COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER

Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones

Universal Pictures; Directed by Michael Apted

Rated PG; 125 minutes; 1980

Sissy Spacek won the Academy Award® for her moving portrayal of country-western singing legend, Loretta Lynn. Married at thirteen-years-old with four children by age twenty, she nonetheless began a rewarding yet harrowing career that kept her on a relentless highway. Tommy Lee Jones shines as her husband/manager Mooney, who guides his wife's career with a loving, but sometimes overpowering hand.