True Stories

October. 10,1986      PG
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

David Byrne as  Narrator / Lip-Syncher
John Goodman as  Louis Fyne
Annie McEnroe as  Kay Culver
Jo Harvey Allen as  The Lying Woman
Spalding Gray as  Earl Culver
Alix Elias as  The Cute Woman
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples as  Mr. Tucker
Tito Larriva as  Ramon
John Ingle as  The Preacher
Matthew Posey as  The Computer Guy

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