True Stories with David Byrne: DVD Cover

    True Stories Director: David Byrne Cast: David Byrne, John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, Spalding Gray

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/30/1999
    • Original Release: 1986
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 19,606
     
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    Side #1 --
    0. Jump to a Scene
    1. The little girl on the road (Road Song). [1:44]
    2. A history of Texas (Freeway Son). [3:39]
    3. The world of Varicorp. [3:26]
    4. Louis Fyne's story. [2:03]
    5. Freeway interlude (Freeway Son). [1:50]
    6. Trouble with the ladies (Cocktail Desperado). [2:39]
    7. Wild Wild Life. [3:28]
    8. Miss Rollings. [2:24]
    9. Shopping is a feeling. [3:36]
    10. Fashion show (Dream Operator). [5:01]
    11. The lying woman. [1:22]
    12. Breath of fresh air. [2:36]
    13. Dinner with the Culvers (Dinner Music). [4:31]
    14. Puzzling Evidence. [6:04]
    15. Stately homes of Virgil. [2:07]
    16. Children's chorus (Hey Now). [1:32]
    17. Architechture; channel surfing (Love for Sale). [4:37]
    18. 844-wife. [1:00]
    19. Louis' sad song. [3:38]
    20. A Mercado Juarez (Soy de Tejas). [2:08]
    21. Mr. Tucker's help. [4:01]
    22. Specialness on parade. [4:12]
    23. A Texas joke. [1:50]
    24. The big show. [2:38]
    26. Tucker's vibes; Radio Head. [3:55]
    27. Musical spell: Papa Legba. [3:18]
    28. People like Us. [1:49]
    29. "The bear is staying with me;" only by forgetting. [4:58]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Director David Byrne (of Talking Heads) takes an outside-looking-in glance at Texas and Texans in True Stories. Casting himself as the protagonist/narrator, Byrne adopts what he thinks is "standard" western garb and drives his red convertible into the small town of Virgil. Here he observes the town's preparations for celebrating Texas' sesquicentennial, taking time out to introduce us to several of the local oddballs. Swoosie Kurtz plays Miss Rollings, the Laziest Woman in the World; Alix Elias is The Cute Woman, who decorates her home in the most hideously "sweet" manner imaginable; John Goodman is talent-contest entrant Louis Fyne, who harbors dreams of being a C&W star; Spalding Gray is Earl Culver, a vegetable-obsessed civic leader; Jo Harvey Allen is The Lying Woman; and so it goes. The script by Southerners Byrne, Beth Henley and Steven Tobolowksy strives to avoid subtlety. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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