The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (film)
1981 film by Ronald F. Maxwell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia is a 1981 American musical drama film starring Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill and Don Stroud, directed by Ronald F. Maxwell.
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Directed by | Ronald F. Maxwell |
Written by | Bob Bonney |
Produced by | Bill Blake |
Starring | Kristy McNichol Dennis Quaid Mark Hamill Don Stroud Arlen Dean Snyder Barry Corbin |
Cinematography | Bill Butler |
Edited by | Anne Goursaud |
Music by | Keith Allison Bobbie Gentry Mark Lindsay David Shire |
Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $7.5 million[1] |
Box office | $14 million[1] or $6.1 million[2] |
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It was very loosely inspired by the 1972 Vicki Lawrence song of the same name (it shares almost no plot elements with the original song). In 1981, Tanya Tucker recorded a different version for the film's soundtrack and new lyrics related to the plot of the film were written. These altered lyrics were based on the plot line of the movie, which is not the same as the story of the original song.