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Heartworn Highways (1981)

Heartworn Highways poster
Directed by
James Szalapski
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary that follows some of the pioneers of the Outlaw Country music movement in the mid-1970s. It shows their everyday lives and performances in Texas and Tennessee.

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What happens

Heartworn Highways is a documentary film by James Szalapski whose vision captured some of the founders of the Outlaw Country movement in Texas and Tennessee in the last weeks of 1975 and the first weeks of 1976. The film was not released theatrically until 1981. It has since gained cult status amongst fans of the genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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