1986
A Completely Cool, Multi-Purpose Movie.
6.7
135
October 10, 1986
1h 29m
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Original Title
True Stories
Spoken Languages
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Production Countries
United States of America
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Director
Writer
Producer
Composer
Screenplay
Matewan
Waiting for Guffman
The Tingler
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
Into the Night
Experimenter
Away We Go
Chopping Mall
7 Days in Entebbe
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Sexy Beast
House
Flight of the Navigator
Holy Spider
Django
High and Low
City Lights
The Great Dictator
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Gold Rush
Dallas Doll
Die Halbzarte
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Oh, What a Night
The Nasty Girl
El mundo que inventamos
Sensation in San Remo
Toro Loco
Peter Maffay: Extratour Live 2013 - Loreley
Bang Bang Baby
I Do Believe
Astor Piazzolla in Portrait
Production Companies
Pressman Film, Gary Kurfirst Pictures, True Stories Venture, Warner Bros. Pictures
Director
David Byrne
Writer
Beth Henley, David Byrne, Stephen Tobolowsky
Producer
Gary Kurfirst
Composer
N/A
Screenplay
N/A
David Byrne
Role: Narrator / Lip-Syncher
John Goodman
Role: Louis Fyne
Annie McEnroe
Role: Kay Culver
Jo Harvey Allen
Role: The Lying Woman
Spalding Gray
Role: Earl Culver
Alix Elias
Role: The Cute Woman
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Role: Mr. Tucker
Tito Larriva
Role: Ramon
John Ingle
Role: The Preacher
Matthew Posey
Role: The Computer Guy
Swoosie Kurtz
Role: The Lazy Woman
Amy Buffington
Role: Linda Culver
Richard Dowlearn
Role: Larry Culver
Capucine De Wulf
Role: The Little Girl on the Road
Cynthia Gould
Role: Factory Girl #1
Kelly Wright
Role: Factory Girl #2
Hinpheth Siharath
Role: Laotian Factory Worker
Phyllis Wallace
Role: Woman at Plant
Linda McCauley
Role: Louis' Date at Chinese Restaurant
Marian Henley
Role: Moonstone
Huey P. Meaux
Role: Wild Wild Life Club DJ / VJ
Connie Deaton
Role: Lip-Syncher
Jerry Harrison
Role: Lip-Syncher
Meredith Zednick
Role: Lip-Syncher
Alonzo Richard
Role: Lip-Syncher
Chrissy Miller
Role: Lip-Syncher
Tony Reynolds
Role: Lip-Syncher
Eric "E.T." Thorngren
Role: Lip-Syncher
Stephen Seybold
Role: Lip-Syncher
Tina Weymouth
Role: Lip-Syncher
Chris Frantz
Role: Lip-Syncher
Vangie Barefoot
Role: Lip-Syncher
Keith Algier
Role: Lip-Syncher
Freeman Beatty
Role: Lip-Syncher
Ronna Cohen
Role: Air Band
Rex Taylor Smith
Role: Air Band
Scott Valentine
Role: Air Band
James Jackson
Role: Singing Watchman
Angus G. Wynne III
Role: Dancing Businessman
Cora Cardona
Role: Margie Ortiz
Andrew Barach
Role: Laughing Headline Reader #1
Gregory Gunter
Role: Laughing Headline Reader #2
Ric Spiegel
Role: Passerby in Mall
Tom De Nolf
Role: Friend of Passerby
Ed Geldart
Role: Grandfather in Mall
Ray Coahran
Role: Fashion Show Band
Ken Chambers
Role: Fashion Show Band
Daniel Marder
Role: Fashion Show Band
Bale Allen
Role: Teenage Boy in Field
Liz Moore
Role: Teenage Girl in Field
Jim Colegrove
Role: Gospel Band
Tonney Watts
Role: Gospel Band
Vernon Watts
Role: Gospel Band
Frank Smith
Role: Man in Church
L.T. Felty
Role: Duck Hunter
David Averett
Role: Duck Hunter
Evelyn Box
Role: "Hey Now" Kid
Kevin Box
Role: "Hey Now" Kid
Kenan Crinion
Role: "Hey Now" Kid
Jason Liebrecht
Role: "Hey Now" Kid
William McDaniel
Role: "Hey Now" Kid
Brian Monroe
Role: "Hey Now" Kid
Jessica Pendland
Role: "Hey Now" Kid
Michael Pendland
Role: "Hey Now" Kid
John Pritchett
Role: Sound Man
Esteban Jordan
Role: Dance Club Band / Ramon's Band
Christopher Johnson
Role: Mr. Tucker's Son
Louis Black
Role: The Happy Wanderers Strictly Accordion Marching Band (uncredited)
Chris Douridas
Role: Teenage Boy Ventriloquist (uncredited)
Leesa Rowland
Role: Blonde in Nightclub (uncredited)
Randy Erwin
Role: Yodeler
