I saw the Light

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Call Number: DVD Drama I
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Based on the book "Hank Williams: the Biography" by Colin Escott with George Merritt and William MacEwen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Special features: Talking Hank; Illuminating a legend: inside I saw the light; commentary with Marc Abraham.
Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones, Bradley Whitford, Maddie Hasson, Wrenn Schmidt, David Krumholtz.
The story of the legendary country western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1); Dolby digital 5.1, described video.
Contents: Hank Williams.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

ISTL submitted by a2sue on July 15, 2017, 3:05pm I thought that I Saw the Light could have delved more into who Hank Williams was as a person. This would have been a much better film then!

No submitted by yenkong on August 21, 2017, 1:47pm Disappointed. Not the show that you want to watch..

Sorry.. submitted by leenajong on August 21, 2017, 1:59pm Not what I expected, could have been better... sorry.

Disappointing submitted by Cihendricks on August 29, 2018, 2:03pm This was just really superficial and didn't dive into anything of Hank's life. It didn't seem to be caring enough to engage me in the plot or the lives of the characters. I expected better.

Feels inauthentic submitted by ferielp on July 23, 2021, 9:24am Should've cast someone with a more similar lived experience to play a country singer from Alabama, not a posh English actor. There's something to be said for how real empathy can improve a performance beyond acting ability.