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Hollywood to Dollywood (2011)

Hollywood to Dollywood poster
Directed by
John Lavin, Gary Lane
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Identical twins Gary and Larry Lane drive across the United States to give a screenplay they wrote to Dolly Parton. The film follows their journey and includes many of Dolly Parton's songs.

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What happens

Hollywood to Dollywood is an American documentary film that played at 60 film festivals in the U.S., Canada, Scotland, and Australia in 2011 and 2012. Directed by John Lavin, the film follows the cross-country journey of identical twins Gary and Larry Lane to deliver to Dolly Parton a screenplay they wrote, which includes a role for her. Hollywood to Dollywood has won 24 film festival awards and includes 17 Parton songs, two of which were previously unreleased. The film had a one-week theatrical release in New York beginning August 31, 2012, followed a week later in Los Angeles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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