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Release date | 1992-2017 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Pure Country film series consists of American country-musical western dramas [ citation needed ], including two theatrical movies (including the 1992 original and its sequel), and a straight-to-home video sequel. The trilogy of standalone films includes the contrast the lifestyle of country music fame to working class lifestyle.[ citation needed ]
The films were met overall with middling degrees of critical reception, while also earning enough income for the associate studios to create additional installments. Pure Country was described as being "not a hit" by Rotten Tomatoes. [1] with Rolling Stone stating that the film was "lambasted by most reviewers". [2] though in modern-day retrospectives it has earned its status as a cult classic [ failed verification ] by various analyses. [1] [2] [3] [4] Conversely, both Pure Country 2: The Gift and Pure Country: Pure Heart earned less at the box office, [5] and received negative response from critics who categorized them as inferior to the original movie. [6] [7]
Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Producer |
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Pure Country | October 23, 1992 | Christopher Cain | Rex McGee | Jerry Weintraub |
Pure Country 2: The Gift | October 15, 2010 | Dean Cain & Christopher Cain | Scott Duthie, Christopher Cain and Hunt Lowry | |
Pure Country: Pure Heart | August 1, 2017 | Damon Santostefano | Holly Goldberg Sloan | Hunt Lowry, Patty Reed, Michael J. Luisi and Todd Williams |
Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler, who has established his career as one of the most successful country music stars, grows disenchanted with the repetition of area-filled stage shows and life on the road. Despite his contractual obligations, Dusty leaves his Hollywood lifestyle and returns to the smalltown where he grew up. As his producer searches for him, Dusty enjoys his return to country living. As he continues to enjoy working as a farmhand at a ranch Dusty begins to fall in love with the owner's daughter named Lulu Rogers, he must determine whether to return to his stardom or to continue their lives together. [8] [9] [10] [11]
A talented smalltown woman named Bobbie makes a promise to her ailing Aunt Ellie that should she achieve her dreams as a country music star, she will always remain true to the values she was raised to believe. Upon moving to Nashville to pursue her career, Bobbie begins to compromise her beliefs in hopes to land a recording contract with established record producers. As she enjoys the experiences she has always hoped for, Bobbie is faced with a choice of being true to herself or maintaining a façade for the sake of fame. [12] [13] [14]
Two high school aged sisters named Ada and Piper Spencer share an appreciation for country music, and their goals of one day achieving their goals in the country music scene. Though they regularly attempt to turn their musical talents into a career, their widowed-mother forbids it. As the pair secretly pursue their dreams in Nashville and begin to establish themselves as a promising duo act, they soon discover that country music is legacy because their father was a rising country star. Ada and Piper are faced with revealing their secretive adventures to their mother and forfeiting their progress, or continuing to maintain their ongoing activities. [15] [16] [17] [18]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
Character | Films | |||
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Pure Country | Pure Country 2: The Gift | Pure Country: Pure Heart | ||
Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler | George Strait | |||
Harley Tucker | Isabel Glasser | |||
Lula Rogers | Lesley Ann Warren | |||
Buddy Jackson | Kyle Chandler | |||
Earl Blackstock | John Doe | |||
Ernest Tucker | Rory Calhoun | |||
Tim Tucker | James Terry McIlvain | |||
J.W. Tucker | Toby Metcalf | |||
Grandma Ivy Chandler | Molly McClure | |||
Bobbie Thomas | Katrina Elam Kaitlyn Dorff Y | |||
Dale Jordan | Travis Fimmel | |||
Aunt Ella | Jackie Welch | |||
Molly Thomas | Heidi Brook Myers P | |||
Roy Thomas | J.D. Parker | |||
Morita | Michael Yama | |||
Peter the angel | Michael McKean | |||
Joseph the angel | Bronson Pinchot | |||
Pedro the angel | Cheech Marin | |||
Keith Haskins | Todd Truley | |||
George Strait | himself | |||
Ada Spencer | Kaitlyn Bausch | |||
Piper Spencer | Cozi Zuehlsdorff | |||
Justine Sloan | Dara Sisterhen | |||
Elizabeth Spencer | Amanda Detmer | |||
Declan Martino | Matthew Barnes | |||
Marq Dunn | Laura Bell Bundy | |||
"Meemaw" Spencer | Myra Turley | |||
Henry Monroe | Lawrence Turner | |||
Henry Monroe | Lawrence Turner | |||
C.J. Simms | Ronny Cox | |||
Henry Monroe | Lawrence Turner | |||
Henry Monroe | Lawrence Turner | |||
Ted | Shawn Michaels | |||
Willie Nelson | himself | |||
Film | Crew/Detail | ||||||
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Composer | Cinematographer | Editor(s) | Production companies | Distributing companies | Running time | ||
Pure Country | Steve Dorff | Richard Bowen | Jack Hofstra | Jerry Weintraub Productions | Warner Bros. Pictures | 1 hr 52 mins | |
Pure Country 2: The Gift | Juan Ruiz Anchía | Angry Monkey Entertainment, Roserock Films | |||||
Pure Country: Pure Heart | Mandi Collier & Frankie Pine | Bradford Lipson | Lizzy Calhoun | WWE Studios | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | 1 hr 24 mins |
Film | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Total home video sales | Budget | Worldwide net total income | Ref. | |||
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North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All-time North America | All-time worldwide | |||||
Pure Country | $15,164,458 | — | $15,164,458 | #4,473 | #6,273 | Information not publicly available | $10,000,000 | >$5,164,458 | [19] [20] [21] |
Pure Country 2: The Gift | $133,771 | — | $133,771 | #12,109 | #22,392 | Information not publicly available | Information not publicly available | ≤ $133,771 | [5] [22] |
Pure Country: Pure Heart | — | — | — | — | — | Information not publicly available | Information not publicly available | >$0 | — |
Totals | $15,298,229 | — | $15,298,229 | x̄ #5,527 | x̄ #9,555 | >$0 | >$10,000,000 | ≥$5,298,229 |
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | CinemaScore |
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Pure Country | 41% (22 reviews) [23] | A- [24] |
Pure Country 2: The Gift | TBD (2 reviews) [6] | — |
Pure Country: Pure Heart | TBD (1 review) [7] | — |
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