Baja Oklahoma

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Baja Oklahoma
GenreComedy
Drama
Music
Romance
Written byDan Jenkins (novel) and (teleplay)
Bobby Roth
Directed by Bobby Roth
Starring Willie Nelson
Lesley Ann Warren
Peter Coyote
Swoosie Kurtz
Julia Roberts
Music by Stanley Myers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Fred Baron (associate producer)
Production location Fort Worth, Texas
Cinematography Michael Ballhaus
Running time105 minutes
Production companies HBO Pictures
Rastar Productions
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseFebruary 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, [1] 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. [2]

Contents

Plot

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

Cast

Other

"Baja Oklahoma" is a nickname for Texas. [3]

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References

  1. "Television Reviews : 'Baja' Disappoints With Trite Plot, Characters". Los Angeles Times. February 19, 1988.
  2. White, Susan (February 21, 1988). "'BAJA OKLAHOMA" via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. "Calendar of Oklahoma Audubon Events (2009)".

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