True Stories

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In Theaters: October 10, 1986 (limited)

1h 29m | Comedy, Musical


Director David Byrne (of Talking Heads) takes an outside-looking-in glance at Texas and Texans in True Stories. Casting himself as the protagonist/narrator, Byrne adopts what he thinks is standard western garb and drives his red convertible into the small town of Virgil. Here he observes the town's preparations for celebrating Texas' sesquicentennial, taking time out to introduce us to several of the local oddballs. Swoosie Kurtz plays Miss Rollings, the Laziest Woman in the World; Alix Elias is The Cute Woman, who decorates her home in the most hideously sweet manner imaginable; John Goodman is talent-contest entrant Louis Fyne, who harbors dreams of being a C&W star; Spalding Gray is Earl Culver, a vegetable-obsessed civic leader; Jo Harvey Allen is The Lying Woman; and so it goes. The script by Southerners Byrne, Beth Henley and Steven Tobolowksy strives to avoid subtlety.

Producer(s): Karen Murphy, Gary Kurfirst
Cast: Spalding Gray, Swoosie Kurtz, John Goodman, David Byrne, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Annie McEnroe, Alix Elias, Tito Larriva
Writer(s): David Byrne, Beth Henley, Stephen Tobolowsky
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