Patsy & Loretta

Patsy & Loretta is a 2019 TV film that aired on Lifetime.[1] The film relates the friendship between country singers Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn and stars Megan Hilty, Jessie Mueller, Janine Turner, and Kyle Schmid. The commercials on Lifetime listed this movie as the "Lifetime Movie Event of the Year."

Patsy & Loretta
Written byAngelina Burnett
Directed byCallie Khouri
StarringMegan Hilty
Jessie Mueller
Janine Turner
Kyle Schmid
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)Neil Meron
Producer(s)Michael Lohmann
Running time87 minutes
Production company(s)Sony Pictures Television
DistributorLifetime
Release
Original networkLifetime
Original releaseOctober 19, 2019 (2019-10-19)

On October 20, 2019, a "special edition" of the film aired which featured behind the scenes interviews with Hilty and Mueller.

Plot

Country singers Patsy Cline (Megan Hilty) and Loretta Lynn (Jessie Mueller) meet when the former was already a well known star.[2] The film starts in 1957, showing the two singers in their separate lives each with their own families.

They meet in 1961, after Patsy was hospitalized due to a serious automobile accident. Already a star, Patsy helped Loretta, who was just starting in her career, giving advice on contracts, and even gave her tips on costumes and makeup. They develop a friendship, until the fatal airplane crash in 1963.

Loretta is seen several years later, in performance with the "ghost" of Patsy.[3]

Cast

Production

The movie was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee. The executive producer, Neil Meron, had also worked with Hilty on the TV series Smash in 2012-13. Co-producers were Loretta Lynn's daughter Pasty Lynn Russell and Patsy Cline's daughter Julie Fudge on behalf of Patsy Cline's Estate.[4] Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller were cast in the lead roles.[5]

Reception

Matt Roush wrote that the movie is a "...brisk, sweet, touching and, naturally, tuneful tribute to female friendship... Megan Hilty ... gives a wonderfully robust performance as the outspoken and driven Patsy... It's inspiring and terrifically enjoyable watching Patsy, a force of musical nature, take the less worldly Loretta under her wing.... Still, the movie can be a bit sketchy as it races through their professional and personal lives."[6]

The film was nominated for Best Movie at the 10th Critics' Choice Television Awards. Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller were also both nominated for Best Actress in a TV Movie.[7]

References
  1. "Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller trade Broadway for Nashville in Lifetime's Patsy & Loretta" ew.com, October 18, 2019
  2. Patsy & Loretta mylifetime.com, accessed October 19, 2019
  3. Phillips, Michael. "Triumph, heartbreak, unreliable husbands: When Patsy Cline met Loretta Lynn, the Lifetime movie version was inevitable" Chicago Tribune, October 16, 2019
  4. "About Patsy & Loretta My Lifetime, accessed October 20, 2019
  5. Franklin, Marc J. "Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller Are Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn in Patsy & Loretta October 19" Playbill, October 19, 2019
  6. Roush, Matt. "Roush Review: 'Patsy & Loretta' a Tuneful Tribute to Female Friendship" tvinsider.com, October 19, 2019
  7. https://parade.com/977999/alexandra-hurtado/critics-choice-awards-2020/
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