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Country Strong. Country Strong is a 2010 American drama film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, and Leighton Meester. The film, about an emotionally unstable country music star who attempts to revive her faltering career, was directed and written by American filmmaker Shana Feste.
- Paltrow didn't know anything about country music when she read the script. After growing up in Hollywood, Paltrow wasn't very familiar with the world of country music, which makes sense.
- The soundtrack featured some incredible country artists. Chris Young, Patty Loveless, Sara Evans, Lee Ann Womack, Ronnie Dunn, Hank Williams Jr., Faith Hill, and Trace Adkins were all featured on the film's soundtrack.
- Garrett Hedlund auditioned with a Pearl Jam song. According to the film's writer and director, Shana Feste, Hedlund didn't know how to sing or play the guitar when he auditioned for the film.
- Paltrow got a lot of help and inspiration from her co-star's wife, Faith Hill. Paltrow studied some of country music's greatest female voices to prepare for her role, including Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Miranda Lambert.
Jan 7, 2011 · Country Strong: Directed by Shana Feste. With Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, Leighton Meester. A rising country-music songwriter works with a fallen star to work their way to fame, causing romantic complications along the way.
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- Drama, Music
- Shana Feste
- 2011-01-07
Jan 5, 2011 · "Country Strong" is one of the best movies of 1957, and I mean that sincerely as a compliment. Lee Remick would have been terrific in this film — as good as Gwyneth Paltrow is. We live now in more fraught times, with Natalie Portman mentally disemboweling herself for her art while slipping into madness. And I admire Portman, and she will deserve her anticipated Oscar nomination. But "Country ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Country Strong, performed by Gwyneth Paltrow, is an emotive country ballad that resonates with fans across the world. The song was initially written for the 2010 movie of the same name, in which Paltrow played the role of a troubled country music star named Kelly Canter.
Country Strong is a very well written and well acted movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow as the aging Kelly Canter; a country western star with a past, Tim McGraw as her husband/manager James Canter; Garrett Hedlund as Beau Hutton a young country western singer working part time at clubs and part time at a rehab center; and Leighton Meester as ...
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Release Date: 7 January 2011(United States)Soon after a rising young singer-songwriter (Garrett Hedlund) gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable co...
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- Sony Pictures Entertainment
