Following the passing of 2x Oscar nominee and 11x Grammy winner, Dolly Parton, AMC Theatres will be holding a retrospective of the multihyphenate with two of her movies, 1989’s Steel Magnolias and 1982’s The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
The cinematic homage will be begin on Friday, Aug. 28 and go through Wednesday, Sept. 2.
AMC will present the pics at approximately 200 locations across the United States, including AMC theatres throughout Parton’s home state of Tennessee. Tickets will be available at AMC’s Fan Faves value pricing.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was based on the Broadway musical, which was based on the 1974 Playboy article about the closing of the Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas. The Universal pic in addition to Parton, starred Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning (who received a Supporting Actor Oscar nom) and Jim Nabors. The pic was rather successful in the day grossing close to $70M at the domestic B.O. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opened to $11.8M in late July 1982 dethroning E.T.’s six weekend run. Colin Higgins directed the pic.
Directed by Herbert Ross and based on Robert Harling’s 1987 play, which the scribe adapted, Steel Magnolias had Parton part of a big starry female ensemble including Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah and an up-and-coming Julia Roberts. The pic follows a young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, who finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold. Roberts received a Supporting Actress nom for the film which grossed $86.4M domestic, and close to $97M WW.
Parton was nominated for two original song Oscars: 1981’s “9 to 5” from the pic of the same name, and 2006’s “Travelin’ Thru” from Transamerica.