In the two-hour Lifetime flick - which was shot in Nashville at the pair’s frequent haunts, including Cline’s dream home just outside of the city - Cline is already an established star when she begins mentoring Lynn at the start of her career in the early 1960s. While the pair’s individually trailblazing careers have been covered in the ’80s films “Sweet Dreams” (starring Jessica Lange as Cline) and “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (which earned Sissy Spacek an Academy Award for her portrayal of Lynn), their deep friendship has gone largely unknown. Uncovering this story is really good timing.”
“To cite the era that we’re living in - which is all about women speaking up, defending themselves, getting what they want and being believed - the roots go back to what Patsy and Loretta did and have to face as they were rising to their various myriads of fame.
“They were there to basically break their own glass ceiling in Nashville,” Meron said before the premiere. “For women to be helping each other back when everybody thought that there was only one slot, to see somebody like Patsy Cline reach out to a young up-and-comer like Loretta and see the long career that Loretta had - those are stories I think we need to be telling for each other.”Įxecutive producer Neil Meron draws a line from the experiences Lynn and Cline faced in the ’60s to the modern day, noting that while other genres already had breakout female acts such as Ella Fitzgerald, country was in need of its own, with Cline and Lynn filling that void. “I think the story of women’s friendships has never been told in enough depth,” the filmmaker told Variety at the premiere. Starring Megan Hilty (“Smash”) as Patsy Cline and Jessie Mueller (Tony-nominated for “Waitress” and a winner for “Beautiful”) as Loretta Lynn - pictured above, with their wax counterparts - the film shines a spotlight on the friendship that formed between them before Cline’s untimely death in a plane crash in 1963.ĭirector Callie Khouri, the Oscar-winning writer of “Thelma and Louise” and creator of the ABC/CMT series “Nashville,” has a history of creating powerful narratives around strong women. Women supporting women was the main topic of conversation Wednesday night at the Tennessee premiere of Lifetime’s new film, “Patsy & Loretta,” held south of Nashville at the Franklin Theater.
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