TRUE STORIES (THE CRITERION COLLECTION) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1986
• Genre: Comedy, Musical
• Plot: Music icon David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make his sole foray into feature-film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation of what was in his own idiosyncratic mind. The Talking Heads front man plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who introduces us to the citizens of the town during preparations for its Celebration of Specialness. As shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, Texas becomes a hyperrealistic late-capitalist landscape of endless vistas, shopping malls, and prefab metal buildings. In True Stories, Byrne uses his songs to stitch together pop iconography, voodoo rituals, and a singular variety show — all in the service of uncovering the rich mysteries that lurk under the surface of everyday experience.
• Cast: David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Jo Harvey Allen, Spalding Gray, Alix Elias, Roebuck 'Pops' Staples, Tito Larriva, John Ingle, Matthew Posey, Swoosie Kurtz, Freeman Beatty, Evelyn Box, Kevin Box, Amy Buffington, Cora Cardona, Ken Chambers, Ray Coahran, Jim Colegrove, Capucine DeWulf, Connie Deaton, Tom Denolf, Chris Douridas, Richard Dowlearn, L.T. Felty, Ed Geldart, Cynthia Gould, Gregory Gunter, Jerry Harrison, Marion Henley, James Jackson, Christopher Johnson, E. Jason Liebrecht, Daniel Marder, Linda McCauley, William McDaniel, Huey P. Meaux, Chrissy Miller, Brian Monroe, Liz Moore, Jessica Pendland, Michael Pendland, John Pritchett, Tony Reynolds, Alonzo Richard, Stephen Seybold, Hinpheth Siharath, Rex Taylor Smith, Ric Spiegel, Eric 'E.T.' Thorngren, Scott Valentine, Phyllis Wallace, Vernon Watts, Angus G. Wynne III, Tina Weymouth, Kelly Wright, Meredith Zednick, Vangie Barefoot, Ronna Cohen, Kenan Crinion, Chris Frantz, Tonney Watts, Keith Algier, Bale Allen, David Averett, Andrew Barach, Art Barrington, Caroline DeWolf, Randy Erwin, Richard Rowland, Louis Black, Victor Kiam, Richard Nixon, Leesa Rowland, Stephen Tobolowsky
• Director: David Byrne
• Runtime: 1:29
• Company: Edward R. Pressman Film Corp., Gary Kurfirst Pictures, True Stories Venture, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie