James 9 performers and how they carry out the script. Talent is not short in this film as it stars Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones as well as many actors and actresses who contribute largely to the film (). A film review Janet Maslin of the New York Times said, “Miss Spacek is luminous and lovely, easily outshining her previous work, good as it has been” (). Spacek did outshine her previous work by winning the academy award for Best Actress in “Coal Miners Daughter”. Spacek performance is genuine and …show more content…
This movie debuted in 1980 when the country was just coming out of a period where the nation had changed (Top News Stories from 1980). Equality had changed for all and a “New Right mobilized changing the home life. The role of a housewife had changed and many people’s faith in the federal government was shaken from Nixon. The country was changing and with it the influence of film on the world was too (Top News Stories from 1980).
In the 1970’s the push for Women’s Rights was huge with the making of a new amendment where equal rights would not be abridged by the account of the sex (The 1970s). However, this amendment would not get passed and would fuel the feminist to push harder. After this the 70’s were filled with films that women could be more than a housewife and more like a country singer. Woman began going to college, taking key roles in businesses, Title IX was passed, which said no to discrimination by sex in public school, and women were now allowed to enter into the U.S. military (The 1970s). A lot changed in the 70’s for women and this would set up the premier of “Coal Miner’s Daughter” to showcase how one woman would could push pass the narrow-mindedness of people and let the world see the strength of a