Dennis Saylor
Extra (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The town used as Winchester, Virginia is actually Martinsburg, West Virginia (about a half hour away).
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This is only one of three roles for which Meryl Streep was turned down.
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At one point, Charlie asks Patsy what she's done all day and she responds, "I've been sipping champagne with Kirk Douglas". When the scene was filmed Jessica Lange actually said, "I've been sipping champagne with Rock Hudson", but Hudson was revealed to have had AIDS before the film was released and the producers thought a reference to him would be distracting.
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Goofs
There's a scene where they play "Stranger On the Shore," which came out in 1962. The scene is some time before then.
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In a scene dated 1959, Patsy is performing in a drive-in theatre when a Sprite commercial appears on the screen. Sprite was not introduced until 1961.
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The actor who portrays Arthur Godfrey, famous for his red hair, has brown hair.
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Quotes
Charlie Dick: I want to get to know you better.
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Patsy Cline: [ironing and listening to the radio] Lord, bitch. You don't sing. You whine. You whine.
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Hilda Hensley: Well, good morning.
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Photos from cast
David Clennon
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