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Movie
True Stories
Synopsis
Director David Byrne (of Talking Heads) takes an outside-looking-in glance at Texas and Texans in True Stories. Casting himself as the protagonist/narrator, Byrne adopts what he thinks is "standard" western garb and drives his red convertible into the small town of Virgil. Here he observes the town's preparations for celebrating Texas' sesquicentennial, taking time out to introduce us to several of the local oddballs. Swoosie Kurtz plays Miss Rollings, the Laziest Woman in the World; Alix Elias is The Cute Woman, who decorates her home in the most hideously "sweet" manner imaginable; John Goodman is talent-contest entrant Louis Fyne, who harbors dreams of being a C&W star; Spalding Gray is Earl Culver, a vegetable-obsessed civic leader; Jo Harvey Allen is The Lying Woman; and so it goes. The script by Southerners Byrne, Beth Henley and Steven Tobolowksy strives to avoid subtlety.
Cast
- John Goodman
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Spalding Gray
- Alix Elias
- Annie McEnroe
- Pops Staples
- Humberto Larriva
- John Ingle
- Jo Harvey Allen
- Matthew Posey
- Amy Buffington
- Richard Downlearn
- Capucine DeWulf
- Chris Douridas
- L.T. Felty
- Jerry Harrison
- Christopher Johnson
- Liz Moore
- Frank Smith
- Scott Valentine
- Andrew Barach
- Ed Geldart
- Adelle Lutz
- Stephen Tobolowsky
- Barbara Ling
- Caroline Biggerstaff
- Beth Henley
- Meredith Monk
- Edward R. Pressman
- Neal Weisman
- Michael Flynn
- Edward Lachman
- Karen Murphy
- David Byrne
- Dee McCandless
- Gene Menger
- Elizabeth McBride