And it wasnt just the usual suspects like dolly parton, elton john, elvis and liberace with their infamous weakness. Sure, dolly parton has wonderful energy and a great voice, and sure, sylvester stallone has a gift for hambone physical comedy. With sylvester stallone, dolly parton, richard farnsworth, ron leibman. If theres only one excusable case for the word retarded, its stallones performance in rhinestone. Ron leibman norma rae and richard farnsworth the straight story costar in this wild comedy from the director of porkys and a christmas story, cowritten by sylvester stallone and featuring a hot soundtrack of songs written and performed by dolly parton.
Rhinestone is a comedy about dolly parton attempting to pygmalion sylvester stallone into a country music singer. Aside from meeting the absolutely, unforgettable dolly, i could have skipped the whole experience. It was a film project that i helped put together after years of working to do that. Yet, here they are, in rhinestone, a pygmalionlike romantic comedy. It was a film project that i helped put together after years of working to. The film stars dolly and sylvester stallone and takes place in both new york city and tennessee. Rhinestone, the 1984 dolly parton and sylvester stallone film, was a. Rhinestone 1984 trailer sylvester stallone dolly parton youtube. Dolly played a country music star who, on a bet, must transform an obnoxious new york city cab driver, played by stallone, into a singer.
Rhinestone 1984 sylvester stallone and dolly parton in rhinestone 1984 dolly parton. Hes like some kinda talentless, singing rain man and then they pair him up with dolly parton in what can only be explained as a cruel joke. Automatic rhinestone setting machine for rhinestone designs and motifs. In 1984, movie studio 20th century fox released a lackluster film called rhinestone, starring sylvester stallone and dolly parton. Either jake can turn any bum into a rhinestone cowboy in two weeks to.
Rhinestone 1984 a country music star must turn an obnoxious new york cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet. The movie was released nine years after its source, the larry weiss written song rhinestone cowboy, had been performed by glenn campbell. Star wars full drill diamond painting 5d diy diamond embroidery cross stitch crystal rhinestone art craft movie pictures mosaic painting home wall decoration 12x16in30x40cm,master yoda b. Dolly parton rhinestone original soundtrack add to custom list. In what other film can you see sylvester stallone adorned in a fringed jacket, western shirt, tight pants, chaps, and high heeled cowboy boots. Plotedit jake farris dolly parton, a country singer stuck in a longterm contract performing at a sleazy urban cowboy nightclub in new york city, boasts to the clubs. God wont get you for actually liking 1984s rhinestone 25yl. Rhinestone is a 1984 american musical comedy film directed by bob clark from a screenplay by sylvester stallone and phil alden robinson and starring stallone, dolly parton, richard farnsworth and ron leibman. The song rhinestone cowboy did not appear on the soundtrack album, but there was a credit for weiss in the film. The song list below contains nearly 800 songs written andor performed by dolly parton. Dolly parton plays jake, a country singer with a big heart and a love for her music. Rhinestone is the soundtrack album from the 1984 film of the same name starring dolly parton and sylvester stallone. Sylvester stallone and dolly parton headlined rhinestone.
The dolly partoncomposed soundtrack produced two top ten country singles. Tennessee homesick blues is the one i sing the most. Jake has a manager with a less than squeaky clean persona that she has just bet the farm with. Remember when sylvester stallone was a country singer. Rhinestone is based on the song rhinestone cowboy, written by larry weiss. Campbell did not appear in the film, but the tune, according to wikipedia, served as the basis for this film, and is played in. Rhinestone cowboy served as the basis for the film rhinestone 1984, starring sylvester stallone and dolly parton. Stay out of my bedroom rhinestone soundtrack youtube. Although a critical and financial failure, it spawned 2 top 10 country hits for parton. God wont get you and the charttopping tennessee homesick blues. A retrospective of dolly partons favourite tailor nudie suit themed bar coming to downtown nashville wide open country meet the man who dressed dolly parton country musics underrated influence on mens fashion country music effect mens fashion grailed a collection of nudie cohn originals famous hollywood. Rhinestone takes two of the most interesting actors in the movies and puts them into a movie theyre expected to carry with sheer charm. Rhinestone 1984 trailer sylvester stallone dolly parton. A low point would have to be the movie i helped bring together, rhinestone, loosely based on my song, staring sylvester stallone and the great dolly parton.
Dolly parton was not only one of country musics hottest stars, shed broken. Joan rivers interviews sylvester stallone and john travolta staying alive part 2 duration. Rhinestone is a 1984 comedy film directed by bob clark with a screenplay by sylvester stallone and phil alden robinson. As sylvester stallones film acting career winds down, i get all nostalgic and tend to look more favorably even at his clunkers. Dolly parton butterflies rhinestone soundtrack by dollyaddict. Classic fred saxon interviews at rhinestone premiere featuring dolly parton and sylvester stallone. Enter the most endearingly grating movie character to ever grace the silver. Find great deals on ebay for rhinestone movie and rhinestone dvd. Rhinestone cowboy, along with several other glen campbell tracks, was. Rent rhinestone 1984 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Not because it is a particularly good movie but it definitely leaves a memorable impression. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Rhinestone is a 1984 musical comedy film directed by bob clark with a screenplay by sylvester stallone and phil alden robinson. The motion picture soundtrack, rhinestone, features 14 songs by dolly and sylvester stallone. Rhinestone feature film sylvester stallone, dolly parton. Rhinestone is a motion picture, musical comedy starring dolly parton and sylvester stallone. Hills cop 1984 before it was rewritten as a comedy, to make this film. Based on the song rhinestone cowboy by larry weiss. A country music star must turn an obnoxious new york cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet. Trailer for the movie rhinestone 1984 staring sylvester stallone and dolly parton. The song also made the soundtracks of the films high school high 1996 and daddy day care 2003. If you like good music and fun songs and dolly parton, this is one album you will thoroughly enjoy.
Rhinestone cowboy is the ragstorhinestone story of the legendary nudie cohn, the son of a jewish bootmaker, who fled religious persecution in his native russia and escaped to new york in 19, at age eleven, to pursue his american dream of designing clothes for western film and music stars. But this movie is so thin they both seem curiously absent. In 1984, dolly teamed up with actor sylvester stallone in the film, rhinestone. Rhinestone original soundtrack 1984, vinyl discogs. When you think of legendary screen pairings, you dont think much of sly stallone and dolly parton. Rhinestone is as artificial and synthetic a concoction as has ever made its way to the screen. Top 10 most extreme and awesome first singing auditions ever. Back in 1984, 20th century fox pictures released rhinestone, that starred sylvester stallone and the great dolly parton. Rhinestone dvd, 2005 jake farris dolly parton, a country singer stuck in a longterm contract performing at a sleazy urban cowboy nightclub in new york city, boasts to the clubs manager, freddie ron leibman, that she can make anybody into a country sensation, insisting that she can turn any normal guy into a country singer in just two weeks. Rent rhinestone 1984 starring sylvester stallone and dolly parton on dvd and. I will just start singing them at random times and have done so since i saw the movie years ago. Sylvester stallone, dolly parton, richard farnsworth.
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