Dwight Yoakam
Also Known As: Dwight David Yoakam
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty-one albums and compilations, has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Pikeville, Kentucky, USA
Birthday: October 23, 1956
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Gender: Male
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Bandidas
Overview: When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
Genres: Action Comedy Western Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-18
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Panic Room
Overview: Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-29
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Hollywood Homicide
Overview: Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-09
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The Minus Man
Overview: When the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies beneath the surface. Despite his easy charm, Vann is merely a reflection of what those he encounters want him to be. Soon, as locals start to disappear, it becomes clear that an eerie subtraction is at work in the sleepy hamlet.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-25
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Overview: When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-17
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South of Heaven, West of Hell
Overview: Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900s. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He must confront the sins of his past. He and his partner, U.S. Christmas, journey through the desert to a small town that the ruthless Henry Clan has hit in order to save Casey's love, Adelyne.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-28
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Four Christmases
Overview: Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-26
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Wedding Crashers
Overview: John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-13
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Sling Blade
Overview: Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-30
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Three Way
Overview: Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan soon spins out of control.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-29
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Dwight Yoakam - Pieces of Time
Overview: Blending a traditionalist's respect for country music's past with an intelligence and wit that looked towards the future, Dwight Yoakam became one of the biggest and best respected artists to emerge in country music in the 1980s. Dwight Yoakam: Pieces of Time is a home video collection that offers a look at his life and career alongside videos for 11 of his songs concentrating on material from the 1993 album This Time. Selections include "Ain't That Lonely Yet," "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere," "Pocket of a Clown," "Heart That You Own," and "Suspicious Minds."
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Newton Boys
Overview: The four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. One day, the oldest of them, Willis, realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers and execute the greatest train robbery in American history five years later.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-26
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Crank: High Voltage
Overview: Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-16
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Roswell
Overview: Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July of 1947. Told by his superiors that what he has found is nothing more than a downed weather balloon, Marcel maintains his military duty until the weight of the truth, however out of this world it may be, forces him to piece together what really occurred.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-31
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Dwight Yoakam: Live from Austin TX
Overview: Originally recorded on October 23, 1988 and edited for a 30-minute broadcast, Austin City Limits and New West Records have collaborated to release this sparkling performance given by Dwight and his early band, in its entirety. The audio has been re-mixed and re-mastered in stereo and 5.1 surround. Special guests include Buck Owens and Flaco Jimenez.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-28
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Time Life Presents Country Legends Live, Vol. 4
Overview: Music City News was founded in 1963, by country music singer Faron Young. In 1967, the publication began to confer annual awards; in 1978, it began televising them, with the inclusion of artist performances. These awards were not decided by a secretive committee or by an "association," but by fan nominations. Each installment of the Country Legends Live series highlights performances from particular annual awards shows. Country Legends Live, Vol. 4 offers a "best of" the 1984, 1985 and 1986 Music City News Awards Shows. Featured artists in this installment include Hank Williams, Jr., Reba McEntire, Johnny Cash, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, Ricky Van Shelton, Kathy Mattea, K.T. Oslin, the Oak Ridge Boys, The Statler Brothers, Highway 101, The Forester Sisters, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless and Ronnie Milsap.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
Overview: When Juliette sets out to bring her slain lover – outlaw Ransom Pride – home to Texas to be buried, she knows the journey won't be easy, but she has little idea of the dangers that lie ahead in this dark Western drama.
Genres: Action Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-17
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Dirty Girl
Overview: When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a road trip to discover themselves.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-12
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Dwight Yoakam: The Grand Tour
Overview: Released in 2008, The Grand Tour presents Dwight Yoakam's live performance at the Peterborough Country Music Festival, England, in 1986. While showcasing Dwight's signature showmanship and vocals, the poor mix quality renders some instruments, such as Pete Anderson's guitar, barely audible. The release is named after the track The Grand Tour, which became a #1 hit for George Jones in 1974.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Painted Hero
Overview: Virgil Kidder hasn't been in Waco for quite a spell, but now that he's back in town clowning in the rodeo, his troubles are catching up with him quicker than a Brahma bull. Country star Dwight Yoakam makes his leading role debut as Kidder, a "painted hero" who's at his best - and safest - when he's taunting the meanest bulls in the business. It's only when the paint comes off that the real danger strikes on a wild Waco weekend filled with thrills, spills and more twists than an eight second bull ride.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-16
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Crank
Overview: Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-31
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Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
Overview: With a vision that took him far beyond the genre of country rock, singer-songwriter Gram Parsons left his mark in gut-wrenching sentiments of country music, burning melodies typical of soul music, sweet, uplifting harmonies of gospel choirs and the hand-clapping boogie of rock and roll. Gram's daughter Polly organized this amazing gathering of his close friends and biggest fans for a Sin City tribute honoring this prince of longhair country boys. A sampling of the live performances include Six Days on the Road Sin City All Stars; Big Mouth Blues Jim Lauderdale; Devil in Disguise Jay Farrar; Sleepless Nights Lucinda Williams; Love Hurts Keith Richards & Norah Jones; Sin City Dwight Yoakam, and more, including commentaries by Polly Parsons and Shilah Morrow.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-15
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The Little Death
Overview: A photographer obsessed with a wealthy man's beautiful wife kills her jealous husband in self-defense. The deceased man's down-and-out musician son soon is drawn in by his sexy stepmother who, unbeknownst to him, is scheming to collect the entire estate.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-26
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Red Rock West
Overview: When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-14
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Don't Look Back
Overview: Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, and returns home with it to Texas. Hoping to turn his life around with his newfound wealth, Jessie endures detox with the support of his friends. However, the gang leader behind the drug deal, along with his cronies, trace Jesse's footsteps to Texas to exact revenge and take back their money.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-13
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Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
Overview: On September 19, 1973, the musician and heir to a million-dollar fortune died under the influence of drugs and alcohol near his favourite place - the Joshua Tree National Monument in the Californian desert. As the founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers, a member of the hit-making, legendary Byrds, an important influence on the Rolling Stones and the man who catapulted Emmylou Harris to fame, Gram Parsons made music history in only a few years. Friends, contemporaries and devotees of Gram Parsons talk about the importance of his work and the bizarre circumstances of his early death. Rare footage of his performances shows why Gram Parsons has become a legend. Interviewees include Gram's wife Gretchen, his sister and his daughter, Keith Richards, Emmylou Harris, Chris Hillman and "Road Manager" Phil Kaufman.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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90 Minutes in Heaven
Overview: A man involved in a horrific car crash is pronounced dead, only to come back to life an hour and a half later, claiming to have seen Heaven.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-11
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Dwight Yoakam: Live at Stagecoach
Overview: Country Music pioneer and legend, Dwight Yoakam, gives a Master Class while showcasing Hit songs that encompass his lengthy career at 2024's Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-26
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When Trumpets Fade
Overview: In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-27
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Boomtown
Overview: A young father and husband looks towards the oil fields for a better life for him and his family. But will the fast money and glamour detour his agenda?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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Logan Lucky
Overview: Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-17
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Along for the Ride
Overview: A documentary chronicling the filmmaking career of Dennis Hopper.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-03
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Dwight Yoakam - Live from Austin TX
Overview: Originally recorded on October 23, 1988 and edited for a 30-minute broadcast, Austin City Limits and New West Records have collaborated to release this sparkling performance given by Dwight and his early band, in its entirety. The audio has been re-mixed and re-mastered in stereo and 5.1 surround. Special guests include Buck Owens and Flaco Jimenez.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-31
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Bloodworth
Overview: E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded, his three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanizing alcoholic, Boyd is driven by jealousy to hunt down his wife and her lover, and Brady puts hexes on his enemies from his mamma's porch. Only Fleming, the old man's grandson, treats him with the respect his age commands, and sees past all the hatred to realize the way it can poison a man's soul. It is ultimately the love of Raven Lee, a sloe-eyed beauty from another town, that gives Fleming the courage to reject this family curse.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-06
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Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
Overview: A cinema verite portrait of the recording of Zevon's swansong album: 'The Wind' - the twelfth and final studio album by Warren Zevon, was released 11 years ago today (26 August 2003). Zevon began recording the album shortly after he was diagnosed with inoperable plural mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the lung), and it was released just two weeks before his death on September 7, 2003. The album was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-24
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The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Overview: Johnny Cash stands among the giants of 20th century American life. But his story remains tangled in mystery and myth. This documentary brings Cash the man out from behind the legend.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-09
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Shooting 'Panic Room'
Overview: Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire cast and crew throughout production until the final filming day. Many interviews and on-set footage inform us on how the shoot was.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-30
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Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Overview: A 14-part documentary that explores the life and career of Billy Bob Thornton, chronicling his journey that led him to work on Sling Blade. The piece features plenty of interview snippets with cast, crew, friends, and family; clips from other Thornton films; the origins of the Karl Childers character; how Sling Blade shaped his career; and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-07
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Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Overview: American Documentary: A documentary celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Co., with news footage, film clips, and interviews with various celebrities who are Harley-Davidson owners.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Buck Owens: Live From Austin, TX
Overview: This man from Sherman, Texas probably best-known as the wide-grinning rube on Hee Haw for so many years started a country music revolution. Or more accurately, a counter-revolution. It was called the Bakersfield Sound, He and fellow revolutionary Merle Haggard were cranking out raw, hard-driving honky-tonk music that stood the country-pop coming out of Nashville on its head. When Buck Owens and the Buckaroos would launch into "I've got a tiger by the tail, it s plain to see...!" the packed crowds would be on their feet and headed for the dance floor. Performed at Austin City Limits on October 23, 1988.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-06
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Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
Overview: In the spirit of the old west variety shows, Vaughn played host to the ensemble of comedians and performed improvisational sketches with surprise celebrity and musical guests. The film chronicles the journey of Vaughn and the comedians as travel over 6,000 miles and perform 30 shows in 30 consecutive nights in cities across the nation.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-08
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Cry Macho
Overview: A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-16
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2:13
Overview: A police profiler has just returned from psychiatric leave only to find that he is caught up in a serial killer's rampage. Fighting to keep buried the trauma of his childhood, he must confront the all too-familiar flesh masks that the killer leaves on the faces of his victims. He must face his own demons along with the killer to save his small eroding existence.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-25
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Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
Overview: A documentary about legendary San Diego-based, roots rock band, THE BEAT FARMERS featuring interviews with members Jerry Raney, Joey Harris, Buddy Blue, Rolle Love, and Country Dick Montana, plus Dwight Yoakam, Dave Alvin, Harry Shearer, Dr. Demento, and Mojo Nixon (among others).
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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