Pure Country (film series)

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The Pure Country film series consists of American country-musical western dramas, 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.

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The movies were met overall with middling degrees of critical reception, while also earning enough income for the associate studios to create additional installments. The 1992 original was a financial success at the box office, [1] [2] though it received a mixed reaction from reviews; [3] though in modern-day retrospectives it has earned its status as a cult classic by various analyses. [4] [5] [6] [7] Conversley, both the 2010 sequel and 2017 third installment earned less at the box office, [8] and received negative response from critics who categorized them as inferior to the original movie. [9] [10]

Film

FilmU.S. release dateDirectorScreenwriter(s)Producer
Pure Country October 23, 1992 Christopher Cain Rex McGee Jerry Weintraub
Pure Country 2: The Gift October 15, 2010 Dean Cain & Christopher CainScott 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

Pure Country (1992)

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. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)

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. [15] [16] [17]

Pure Country: Pure Heart (2017)

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. [18] [19] [20] [21]

Main cast and characters

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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.

CharacterFilms
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 TuckerJames Terry McIlvain
J.W. TuckerToby Metcalf
Grandma Ivy Chandler Molly McClure
Bobbie Thomas Katrina Elam
Kaitlyn Dorff Y
Dale Jordan Travis Fimmel
Aunt EllaJackie Welch
Molly ThomasHeidi Brook Myers P
Roy ThomasJ.D. Parker
Morita Michael Yama
Peter the angelMichael McKean
Joseph the angel Bronson Pinchot
Pedro the angel Cheech Marin
Keith HaskinsTodd Truley
George Strait himself
Ada SpencerKaitlyn Bausch
Piper Spencer Cozi Zuehlsdorff
Justine SloanDara Sisterhen
Elizabeth Spencer Amanda Detmer
Declan MartinoMatthew Barnes
Marq Dunn Laura Bell Bundy
"Meemaw" Spencer Myra Turley
Henry MonroeLawrence Turner
Henry MonroeLawrence Turner
C.J. Simms Ronny Cox
Henry MonroeLawrence Turner
Henry MonroeLawrence Turner
Ted Shawn Michaels
Willie Nelson himself

Additional production and crew details

FilmCrew/Detail
ComposerCinematographerEditor(s)Production
companies		Distributing
companies		Running time
Pure Country Steve Dorff Richard BowenJack Hofstra Warner Bros. Pictures,
Jerry Weintraub Productions		 Warner Bros. 1 hr 52 mins
Pure Country 2: The Gift Juan Ruiz Anchía Warner Bros. Pictures,
Angry Monkey Entertainment,
Roserock Films
Pure Country: Pure Heart Mandi Collier & Frankie PineBradford LipsonLizzy CalhounWarner Bros. Pictures,
WWE Studios 		Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 1 hr 24 mins

Reception

Box office and financial performance

FilmBox office grossBox office rankingTotal home video salesBudgetWorldwide net
total income		Ref.
North AmericaOther territoriesWorldwideAll-time
North America		All-time
worldwide
Pure Country $15,164,458—$15,164,458#4,473#6,273Information not publicly available$10,000,000>$5,164,458 [1] [22] [2]
Pure Country 2: The Gift $133,771—$133,771#12,109#22,392Information not publicly availableInformation not publicly available≤ $133,771 [8] [23]
Pure Country: Pure Heart —————Information not publicly availableInformation not publicly available>$0—
Totals$15,298,229—$15,298,229x̄ #5,527x̄ #9,555>$0>$10,000,000≥$5,298,229

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes CinemaScore
Pure Country41% (22 reviews) [3] A- [24]
Pure Country 2: The GiftTBD (2 reviews) [9] —
Pure Country: Pure HeartTBD (1 review) [10] —

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