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Coal Miner's Daughter

1980 film by Michael Apted
Movie film Q1285467
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Summary

Coal Miner's Daughter is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,425 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Actress[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: Michael Apted[5]
  • Screenwriter: Loretta Lynn[6], Thomas Rickman[7]
  • Composer: Owen Bradley[8]
  • Genre: biographical film[9], musical film[10], drama film[11]
  • Cast member: Sissy Spacek[12], Tommy Lee Jones[13], Beverly D'Angelo[14], Levon Helm[15], William Sanderson[16]
  • Producer: Bernard Schwartz[17]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[18]
  • Director of photography: Ralf D. Bode[19]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[20]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[21]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[22]
  • Review score: 8.3/10[23], 86%[24], 84/100[25]
  • Color: color[26]
  • Country of origin: United States[27]
  • Publication date: March 7, 1980[28], March 13, 1981[29]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[30], Netflix[31]
  • Narrative location: Kentucky[32]
  • Filming location: Kentucky[33]
  • Film editor: Arthur Schmidt[34]
  • Described by source: AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List[35]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[36], Academy Award for Best Actress[37], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[38], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[39], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[40], Academy Award for Best Production Design[41], Academy Award for Best Sound[42]
  • Title: Coal Miner's Daughter[43]
  • After a work by: Loretta Lynn[44], George Vecsey[45]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[46]

Why It Matters

Coal Miner's Daughter has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

FAQs

What awards did Coal Miner's Daughter receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Actress[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

Beverly D'Angelo film Kentucky Loretta Lynn Michael Apted Netflix Sissy Spacek Tommy Lee Jones United States William Sanderson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
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    Described by source → AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List
    Publication date → +1980-03-07T00:00:00Z, +1981-03-13T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Loretta Lynn, Thomas Rickman
    Part of → National Film Registry
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