True Stories
134 reviews
Comedy/Music
1h 29m
1986
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
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A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
- DirectorDavid Byrne
- Release10 October 1986
- Genre
- Duration1h 29m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate134 reviews
- Productions
Pressman Film, Gary Kurfirst Pictures, True Stories Venture, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast

David Byrne
Narrator / Lip-Syncher

John Goodman
Louis Fyne

Annie McEnroe
Kay Culver

Jo Harvey Allen
The Lying Woman

Spalding Gray
Earl Culver

Alix Elias
The Cute Woman

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Mr. Tucker

Tito Larriva
Ramon

John Ingle
The Preacher

Matthew Posey
The Computer Guy

Swoosie Kurtz
The Lazy Woman

Jerry Harrison
Lip-Syncher

Tina Weymouth
Lip-Syncher

Chris Frantz
Lip-Syncher

Scott Valentine
Air Band

Gregory Gunter
Laughing Headline Reader #2

Ed Geldart
Grandfather in Mall

Jason Liebrecht
"Hey Now" Kid

John Pritchett
Sound Man

Louis Black
The Happy Wanderers Strictly Accordion Marching Band (uncredited)

Leesa Rowland
Blonde in Nightclub (uncredited)
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