Honkytonk Man
The boy is on his way to becoming a man. The man is on his way to becoming a legend.
1982 | 123m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
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| Writer: | Clancy Carlile |
| Staring: |
| During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand Ole Opry. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 15, 1982 |
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| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
| Writer: | Clancy Carlile |
| Genres: | Drama, Music |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, oklahoma, great depression, tuberculosis, grand ole opry, nashville, tennessee, whorehouse, stealing a chicken, 1930s |
| Production Companies | Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,400,000
Budget: $2,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Clint Eastwood | Red Stovall |
| Kyle Eastwood | Whit |
| John McIntire | Grandpa |
| Alexa Kenin | Marlena |
| Verna Bloom | Emmy |
| Matt Clark | Virgil |
| Barry Corbin | Arnspriger |
| Jerry Hardin | Snuffy |
| Tim Thomerson | Highway Patrolman |
| Macon McCalman | Dr. Hines |
| Joe Regalbuto | Henry Axle |
| Gary Grubbs | Jim Bob |
| Rebecca Clemons | Belle |
| Johnny Gimble | Bob Wills |
| Linda Hopkins | Blues Singer |
| Bette Ford | Lulu |
| Robert V. Barron | Undertaker |
| Lloyd Nelson | Radio Announcer |
| Charles Cyphers | Stubbs |
| Tracey Walter | Pooch |
| Marty Robbins | Smoky |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Steve Dorff | Original Music Composer |
| Clint Eastwood | Director |
| Susan Arnold | Casting |
| Edward C. Carfagno | Production Design |
| Clancy Carlile | Screenplay, Novel |
| Tom Seidman | Second Assistant Director |
| Ferris Webster | Editor |
| Bruce Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Joel Cox | Editor |
| Phyllis Huffman | Casting |
| Michael Kelly | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Clint Eastwood | Producer |
| Fritz Manes | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 13 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 724 | 790 |
It kinda meanders solidly for about ¾ of its run time, but honestly that final 30 or so minutes is outstanding. <em>'Honkytonk Man'</em> isn't, at least to me, the most interesting or enjoyable for the first hour or so, with many satisfactory if meh scenes and even an odd one featuring a minor, b ... ut to my proper surprise the concluding moments of this 1982 release really do leave an imprint - I love the ending. Clint Eastwood is solid, as seemingly always, for the majority before really coming up with some big acting chops, though credit also goes to the make-up department for making him look the way his character ought to - which really sells it. Kyle Eastwood can't really act beside him, but as a child actor he brings the necessary innocence etc. It was barely a 7/10 rating from me until the conclusion, which elevates it up sizeably.