Writer: Peer J. Oppenheimer
Composer: Kim Richmond
Starring: Monica Gayle, Glenn Corbett, Roger Davis, Johnny Rodriguez, Jesse White, Marcie Barkin, Shirley Jo Finney, Judith Roberts, Leo Gordon
More info: IMDb
Tagline: All she wanted was a break. All they wanted was her body.
Plot: A young country girl has aspriations of being a country music star and finds that the road to stardom is paved with bastard sons of bitches.
My rating: 7/10
Will I watch it again? No.
Jesus, most of the men in this movie are fucking assholes. This well acted and well made flick is so much better than you'd expect and I didn't expect much. I was thinking I was in for a cheap hicksploitation picture that used the standard road to stardom to frame a bunch of boobs. It starts out like a decent 70s exploitation flick but that's just the first few minutes. Once things start moving for Jaime (Gayle) the more I realized that I was in for something very different. For a music drama like this there is a good deal of nudity but at least some of it is not exploitation-y. It's still a nice addition. She meets a lot of assholes as she's trying to get into the music business in Nashville and it continues throughout the rest of the picture. The songs are average but the one she sang repeatedly during her auditions is really good. The last few minutes had me thinking this could suddenly jump back into exploitation mode (like the first few) but it doesn't. It does end on a powerful upbeat.
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