Billy Joe Shaver
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Corsicana, Texas, USA
Birthday: August 16, 1939
Deathday: October 28, 2020
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Portrait of Billy Joe
Overview: Filmmaker Luciana Pedraza takes a penetrating look into the life of one of country music's behind-the-scenes talents, songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who composed tunes for luminaries such as Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. From his troubled childhood in Texas, through a battle with substance abuse and finally to the death of his wife and son, this moving portrait chronicles the career of an artist with a rare gift for transforming tragedy into poetry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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The Wendell Baker Story
Overview: Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-03
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Bait Shop
Overview: Its Barbershop for Rednecks. Bill is a bait shop owner who has to make a balloon payment of $15,000 or else the bank will close his shop. Unable to make the payment from the proceeds of the shop, Bill must compete in the annual Bass Tournament, which he pathetically loses every year, to win the money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-02
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The Apostle
Overview: After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-19
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A Night in Old Mexico
Overview: Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie isn't about to retire quietly in a dismal trailer park. Instead he hops in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild adventure filled with guns, women and booze. It’s just another night in Old Mexico.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-08
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Secondhand Lions
Overview: The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-19
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Billy Joe Shaver: Live From Austin, TX
Overview: Billy Joe Shaver is the quintessential country songwriter, but that s just a big word that doesn't do justice to the honest, raw intensity and outpouring of heart and soul in his lyrics. Over 50 artists have recorded his songs, but nobody does it better than Billy Joe, and that s why this show is so important. Recorded on August 14, 1984, Billy Joe holds back nothing. There s the grit, there s the attitude, there s the defiance. But there s also the intimacy, the poetry, the stories.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-02
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Billy Joe Shaver: Live from Luckenbach
Overview: Live DVD from the veteran Country performer. Billy Joe Shaver is one rough 'n' rowdy Texan who's experienced more than enough joy and pain in his 70 years to ever have to go begging for material. This performance catches Shaver at his best, performing 16 tracks as only he can. Features 'Georgia On A Fast Train', 'You Wouldn't Know Love', 'Song For Eddy' and more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-01
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