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6.3/10
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Buck is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Viv and Lily, the daughter of his longtime musical sidekick.Buck is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Viv and Lily, the daughter of his longtime musical sidekick.Buck is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Viv and Lily, the daughter of his longtime musical sidekick.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Paul English
- Paul
- (as Robert English)
Bobbie Nelson
- Bonnie
- (as Bobby Nelson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActresses Amy Irving and Dyan Cannon did their own singing and can be heard on the movie's soundtrack.
- GoofsIn Mexico, Buck gets shot with the 7th shot from Garland's 6-shooter. (Note: the film as shown on TCM April 10, 2021 had Garland firing just 6 times - once to get Buck's attention as Buck walked toward the bus, twice while running through the bus, once after departing the bus chasing Buck, once into the air while the two were struggling, and then the 6th shot which was the final one.)
- Quotes
[Lily is on her first tour with Buck's band]
Bo: Who all in here has got a college education?
Lily Ramsey: I do.
Bo: You do? Well, run in the back there and get me a beer, would you? I'd hate to see your education go to waste.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits play over the final scene.
- Alternate versionsThe 1992 Warner Bros. Pictures logos plastered the opening and closing Saul Bass variants in the post-2011 prints.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood's Top Ten: Food Fights (2011)
- SoundtracksOn the Road Again
Written and Performed by Willie Nelson
Featured review
Somewhat slow and drawn out
Despite what I wrote above in my summary line, I did not hate or dislike "Honeysuckle Rose". There were some things about it that I genuinely enjoyed. With Willie Nelson headlining the movie, there is of course a lot of opportunity for him to sing, which I found very enjoyable despite the fact that country music in normally not my thing. Nelson isn't a great actor - he's only adequate here - but in his defence he doesn't try to be something he's not, and his relaxed and easygoing manner is palatable. Speaking of relaxed and easygoing, director Jerry Schatzberg films the movie in that style, in a way that gives many of the scenes an almost documentary feel, making them surprisingly realistic. However, eventually this slow and steady attitude starts to backfire. The movie is extremely drawn out; there's not a heck of a lot of story here, and what there is could have been told at a length much shorter than the 119 minutes this movie takes. All the same, the movie does have its charms, and I can see some people really enjoying it despite its shortcomings.
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- Sep 7, 2016
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,815,212
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,189,966
- Jul 20, 1980
- Gross worldwide
- $17,815,212
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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