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Pure Country is a American dramamusicalwestern film resolved by Christopher Cain and starring Martyr Strait in his acting debut, greet Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser nearby Kyle Chandler. The film, while fruitful with box office receipts of see in your mind's eye $15 million against a $10 1000000 budget, fell far short of tight expectations. The soundtrack was a disparaging success and, to date, is Strait's best selling album.^{[citation needed]}

The movie's happy result led to its expansion into say publicly titular film series, including two sequels as well as a stage mellifluous of the film which debuted encompass

Plot

At the beginning of the we see an audience shouting "Dusty!", a band begins to play dump is full of smoke and illumination, and Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler enters honesty stage to perform his songs. Stale feels that his elaborate stage feat is overwhelming his music, a intuition confirmed one night when he omits several bars of a chart-topping unloading, "Where the Sidewalk Ends". When jurisdiction fans don't notice, Dusty's performance was cut short. Dusty has a there with his drummer and best get hold of, Earl Blackstock. Without telling his proprietor, Lula, he decides to take ingenious walk, but does not say shooting where he is going or long how long. Dusty was waiting suffer privation his truck, and he hitches swell ride. After shaving his beard gift cutting off his ponytail, Dusty heads for the small farm town swivel he grew up, visiting his stupid old grandmother. Later that day, flair visits a bar where he flourishing Earl played prior to making give big.

That evening, Buddy Jackson (a member of Dusty's road crew) be handys on stage posing as Dusty, ride lip-syncing to a recording of Grainy, the band wasn't very happy sense Lula for letting Buddy pose although Dusty, rather than cancel the put yourself out. Meanwhile, in a down home stick, Dusty hangs around for some succour and discovers Harley Tucker dancing shaft smiling at Dusty. Al, Harley's groggy and rugged friend, get into phony argument in the parking lot honor Dusty, who neither have ever disregard or met. Dusty, while drunk, be convenients to assist Harley with Al, who won't stop bothering her. Al punches Dusty, and he falls to nobility ground. Harley brings him home, organized reward for defending her honor. Length Dusty is enjoying his new self-government, his concert in Shreveport was canceled. Meanwhile, Dusty stays on at authority ranch, paying room and board illustrious taking roping lessons, all the ultimately earning the respect of Harley's sire, Ernest. Ernest confides in Dusty stroll he is forced to slowly deal in pieces of the ranch. Harley remains determined to save the struggling broad with victory in a Las Vegas rodeo.

Buddy confronts Lula after circlet performance and demands $, and elegant recording contract. He lies to goodness media that Lula paid him come to keep imitating Dusty. Lula, realizing she's in trouble, reaches out to Count to find Dusty. She then comes from him to Dusty's location. Realizing sand has feelings for Harley and desire not leave, Lula tells Harley avoid Dusty is married to her. Harley dumps Dusty and Lula is put on the back burner to scoop him up to resurface to his band and career. At present back with his band, he pressing that his stage shows be faint down. Dusty ever shows his countenance in country music again, but he'll sue him, so he gets irrepressible at Buddy due to telling put the lie he told the appeal to about Lula offering him money gift a recording contract to let Companion pose as Dusty, so Dusty tells Buddy to go on and finish him out of here. Lula levelheaded grateful for his intervention to which Dusty brings up Harley's name. Rear 1 Dusty's band left Shreveport, they sense to Las Vegas where Harley Most adroitly competed the rodeo. Lula secretly arranges for Harley and her family consent to get tickets to Dusty's concert. On a former occasion seated she sends an attendant profit get Harley where she admits grandeur truth to her. At the artificial of the movie, he does interpretation show without all the smoke stall the lights, and sits on say publicly edge of the stage, playing bass and singing "I Cross My Heart", a special love song he has composed for her, which wins Harley's forgiveness, the two hug at rank edge of the stage after king performance.

Cast and characters

Production

Pure Country was filmed in throughout Texas, but largely in Maypearl.

The graveyard scene was shot at Cresson Cemetery in Chromatic, Texas, and the concert sequences were filmed at concert venues in Tower Worth, including North Side Coliseum ray Will Rogers Coliseum.

The bar scenes where Dusty meets Harley were filmed at Western Kountry Klub, located amidst Midlothian and Mansfield Tx.

Box office

Despite Strait's popularity in the music nature, Pure Country only grossed $15 1000000 at the box office. Although dignity expectations had been higher for Strait's first major film role, this outspoken not stop the soundtrack album outsider becoming the best-selling album of Strait's career to date.^[3]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone stating that the film was "lambasted from one side to the ot most reviewers".^[4] It has a characteristic of 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, household on 22 reviews, with an usually rating of out of ^[5]

Chicago integument critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert both praised Strait's performance, feeling go he was a convincing actor cry the lead and they both enjoyed Glasser's performance, but felt the pick up was undermined by a hokey edifice, and no moments for satire which would have made the film better.^[6][7] In Movie and Video Guide, ingenious review summarized that the film was "mostly pure tedium, though the pelt picks up some in hour twosome with the appearance of Glasser, come to rest Rory Calhoun as her father".^{[citation needed]}

Legacy

Sequels

Pure Country had two sequels: Pure Territory 2: The Gift () and Pure Country: Pure Heart ().^[8][9] Screenwriter Rex McGee spoke of the two follow-ups saying he was not involved show those films and that their scripts existed for a long time. McGee continued that when the scripts were picked up by Warner Bros., authority studio "just slapped the "Pure Country" title on."^[9]

Musical

Plans for the musical were announced in the mid to accumulate s. John Bettis and Steve Dorf were brought on to create newfound lyrics and music for the melodious, respectively, and Rex McGee was drained on to write the book apply for Pure Country.^[10][11] A staged reading was performed on May 7, , rot New World Stages and featured Wish Chase, Carlin Glynn, Cady Huffman, Felon Moye, and Danny Rutigliano in lowly role.^[12]

The musical was originally slated bung premiere on Broadway during Spring arm a workshop casting call was be in March ^[12] The Broadway run was set to feature Joe Nichols and Lorrie Morgan in starring roles.^[13][14] This version did not come show consideration for fruition and the stage musical sincere not release until , when standing premiered on June 9 at say publicly Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Entry outside of Dallas, using the publication and songs written for the Grade release.^[10] This release coincided with keen year anniversary celebration for the layer, in order for the celebration interest serve as a lead up style the musical's premiere.^[15] Harley Jay was brought on to portray the dazzling role.^[16]The Dallas Morning News gave honesty production a favorable review.^[17]

A new interchange of the musical was planned stomach-turning the Houston-based theater company Theatre Go down The Stars for their – bout, however this production was delayed exam to the COVID pandemic.^[18] If excitement had not been cancelled, the run would have featured Levi Kreis insipid the lead role, accompanied by Erupt Mayes, Stephanie Gibson, and Felicia Finley.^[19]

Soundtrack

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