Country Strong (2010) on Netflix
Kelly Canter leaves rehab early for a Texas comeback tour planned by her manager husband James. She wants Beau Hutton, the singer she met there, as her opening act.
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Trailer
Plot summary
Kelly Canter is five months pregnant when she falls on stage in Dallas and loses the baby, and she enters rehab, where she befriends Beau Hutton, an orderly who sings in local bars and doubts that love and fame can coexist. Her manager husband James checks her out a month early and plans a three-city Texas tour as her comeback, ending in Dallas. Kelly wants Beau as her opening act, but James is leaning toward Chiles Stanton, a former beauty queen with stage fright. After seeing Chiles sing at a bar where Beau also plays, James takes on both, and Beau will not perform as a duo with her.
Cast
- Cinda McCainas Misty
- Gabe Siposas Travis
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Country Strong (2010)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Writer-director Shana Feste wrote the screenplay while working as a nanny for actor Tobey Maguire's daughter; she showed him the work in progress at his request, and he agreed to co-produce the film.
- Paltrow had trouble understanding her character's alcohol abuse and sought advice on playing her from Marvel Cinematic Universe co-star Robert Downey Jr., who has suffered from addiction in the past; Feste has said American pop singer Britney Spears inspired the character.
- Garrett Hedlund could not play guitar or sing before making the film, so he took lessons rather than use a hand double, saying he did not want two separate setups just because he couldn't get the chords down.
- The Paltrow-performed song "Coming Home" earned nominations for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, but lost both times, to "You Haven't Seen The Last of Me" from Burlesque and "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3.
