Love in Texan

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Movie
German title Love in Texan
Original title Baja Oklahoma
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1988
length 105 minutes
Rod
Director Bobby Roth
script Bobby Roth,
Dan Jenkins
music Stanley Myers
camera Michael Ballhaus
cut Kathe Klopp
occupation

Love at Texan is a TV movie from the year 1988 . It was produced for Home Box Office and first broadcast on February 20, 1988. The director was Bobby Roth , in the leading roles played Lesley Ann Warren and Carmen Argenziano .

The writer wrote Bobby Roth based on a novel by Dan Jenkins from the year 1983. The film is set in the 1950s in a bar in Fort Worth in Texas . Barwoman Juanita Hutchins (Lesley Ann Warren) wants to make a career as a singer. She falls in love several times and is always disappointed, which thwarts her plans.
Some Country hitmakers like Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson give Cameo -Auftritte.

Reviews

The film got rather positive reviews. Leonard Maltin described it in TV Movies and Video Guide as a living adaptation of the novel.

Awards

Swoosie Kurtz was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in the Best Supporting Role category. She was also nominated for The Annual National CableACE Award , as was Lesley Ann Warren .

literature

  • Meinolf Zurhorst : Julia Roberts. "Pretty Woman" . Heyne Filmbibliothek Volume 168. (3rd edition.) Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-05757-0 , p. 36, 169-170

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