Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story (1983)

Directed by

Dick Lowry

Genre

biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A made-for-TV movie based on the true story of Hank Williams Jr. It shows his struggle to break free from his famous father's legacy and build his own music career.

earnestdramaticbiographicalslow-pacedreflectiveinspirationalemotionalstraightforward

What happens

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Dick Lowry and starring Richard Thomas. The plot roughly follows the semi-autobiographical book Living Proof by Michael Bane and Hank Williams Jr., which tells how Hank Jr. nearly killed himself trying to escape his famous father's shadow, in order start a music career based on his own talent. The film's score was composed and conducted by Bill Conti. Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide rates the film as being above average. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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