Baja Oklahoma

Baja Oklahoma
Genre	Comedy Drama Music Romance
Based on	Baja Oklahoma by Dan Jenkins
Written by	Bobby Roth
Teleplay by	Dan Jenkins
Directed by	Bobby Roth
Starring	Willie Nelson Lesley Ann Warren Peter Coyote Swoosie Kurtz Julia Roberts
Music by	Stanley Myers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Hunt Lowry [1]
Production location	Fort Worth, Texas
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Running time	105 minutes
Production companies	HBO Pictures Rastar Productions
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20)

Baja Oklahoma is a 1988 American made-for-television comedy-drama film by HBO Original Film starring Lesley Ann Warren. Written by director Bobby Roth and novelist Dan Jenkins, based on Jenkins's 1982 novel with the same title, ^[2] it also stars Peter Coyote, Swoosie Kurtz, and Julia Roberts. The title song was written by Jenkins and Willie Nelson, who appears as himself near the end of the film to sing it with Warren. ^[3]

Plot

Juanita Hutchins has dreams of becoming a country-western music songwriter, but she works at a bar in the meantime.

Cast

• Lesley Ann Warren as Juanita Hutchins
• Peter Coyote as "Slick" Henderson
• Swoosie Kurtz as Doris Steadman
• Julia Roberts as Candy Hutchins
• Billy Vera as Lonnie Slocum
• Anthony Zerbe as Ole Jeemy Williams
• William Forsythe as Tommy Earl Browner
• Willie Nelson as Himself
• Bruce Abbott as Dove Christian
• Carmen Argenziano as Roy Simmons
• Paul Bartel as Minister
• Jordan Charney as Beecher Perry
• Carole Davis as Tina Busher (credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis)
• Linda Dona as Martha Healy
• Rhonda Dotson as Kathy
• Emmylou Harris as Herself
• John M. Jackson as Lee Steadman
• Alice Krige as Patsy Cline
• John Mayall as Himself
• Kit McDonough as Sheila Browner
• Rob Nilsson as Chuck
• Walter Olkewicz as Private Eye
• Annie O'Neill as Bonnie
• Cyril O'Reilly as Weldon Taylor
• Dennis Redfield as Vern Sandler
• Susannah Woodside as Esther

Other

"Baja Oklahoma" is a nickname for Texas. ^[4]

References

1. Frazier, Tony (March 4, 1988). "Producer Adds Sooner Touch to "Baja Oklahoma'". The Oklahoman .
2. "Television Reviews : 'Baja' Disappoints With Trite Plot, Characters". Los Angeles Times. February 19, 1988.
3. White, Susan (February 21, 1988). "'BAJA OKLAHOMA" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
4. "Calendar of Oklahoma Audubon Events (2009)".

External links

Baja Oklahoma at IMDb