Honeysuckle Rose (film)
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| Directed by | Jerry Schatzberg |
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| Based on | Intermezzo by Gösta Stevens Gustaf Molander |
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| Cinematography | Robby Müller |
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| Music by | Richard Baskin |
Production company | Major Studio Partners |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 119 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million[2] |
| Box office | $17.8 million[3] |
Honeysuckle Rose (also known as On the Road Again) is a 1980 American romantic drama Western film directed by Jerry Schatzberg, written by John Binder, Gustaf Molander, Carol Sobieski, Gösta Stevens, and William D. Wittliff, and starring Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving. It is a loose remake of the 1936 Swedish film Intermezzo.
Plot
Buck Bonham is a country singer with a good family, struggling to find national fame. He juggles his music career with his responsibilities to his wife Viv and son Jamie. He has everything going his way until Lily Ramsey, the daughter of his former guitarist Garland joins his tour. The road leads to temptation, which leads to his downfall.
Cast
- Willie Nelson as Buck Bonham
- Dyan Cannon as Viv Bonham
- Amy Irving as Lily Ramsey
- Slim Pickens as Garland Ramsey
- Joey Floyd as Jamie Bonham
- Charles Levin as Sid
- Mickey Rooney Jr. as Cotton Roberts
- Pepe Serna as Rooster
- Lane Smith as Brag
- Priscilla Pointer as Rosella Ramsey
- Diana Scarwid as Jeanne
- Emmylou Harris as Herself
- Rex Ludwick as Tex
- Mickey Raphael as Kelly
- Bee Spears as Bo
- Chris Ethridge as Easter
- Paul English as Paul
- Bobbie Nelson as Bonnie
- Jody Payne as Jonas
- Johnny Gimble as Fiddler
- Kenneth Threadgill as Yodler
- Grady Martin as Grady
- Hank Cochran as Hank
- Jeannie Seely as Jeannie
Release
Critical reception
The film was screened out of competition at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[4] Honeysuckle Rose holds a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on six reviews.[5] Wide Open Country music magazine ranked it the second best Willie Nelson film, behind Red Headed Stranger.[6]
Film critic Roger Ebert called the film "sly and entertaining"[7] yet ultimately predictable and disappointing:
The movie remains resolutely at the level of superficial cliché, resisting any temptation to make a serious statement about the character's hard-drinking, self-destructive lifestyle...Honeysuckle Rose has the kind of problems that can be resolved with an onstage reconciliation in the last scene: Willie and Dyan singing a duet together and everybody knowing things will turn out all right.[7]
Regarding Willie Nelson's performance, Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times:
Mr. Nelson doesn't entirely fit his role, any more than the other actors fit theirs. He seems too odd, too solitary, for all the intimacy forced upon him by the story line. But he brings tremendous authority to every gesture, and his character is the only thing in the movie about which the audience is bound to want to know more. Mr. Nelson accomplishes all this in a role with very little dialogue, which makes his sheer force of personality seem all the more impressive.[8]
Box-office
Honeysuckle Rose opened theatrically in 826 venues on July 18, 1980, and earned $2,189,966 in its first weekend, ranking third in the domestic box office. Ultimately, the film grossed $17,815,212.[3] The film made a substantial amount of its total revenue from a presale of television rights to NBC for just under $5 million, which made it profitable.[9]
Accolades
| Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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| Academy Awards[10] | Best Original Song | "On the Road Again" Music and Lyrics by Willie Nelson |
Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Supporting Actress | Amy Irving | Won |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Worst Supporting Actress | Nominated |
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
- 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
- "On the Road Again" – Nominated[11]
Soundtrack
A soundtrack was released by CBS in 1980.
Charts
| Chart (1980) | Position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] | 34 |
References
- ^ "HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (A)". British Board of Film Classification. July 28, 1980. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".
- ^ a b "Honeysuckle Rose (1980)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Honeysuckle Rose". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ^ "Honeysuckle Rose". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Sparkman, Darby (March 31, 2021). "Willie Nelson's Best Movies, Ranked". Wide Open Country. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ a b Ebert, Roger (July 18, 1980). "Honeysuckle Rose (1980)". RogerEbert.com. Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (July 18, 1980). "Honeysuckle Rose". The New York Times.
- ^ "'Honeysuckle Rose' Into Profit on Tube". Variety. December 24, 1980. p. 3 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 283. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links
- Honeysuckle Rose at IMDb
- Honeysuckle Rose at the TCM Movie Database (archived version)
- Honeysuckle Rose at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Honeysuckle Rose at Box Office Mojo