# Blue Valley Songbird > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Blue_Valley_Songbird > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Blue_Valley_Songbird.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Valley_Songbird > Source revision: 1339159712 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{more citations needed|date=May 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Blue Valley Songbird poster.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = DVD cover | genre = [Musical](/source/Musical_film) [drama](/source/drama_film) | based_on = {{based on|"Blue Valley Songbird"|[Dolly Parton](/source/Dolly_Parton){{cite web|url=https://directories.wga.org/project/814800/blue-valley-songbird/|title=Blue Valley Songbird|work=[Writers Guild of America West](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America_West)|date=September 17, 1999|access-date=October 28, 2025}}}} | writer = {{Plainlist| * Ken Carter * Annette Haywood-Carter }} | director = [Richard A. Colla](/source/Richard_A._Colla) | starring = {{Plainlist| * Dolly Parton * [John Terry](/source/John_Terry_(actor)) * [Billy Dean](/source/Billy_Dean) }} | music = [Velton Ray Bunch](/source/Velton_Ray_Bunch) | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Dolly Parton * Freyda Rothstein }} | editor = Martin Nicholson | cinematography = Robert Draper | runtime = 92 minutes | company = {{Plainlist| * [Hearst Entertainment](/source/Hearst_Communications) * Dolly Parton Southern Lights Productions }} | budget = | network = [Lifetime](/source/Lifetime_(TV_channel)) | released = {{Start date|1999|11|01}} }} '''''Blue Valley Songbird''''' is a 1999 American [musical](/source/musical_film) [drama](/source/drama_film) [television film](/source/television_film) directed by [Richard A. Colla](/source/Richard_A._Colla), written by Ken Carter and Annette Haywood-Carter, and starring [Dolly Parton](/source/Dolly_Parton), [John Terry](/source/John_Terry_(actor)), and [Billy Dean](/source/Billy_Dean). It is based on the song from Parton's 1998 album ''[Hungry Again](/source/Hungry_Again)''. It was filmed in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee) and originally premiered on [Lifetime](/source/Lifetime_(TV_network)) on November 1, 1999. ==Plot== Country singer Leanna Taylor struggles to escape from her controlling manager/boyfriend Hank, as well as her troubled past. After turning to her guitarist Bobby, Leanna finally faces her past, including her estranged mother and the death of her father. Through flashbacks, Leanna's father is shown to be an abusive and controlling man who would not allow Leanna to sing for anyone but himself, and once, viciously attacked a boy Leanna was playing with while, in the present, during this particular flashback, Hank attacks one of Leanna's musicians in a jealous rage. Leanna finds herself reliving painful memories of her controlling father, awakened by Hank's domineering behavior. In another flashback, Leanna's father threatens her after she hits him with a [tire iron](/source/tire_iron) while he is physically abusing Leanna's mother. Leanna's mother eventually sent her off to [Nashville](/source/Nashville) where, free of her father, she joined a church choir. In the end, Leanna is able to escape from Hank and reconcile with her mother before entering the studio to cut her first record. The film ends with Leanna singing "Blue Valley Songbird" in concert with Hank watching from the back of the room before leaving. ==Cast== {{cast listing| * [Dolly Parton](/source/Dolly_Parton) as Leanna Taylor ** Teagan Eley as young Leanna * [John Terry](/source/John_Terry_(actor)) as Hank Hatcher * [Billy Dean](/source/Billy_Dean) as Bobby Grissom * [Beth Grant](/source/Beth_Grant) as Ruby * [Kimberley Kates](/source/Kimberley_Kates) as Thelma Russell * [Peggy Walton-Walker](/source/Peggy_Walton-Walker) as Ora Taylor * [Ed Bruce](/source/Ed_Bruce) as Howard Franklin * [Bob Morrison](/source/Bob_Morrison_(songwriter)) as Leanna's Father }} ==Songs== There was no official soundtrack released, but some songs are available on other Dolly releases as noted below. '''"Blue Valley Songbird"''' - Written and Performed by Dolly Parton
(available on the ''[Hungry Again](/source/Hungry_Again)'' album) '''"I Hope You're Never Happy"''' - Written by Dolly Parton
Performed by Dolly Parton featuring Billy Dean
(available on the ''[Real Love](/source/Real_Love_(Dolly_Parton_album))'' album) '''"Wildflowers"''' - Written and Performed by Dolly Parton
(available on the'' [Trio](/source/Trio_(Dolly_Parton%2C_Linda_Ronstadt_and_Emmylou_Harris_album))'' album with [Linda Ronstadt](/source/Linda_Ronstadt) & [Emmylou Harris](/source/Emmylou_Harris)) '''"We Might Be In Love"''' - Written by Dolly Parton
Performed by Dolly Parton and Billy Dean '''"My Blue Tears"''' - Written and Performed by Dolly Parton
(available on the ''[Coat of Many Colors](/source/Coat_of_Many_Colors)'', ''[Heartsongs](/source/Heartsongs)'' and ''[Little Sparrow](/source/Little_Sparrow)'' albums) '''"Runaway Feeling"''' - Written by Dolly Parton
Performed by Dolly Parton featuring Billy Dean
(available on the ''[Eagle When She Flies](/source/Eagle_When_She_Flies)'' album - Dolly only) '''"Amazing Grace"''' - Written by John Newton
Performed by Dolly Parton
(available on the ''[Precious Memories](/source/Precious_Memories_(Dolly_Parton_album))'' album) '''"Angel Band"''' - (Traditional)
Performed by Dolly Parton == Announced remake == In July 2021, [''Deadline''](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) reported that this film, alongside ''[The Babysitter's Seduction](/source/The_Babysitter's_Seduction_(1996_film))'', ''Sex, Lies & Obsession'', ''[Sex & Mrs. X](/source/Sex_%26_Mrs._X),'' ''[Santa Who?](/source/Santa_Who%3F)'', ''A Different Kind of Christmas'' and over 100 other films in the Hearst Entertainment library was up for consideration to be remade by the library's IP holder, [Lionsgate](/source/Lionsgate_Studios), alongside independent production and distribution company [MarVista Entertainment](/source/MarVista_Entertainment).{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=2021-07-09|title=Are TV Movies Back? Lionsgate & MarVista Strike Deal To Remake Classic MOWs Including Keri Russell's 'The Babysitter's Seduction'|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/lionsgate-marvista-deal-to-remake-classic-films-including-keri-russell-the-babysitters-seduction-1234789783/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} Both companies, who will jointly distribute these films, didn't elaborate on certain details, but claimed that the films will be made to target "digitally native audiences" and have set their sights on releasing them to a streaming service.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-13|title='The Babysitter's Seduction' Among TV Movies Getting a Remake in Lionsgate / MarVista Deal|url=https://movieweb.com/babysitters-seduction-tv-movie-remakes-lionsgate-marvista/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Movieweb|language=en-US}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|0169629}} {{Richard A. Colla}} Category:1999 television films Category:1999 films Category:1999 drama films Category:1999 musical films Category:1999 in American television Category:1999 American films Category:1999 English-language films Category:1990s musical drama films Category:American drama television films Category:American musical drama films Category:American musical television films Category:Country music films Category:Domestic violence in television Category:English-language musical drama films Category:Films about domestic violence Category:Films based on songs Category:Films directed by Richard A. Colla Category:Films scored by Velton Ray Bunch Category:Films set in Nashville, Tennessee Category:Films shot in Tennessee Category:Lifetime (TV channel) films --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Blue Valley Songbird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Valley_Songbird) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Valley_Songbird?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.