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True Stories

True Stories

A Completely Cool, Multi-Purpose Movie.

1986•1h 29m•6.7/10
ComedyMusic

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.7/10(140)

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

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Production

Pressman Film, Gary Kurfirst Pictures, True Stories Venture, Warner Bros. Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

David Byrne

David Byrne

Narrator / Lip-Syncher

John Goodman

John Goodman

Louis Fyne

Annie McEnroe

Annie McEnroe

Kay Culver

Jo Harvey Allen

Jo Harvey Allen

The Lying Woman

Spalding Gray

Spalding Gray

Earl Culver

Alix Elias

Alix Elias

The Cute Woman

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Mr. Tucker

Tito Larriva

Tito Larriva

Ramon

John Ingle

John Ingle

The Preacher

Matthew Posey

Matthew Posey

The Computer Guy

Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz

The Lazy Woman

Amy Buffington

Linda Culver

Richard Dowlearn

Larry Culver

Capucine De Wulf

The Little Girl on the Road

Cynthia Gould

Factory Girl #1

Kelly Wright

Factory Girl #2

Hinpheth Siharath

Laotian Factory Worker

Phyllis Wallace

Woman at Plant

Linda McCauley

Louis' Date at Chinese Restaurant

Marian Henley

Moonstone

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