true stories

Director: david byrne

Actor: david byrne,john goodman,annie mcenroe,jo harvey allen

Data Published: Fri Oct 10 1986

Genres: Comedy,Musical

Key Words: cult favorite,mexican,car,sesquicentenary,band

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092117/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Stories_(film)

Description: True Stories is a movie starring David Byrne, John Goodman, and Annie McEnroe. A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent...

Plot: The film is presented as a series of vignettes centered around Byrne as an unnamed, cowboy-hat-wearing stranger who visits the fictional Texas town of Virgil, where he observes the citizens as they prepare for the "Celebration of Specialness" to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the town. The event is being sponsored by the Varicorp Corporation, a local computer manufacturing plant. Among the many characters the visitor meets and interacts with, the most prominent are: