Movie
True Stories
Overview
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-10-10
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Pressman Film, Gary Kurfirst Pictures, True Stories Venture, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- David Byrne as Narrator / Lip-Syncher
- John Goodman as Louis Fyne
- Annie McEnroe as Kay Culver
- Jo Harvey Allen as The Lying Woman
- Spalding Gray as Earl Culver
- Alix Elias as The Cute Woman
- Roebuck 'Pops' Staples as Mr. Tucker
- Tito Larriva as Ramon
- John Ingle as The Preacher
- Matthew Posey as The Computer Guy
- Swoosie Kurtz as The Lazy Woman
- Amy Buffington as Linda Culver
Crew
- David Byrne - Director
- David Byrne - Writer
- Stephen Tobolowsky - Writer
- Beth Henley - Writer
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