Toby Keith Movies
Born in Clinton, OK, in 1961, Toby Keith grew up on a farm just outside of Oklahoma City and took to the guitar before he reached the age of nine, growing proficient with remarkable speed and efficiency. As a young man, he worked the oil fields to support himself and formed a musical act patterned after Alabama, the Easy Money Band, but his primary gig fell through when the oil market entered a slump, forcing him to look elsewhere. He spent a two-year stint as a semipro football player, then opted to focus his time and energy on launching his musical career, eventually landing a contract with Mercury.Keith's first seven recordings (which witnessed him gravitating from Mercury, to Polygram, to A&M, to DreamWorks) sold fairly well, but his 2002 album Unleashed (which contained "The Angry American" -- his response to the events of September 11th) pushed him over the top and made him a household name. He received some of the best notices and highest figures of his career for his successive recordings.
Cinematically speaking, most of Keith's on-camera appearances up through 2005 were performance-related, but in 2006 he branched out into acting with a lead (opposite Kelly Preston in the sentimental rural drama Broken Bridges) playing a country and western star who revisits his hometown for a funeral and falls back in love with an old girlfriend. He followed it up by producing, scripting, and starring in the 2008 comedy Beer for My Horses, the tale of two small-town sheriffs who set out to avenge a ruthless drug lord. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Country music star Toby Keith writes and stars in this road movie comedy inspired by his chart-topping hit of the same name. Beer for My Horses opens to find small-town deputies and longtime buddies Rack (Keith) and Lonnie (Rodney Carrington) quietly enforcing the law in a small Southern town. Things are relatively quiet in their neck of the woods, so when a violent drug lord (Carlos Sanz) kidnaps Rack's girlfriend (Claire Forlani) in response to seeing his brother (Greg Serano) get arrested, Sheriff Landry (Tom Skerrit) implores them to sit tight and let the professionals handle the case. But Rack and Lonnie aren't about to let Rack's girlfriend suffer any harm at the hands of the notoriously vicious kingpin, and after enlisting the aid of taciturn, bow-and-arrow-toting fellow lawman Skunk Tarver (Ted Nugent), the trio sets out to rescue the girl and ensure that justice is served. The CMT Films production is directed by Michael Salomon (A Glimpse of Hell), with Willie Nelson and Barry Corbin filling out the supporting cast. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, (more)
- 2008
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Satirist and comedy news host Stephen Colbert hosts this explosively patriotic Christmas special featuring guest appearances by such famous, important, close personal friends of Colbert as Elvis Costello and Willie Nelson. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Stephen Colbert
When a fading country music superstar Bo Price (Toby Keith) returns to his hometown for the funeral of his younger brother, a reunion with his high-school sweetheart drags the pain of the past into the present day and soon promises to change his life forever. Bo and Angela (Kelly Preston) have both lost the ones they love in a tragic accident, and now the time has come to say goodbye. For every end there is a new beginning though, and when Bo reunites with Angela and meets the daughter he has never known, the life-changing encounter stirs feelings that Bo had long-since buried after achieving stratospheric success. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Toby Keith, Kelly Preston, (more)
- 2005
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The man they call "The Red-Headed Stranger", Willie Nelson performs his several songs along with an eclectic lineup of musical guests in this concert release from Universal Music. Willie Nelson and Friends: Live and Kickin' features "Homeward Bound" with Paul Simon, "Me and Bobby McGee" with Sheryl Crow and Kris Kristofferson, "I'll Never Smoke Weed with Willie Again" with Toby Keith and Scott Emerick, and many others. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- 2004
Each entry in Universal Music Group's 20th Century Masters series presents a collection of some of the biggest hit music videos of all-time. 20th Century Masters: The Best of Toby Keith features five songs from the outspoken country singer/songwriter, including "Should've Been a Cowboy," "A Little Less Talk and a Little More Action," and "Who's That Man." ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- 2001
For her first solo mission, novice angel Gloria (Valerie Bertinelli) is assigned to young, self-made billionaire Dennis Loggins (Christopher Daniel Barnes). Though materially successful, Loggins is spiritually bankrupt: his sole mission in life is to exact a terrible revenge against high school bully Ricky (Dylan Bruno) at their 10-year class reunion. Using his considerable influence, Loggins has meticulously arranged to literally destroy Ricky's life in public, thus paying his former tormentor back for humiliating him in front of the entire student body a decade earlier. And how does Loggins' "lost love" Melissa (played by future House costar Jennifer Morrison) figure into this scheme? Appearing as himself, Toby Keith sings "My List". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1996
- NR
In 1996, the Beach Boys took a new approach to their music with the album Stars and Stripes, in which the great harmony group (with founder Brian Wilson once again in the lineup) went to Nashville to re-record some of their best-known songs with some of the biggest names in country music, including Willie Nelson, Rodney Crowell, Tammy Wynette, Lorrie Morgan, and Ricky Van Shelton. Nashville Sounds: The Making of Stars and Stripes takes a look at the studio sessions for this historic album, and also offers footage of the Beach Boys performing with several of their new Nashville friends in concert. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
