The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

You're never too young to learn the score.

PG 1981 · 112 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama, Music, Comedy

An aspiring country singer and his feisty younger sister/manager struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her brother out of trouble with the ladies and the law-in this drama "inspired by," but not really connected to, the hit '70s ballad.

Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell · Written by Bob Bonney

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