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Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by David Acomba with Sneezy Waters

Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave (1980)

Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave
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Length 1h26
Directed by
OriginCanada
Genres Drama,    Musical
Rating73% 3.664073.664073.664073.664073.66407

Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave (1980) is a color movie from Canada that runs for 86 minutes. It was released by Simcom Limited and made by the production company the Film Consortium Of Canada.

The movie stars Sneezy Waters as Hank Williams Sr. It also stars Dixie Seatle, Sean McCann, Jackie Washington, Joel Zifkin, and Sean Hewitt.

The film was produced by Henk Van Der Kolk and William T. Marshall. Helga Stephenson was the executive producer. It was directed by David Acomba. Maynard Collins wrote it, and it was based on his stage play. The budget was $CAD578,000.

The movie was nominated for "The Tex Ritter Award" at The Country Music 1983 Awards Show. It lost to Tender Mercies. It played at the Toronto Film Festival, the London Film Festival and at FILMEX in Los Angeles, California.

Sneezy Waters sings 23 Hank Williams songs. "Tennessee Waltz", sung by Patti Page, is heard on a jukebox.

Unable to secure music rights for a theatrical release, the movie was only shown on television. The movie was filmed between December 8, 1980 - December 13, 1980. On the night of the first day of filming, the crew learned that John Lennon had been assassinated. This news gave the movie a very real sense of melancholy.

Waters changed some of the lyrics of "Too Many Parties", making it about the brother of a lawyer instead of a wayward woman. He added new lyrics to "Men With Broken Hearts" ("And even sleep brings no relief to these men who curse their births/they have no dreams of happiness left in heaven or on earth/for how can men have faith in God when faith in fellow man departs") and rearranged other lyrics.

This movie is available on two DVDs, from White Star and Echo Bridge. Neither contain any extras. Both are full-screen.

Synopsis

The movie is set on December 31, 1952, and has the country western singer Hank Williams being driven to a concert in Ohio. As he sits in the back seat of the car, he imagines a show he wishes he was giving. In this fantasy show, set in a bar, Williams sings many songs and talks about his personal life and religious philosophies. The movie cuts back and forth from the fictional show to the car. At the end, Williams sings the song "Men With Broken Hearts" to the crowd. He asks them to pray for him and wishes them a happy new year, then he walks out of the bar as bells toll. Back in the car, the real Williams dies. He was only 29 years old.

Actors

Sneezy Waters
Sean McCann

(The Doctor)Jackie Washington
Philip Craig

(Rowdy Cowboy)
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