Pure Country (2002)
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20% of critics liked it
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88% of users liked it
(19,407 ratings)
The big-screen debut of country singer George Strait is a familiar tale of a star returning to his roots, a route traveled the same year by John Mellencamp in Falling From Grace (1992). Strait plays Dusty Chandler, one of the hottest performers in country music. Dusty feels that his elaborate stage… More The big-screen debut of country singer George Strait is a familiar tale of a star returning to his roots, a route traveled the same year by John Mellencamp in Falling From Grace (1992). Strait plays Dusty Chandler, one of the hottest performers in country music. Dusty feels that his elaborate stage show is overwhelming his music, a suspicion confirmed one night when he forgets several bars of a chart-topping hit and his fans don't even notice. Disillusioned, Dusty tells his manager Lula (Lesley Ann Warren) and best buddy Earl (John Doe) that he's taking a break. After shaving his beard and cutting off his ponytail, Dusty heads for the small farm town where he grew up, visiting his wise old grandmother (Molly McClure) and ending up at the ranch of the Tucker family, where nobody recognizes him. He becomes a hired hand, earning the respect of owner Ernest (Rory Calhoun) and falling in love with Ernest's daughter Harley (Isabel Glasser), a woman determined to save the struggling spread with victory in a Las Vegas rodeo. When Dusty learns that Lula has secretly replaced him onstage with her boyfriend (Kyle Chandler), he stages a showdown that wins Harley's affections. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Christopher Cain
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
The romantic subplot between Strait and Glasser's respective characters goes a long way towards perpetuating the movie's affable atmosphere...
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Cast
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George Strait
as Dusty Wyatt Chandler
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Lesley Ann Warren
as Lula Rogers
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Isabel Glasser
as Harley Tucker
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Kyle Chandler
as Buddy Jackson
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John Doe
as Earl Blackstock
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Rory Calhoun
as Ernest Tucker
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Molly McClure
as Grandma Ivy Chandler
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David Anthony
as Dusty's Band
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Tom Christopher
as Dave-Dusty's Bodyguard
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Gene Elders
as Dusty's Band
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Fred Ellis
as Private Detective
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Fred Fontana
as Courier
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Jeffrey R. Fontana
as Eddie-Dusty's Bodyguard
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Gil Glasgow
as Bartender
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Terry Hale
as Dusty's Band
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Loretta Holloway
as Reporter
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Rondel Huckaby
as Dusty's Band
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Julie Johnson
as Waitress
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Mike A. Kennedy
as Dusty's Band
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Roy Kieffer
as Reporter
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Benny McArthur
as Dusty's Band
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James Terry McIlvain
as Tim Tucker
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Rick McRae
as Dusty's Band
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Toby Metcalf
as J.W. Tucker
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Kristen Michaels
as Hostess
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Evelyn Purtak
as Assistant
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Eric Randall
as Reporter
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Bob Tallman
as Rodeo Announcer
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Sharon Thomas
as Monique James
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Mark Walters
as Al
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Jeff Prettyman
as Bobby Louis
- Sharon Howard-Field
- Terry McIlvain
