Charlie Daniels Movies
This documentary features an all-star performance of a song devoted to Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The program also features interviews with people who have been moved by the man's life's work. Among the celebrities involved in this project are Pat Boone, Reba McEntire, and Bono. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 2005
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This concert release captures a special night of bluegrass legends performing together. Charlie Daniels, Earl Scruggs, Mac Wiseman, and Del McCoury combine forces to rip through a number of classics including "Keep on the Sunny Side," "Walking in Jerusalem," and "I'll Fly Away." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlie Daniels
Mark Twain's classic novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is re-created here as an animated adventure movie. Featuring a country music soundtrack with songs by Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings and Lee Ann Womack, the video is also accented with famous voices, like those of Don Knotts and Betty White. The characters have all been resurrected as animals; Tom and Becky are cats, Huck is a fox, and Injun Joe (more sensitively corrected to be "Injurin' Joe" in this production) is a bear. The animation is excellent, though the plot itself is a looser interpretation of Twain's story. Children aged five to 12 should enjoy the story and lively animation while getting a basic introduction to a classic piece of literature. ~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Thom Adcox, Dee Bradley Baker, (more)
- 1990
An informative presentation that includes a guide to recycling. Includes an information booklet and stars a large group of celebrities. Bugs Bunny, B.B. King, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler and many others are here to spread the word. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1987
Ever wonder what Hee Haw legend Minnie Pearl eats for breakfast, or try to guess Charlie Daniels' favorite midnight snack? What about Ray Stevens' sinful dessert fantasy? Cooking With Country Music Stars answers these questions and more, and teaches you how to prepare the dishes your favorite country stars love to eat. The program includes a pamphlet with printed directions for recipe preparation. Guests include Minnie Pearl, Charlie Daniels, Brenda Lee, Ray Stevens, the Forester Sisters, and Tom T. Hall. ~ Betsy Boyd, All Movie Guide
- 1987
In the final episode of Murder, She Wrote's third season, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) shows up at a studio to record one of her "Mystery Books for the Blind." Halfway through her recording session, the electricity fails and the studio is plunged into a blackout. When the lights come up again, it is revealed that the studio's co-owner has been murdered. Naturally, the "wrong person" is accused of the crime, obliging Jessica to set things right by exposing the real culprit--and this being a recording studio, rest assured that the most important clue will be aural rather than visual. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1981
- R
A musical performance video, The Charlie Daniels Band comes to us live from Saratoga Springs, New York. Songs include "In America," "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," "South's Gonna Do It Again," and two "conceptualized" songs filmed in North Carolina and narrated by Charlie Daniels. ~ All Movie Guide
Documentary filmmaker James Szalapski explores the more contemplative side of country music as he visits a handful of outstanding singers and songwriters, most of whom have chosen work outside the confines of the Nashville establishment. Heartworn Highways features performances from Townes Van Zandt, who shows off his farm and discusses the pros and cons of drinking with a neighbor; Gamble Rogers, who demonstrates his hilarious and ingratiating performing style in a nightclub appearance; Guy Clark, who plays several fine songs in his kitchen; David Allan Coe, who discusses his criminal past during a concert at a prison; and the Charlie Daniels Band, as they gear up for a big show in a small town. Heartworn Highways also includes brief appearances from Rodney Crowell, Steve Young, and a young Steve Earle, a decade before he released his first album. While shot in 1975, Heartworn Highways wasn't released until 1981, by which time several of the performers' features had become considerably better known than they were in 1975. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, (more)
"You a real cowboy?" John Travolta traded disco for a mechanical bull in this adaptation by James Bridges and Aaron Latham of Latham's article on Western nightlife. Texas country boy Bud (Travolta) moves to Houston to work on an oil rig with his Uncle Bob (Barry Corbin), and he swiftly becomes indoctrinated in the nighttime rituals of drinking, dancing, and showing off cowboy duds at Gilley's, the enormous local honkytonk. There he meets and marries the sassy Sissy (Debra Winger), but the honeymoon quickly ends when Sissy starts spending too much time learning the men-only skill of mechanical bull-riding from ex-con Wes (Scott Glenn); Bud throws her out and hooks up with slumming Pam (Madolyn Smith). Under the paternal tutelage of Uncle Bob, Bud then learns not only how to master the bull but also what it takes to be a real man rather than just an ersatz cowboy. With a story, cast, and setting that were essentially Saturday Night Fever country-style, Urban Cowboy was poised to be a summer 1980 hit. Although its box office did not live up to Fever's legacy, Urban Cowboy did spawn a soundtrack album of country-and-western hits and helped spur a Western fashion vogue; people from all regions began sporting cowboy boots, and mechanical bulls started replacing passé disco floors. The first of Travolta's many comebacks, Urban Cowboy provided the star with a more "manly" image after his Moment by Moment (1978) fiasco, but it was neophyte co-star Winger who got even better notices. With its Western milieu and retro view of relationships, Urban Cowboy stands as a sign of the nascent Reagan era, as '70s icon Travolta learned bull-riding himself and replaced his white polyester with a black Stetson. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Travolta, Debra Winger, (more)
- 1979
A couple find the body of a detective in their apartment, and follow the trail of his killer to Nashville. The film is also known as Country Music Murders. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- 1976
The Allman Brothers Band, The Charlie Daniels Band and the Marshall Tucker Band got together in October 1975, along with visiting notables from other bands, including Paul Hornsby. They performed at the Volunteer Jam concert at Middle Tennessee University. This documentary of the concert features an unusually well-made soundtrack. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlie Daniels, Richard Betts, (more)
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Best known for their seminal 1979 country ballad "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," The Charlie Daniels Band - whose membership shifted continually over the years - retained a widespread following well into the 21st century, as a popular recording act and concert draw that effectively fused rock, southern boogie, blues and bluegrass. In the direct-to-video concert film Charlie Daniels Band: Volunteer Jam, billed as 'The First Full-Length Southern Rock Motion Picture,' Daniels and his group (Charlie Hayward, Fred Edwards, Tom Crain, Don Murray, Joel 'Taz' Degregorio) perform a set before a live audience alongside such musical contemporaries as Jerry Eubanks, Dickey Betts, Jimmy Hall and Doug Gray. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlie Daniels, Joel "Taz" Digregorio, (more)
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For those who may have never had the pleasure of attending one of their legendary concerts in person, country music superstars The Charlie Daniels Band bring their rollicking stage act to the small screen for the first time ever in this release featuring some of their best-loved hits. Captured live in Nashville, this two-hour performance offers the band as they perform a variety of fan favorites and country classics. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
