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I Saw the Light

- The story of Hank Williams

Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.

Release Date : 2016-02-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Bron StudiosRatPac Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Hank Williams

Original Name : Tom Hiddleston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Audrey Mae Williams

Original Name : Elizabeth Olsen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Toby Marshall

Original Name : Wayne Pére

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Dolan

Original Name : David Krumholtz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bobbie Jett

Original Name : Wrenn Schmidt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fred Rose

Original Name : Bradley Whitford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dore Schary

Original Name : Josh Pais

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lillie Williams

Original Name : Cherry Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : WB Nowlin

Original Name : James DuMont

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oscar Davis

Original Name : Joe Chrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cliff Rogers

Original Name : Charlie Talbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billie Jean

Original Name : Maddie Hasson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roadhouse Patron

Original Name : Candice Harrison

Gender : Female

Character Name : Back Pain Doctor

Original Name : Cory Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ryman Auditorium / Cow Coliseum Gal

Original Name : NM Garcia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ellie

Original Name : Caroline Hebert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Concert attendant

Original Name : Justin Lebrun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerry Rivers

Original Name : Casey Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sammy Pruett

Original Name : Joshua Brady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Banker

Original Name : Elliott Grey

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Emily Marie Palmer

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Vanessa Amaya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Campbell

Original Name : Jeff Caperton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Erica Curtis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hank Snow

Original Name : Jayson Warner Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female passerby

Original Name : Bethany Blakey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Jones

Original Name : Denise Gossett

Gender : Female

Character Name : StageHand Supervisor

Original Name : Christopher Heskey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedestrian

Original Name : Gary Teague

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Nurse / MGM Pedestrian

Original Name : Skyler Davenport

Gender : Male

Character Name : Concert goer

Original Name : Allison Claye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Performer / Hotel Bar Patron

Original Name : Rebecca Chulew

Gender : Female

Character Name : Howard Pill

Original Name : Douglas M. Griffin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles Carr

Original Name : Mattie Liptak

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bar Woman

Original Name : Jillian Batherson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bar Waitress

Original Name : Gretchen Koerner

Gender : Female

Character Name : Musician

Original Name : Bryan Michael Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boyette

Original Name : Richard Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patron

Original Name : Amanda Joy Erickson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ronald

Original Name : Cody Daniel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Ragland

Original Name : Deadra Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : NYC Pedestrian (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Manco

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-23

In theory this had loads to recommend it. A young man who captivated the USA with his music, an handsome and charismatically flawed gent who lived his life to the full, philandered, cheated and drank... How, then, did Marc Abraham manage to turn all that into a stodgy television movie? The ever easy on the eye Tom Hiddleston takes the title role and does precisely nothing with it. His mimicry of the style of performing - that slightly chicken-strutting jig he did whilst singing, works well enough but otherwise this is a shallow and lacklustre characterisation. Williams could never have been called a loyal man and the women who featured prominently here - wife Audrey (Elisabeth Olsen), Bobbie (Wrenn Schmidt) and Billie Jean (Maddie Hasson) have precious little to work with to add much depth to this puddle of a biopic. It has a go at creating a documentary feel to it, incorporating some monochrome (and monotone) contributions from Bradey Whitford's version of producer Fred Rose and there is plenty of toe-tapping - especially the fiddlers, but at just over the two hour mark this is a ponderously feeble effort to enliven a man by an actor who spent way too much time in wardrobe and nowhere near enough trying to imbue the subject with personality. "Walk the Line" (2005) it isn't.