Talk:Coal Miner's Daughter (film)

Cleanup needed
Various problems are evident. First, there is considerable overlap with her life story that is not given explicit ties to the filmed version. In other words, while one obviously can't tell the story of a biographical film without telling something of the story of the subject's life, the first several lines of the article do not make reference to what of her life is (or isn't) shown in the film. Second, the later lines of the article become bogged down by excessive parentheticals; this tendency is one I notice easily because I share it. Third, very little is said to give an overall sense of the storyline of the film itself, and much of what is said is buried in the aforementioned parentheticals. Will add a cleanup tag momentarily.Lawikitejana 02:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The big white field that preceeds the text looks HORRIBLE! Sissy Spacek's acting and singing is outstanding!!!!  She is very talented but the script was really, really, bad.  For example, Lynn is made to look so stupid its rediculous.  They dont mention one word about Crystal Gayle but they do mention Patsy Kline but thats a minor thing compared to the degredation of Lynn and females in general. The above unsigned comment was added by Belgrade Glendenning.


 * The only way that things like "Lynn is made to look so stupid" can belong in the article is if there is published criticism of the film that can be cited that says so. Whether you or I think that is just our POV and others can disagree. As far as giving details of her life here, the comment is correct in that this article should be about the film and its version of her life.  For a presumably objective overview of Lynn's life, the blue link to Loretta Lynn should suffice; it is not necessary to repeat details of her life not represented in the film in this article and in fact could be seen as not only unnecessary, but confusing.  Rlquall 20:08, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Her husband in the movie said when she became pregnant, "We found something you are good at." This is patently offensive language.
 * Irrespective of whether any of us finds it patently offensive and insulting, the point is that for the claim to belong in the article, it has to come from an external source (see WP:V and WP:RS), such as a published review or a journal article. Encyclopedia articles are supposed to distill the existing published sources, while pointing the reader to the published sources so that the reader can verify independently that this critique is out there in authoritative places, not just my opinion or yours. Do you see? Lawikitejana 13:58, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Naming
Shouldn't this article be 'Coal Miner's Daughter (film)' since there is also the book on which it is based which is notable enough to have its own article at some point? Rlquall 20:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Parking information here for later inclusion in article
I'm watching the commentaries and other extras on the 25th anniversary DVD, but I'm a bit too tired to put the info in there correctly, so I'm parking it here for now:
 * In her interview with Apted, LL not only repeats the story about picking Sissy Spacek's picture out of a pile of 8x10s, she also says that while SS was studying her, they appeared at the Grand Ole Opry about three times and "Opry members could not tell when I would quit a verse and she'd take on a verse. Now that's how close we were." (in terms of the sound) She also says that SS's mimicry of her accent was so accurate that LL's twin daughters, age nine at the time of the film, said to her, "Mommy, I want you to quit talking like Sissy Spacek."
 * In their commentary, Apted and Spacek mention several times their conviction that they were permitted to take certain directions in the filming, such as allowing Spacek to sing the songs herself, only because the studio did not believe the movie would be very successful and thus did not feel the need to supervise closely. They also say that they believe the reason that Tommy Lee Jones was not recognized with any acting awards was because Doolittle Lynn was not well-known, and therefore, those who chose the nominees had no background to recognize the excellence of his portrayal. Lynn also expresses in her interview that she believes Jones' portrayal was exceptionally accurate and merited awards.

Lawikitejana 14:19, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Coal miners daughter.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Rationale provided -Optigan13 (talk) 08:41, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Older VHS release
Coal Miner's Daughter was also released on VHS sometime in the early 1980s, when Universal was still using the "MCA Videocassette" brand for VHS releases. My family has a copy of this release somewhere. -lee (talk) 01:38, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

problem
The background section should not list the actors, that would be in a plot synopsis. levon helm does not play her father in the book :)Mercurywoodrose (talk) 23:26, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Stolen "Background"
"Background" section taken from this site word for word:

http://www.allmovie.com/work/10105 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.153.11.138 (talk) 23:38, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

2do
http://www.wsaz.com/news/kentuckynews/headlines/_Loretta_Lynn_Married_at_15_Not_13_152064195.html https://www.countrymusicchannel.com.au/loretta-lynn-married-at-15-not-13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freek2geek (talk • contribs) 11:53, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Chedzilla (talk) 01:34, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: disambiguate. The consensus is that there is no primary topic, so the bare title becomes a disambigaution page, and the film moves to Coal Miner's Daughter (film). -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:53, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

– The song came first, and the movie is named after the song, not vice versa. Should the song not get top billing? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 22:08, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Coal Miner& → Coal Miner's Daughter (film)
 * Coal Miner's Daughter (song) → Coal Miner's Daughter
 * Well, not necessarily. Does the song fit our definition of WP:PRIMARYTOPIC? --BDD (talk) 22:35, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * "A topic is primary for a term, with respect to long-term significance, if it has substantially greater enduring notability and educational value than any other topic associated with that term." As I said, the song has been around much longer, so the song must have longer-term significance. The movie was named after the song, so clearly the song has greater significance if another work was named after it. Just like how "Ruby Tuesday"'s primary topic is the Rolling Stones song, not the restaurant. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:01, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * "Boston, Lincolnshire has been around much longer, so it must have longer-term significance. Boston was named after it, so clearly it has greater significance if another city was named after it." See the problem? --BDD (talk) 16:55, 28 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Leave as is or Weak support 1st Move, Oppose 2nd move, and instead Coal Miner's Daughter (disambiguation) → primary slot. If there's a question here then there's no need for either film or song to have top billing, because there's no primary topic. I understand the logic of the proposal but the song doesn't appear from GBooks to outweigh the film, and this isn't a novel where the film is likely to be remade. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:50, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm fine with this compromise. If the film and the song are really that close, then neither should be the primary topic. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:55, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support moving the film. Either the song or the disambiguation page should occupy the primary position. -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 05:09, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support moving the film and having the disambiguation page occupy the primary slot. We are not dealing with distinct topics here: the term is a shared concept among media relating to Loretta Lynn, so the longterm significance for each article is not easily distinguishable. Betty Logan (talk) 10:11, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support making Coal Miner's Daughter the disambiguation page, per user:Betty Logan. Don't forget hat notes for all pages. walk victor falktalk 00:18, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

What is it?
What does Loretta Lynn's father tell her to grab a jar of in the store at the beginning of the movie? 172.92.195.154 (talk) 04:54, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Harrison Ford originally as who?
Article very briefly says that "Harrison Ford was originally cast." This needs two things: 1: Who was Ford originally cast as? I assume Doolittle Lynn or Ted Webb, but don't know. 2: This statement needs a citation. Thanks. Sir Rhosis (talk) 18:59, 15 October 2022 (UTC)