Levon Helm

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of West Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Peter Perkins (Jones), a local ranch foreman kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame. (imdb)

After 25 years in the fast food business, father McDermott one morning proclaims in front of his three sons that he hated dealing with chickens all the time, and that's why he sold the restaurant last afternoon. (imdb)

A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band. (imdb)

Based on the short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been", by Joyce Carol Oates, this film chronicles a 15-year-old girl, Connie's, sexual awakening in the Northern California suburbs. Her experimentations begin to get out of hand when the mysterious Arnold Friend takes an interest in her. (imdb)

Environmental protection agent Jack Taggart is fighting big business types led by Orin Hanner who are dumping toxic waste somewhere in the Kentucky hills region. They also killed his fellow agent and are killing the nature of the region. (imdb)

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president. (imdb)

After his wife is killed, a lawyer (Robert Logan) relocates to backwoods Arkansas to begin again, but must prove his innocence-- with help from a professor friend (Kathleen Quinlan)--when a local boy is kidnapped and the perpetrator has framed him for the crime. Levon Helm (from the Band) plays the sheriff, and several of his mates--Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel--also appear in the film. (allmovie.com)

The story of how Elvis Presley went from being just a somewhat naive rock singer to world-famous--and world-weary--superstar in just the space of one year, 1956. (imdb)

During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying Colvis is his long-suffering wife, Gertie, a talented woodcarver set in her traditional ways. When the perils of city life and Colvis' reckless squandering of money send the Nevels into precarious financial straits, Gertie starts a business making hand-carved dolls in order to provide for her family.

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band