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True Stories

Name: True Stories
Director: David Byrne
Released: 1986-10-10
Rating: 8.3

David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town, on the eve of the town's celebration of the state's sesquicentennial. He meets various colorful local characters, most notably Lewis Fyne, a big-hearted bachelor in search of matrimony.

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83%

7.2

1986
1 hr 29 min
Comedy, Musical, Music

Director
- David Byrne
Writers
Studios
- Edward R. Pressman Film, Gary Kurfirst Pictures, True Stories Venture, Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

David Byrne
Narrator / Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads singer
John Goodman
Louis Fyne
Swoosie Kurtz
Miss Rollings
Spalding Gray
Earl Culver
Annie McEnroe
Kay Culver
Jo Harvey Allen
The Lying Woman
Alix Elias
The Cute Woman
RS
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Mr. Tucker
Tito Larriva
Ramon (as Humberto 'Tito' Larriva)
John Ingle
The Preacher
JH
Jerry Harrison
Prince Lookalike Lip-Syncher / Billy Idol Lookalike Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads Musician
Chris Frantz
Cowboy Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads musician
Tina Weymouth
Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads musician
Matthew Posey
The Computer Guy
AB
Amy Buffington
Linda Culver
RD
Richard Dowlearn
Larry Culver
SV
Scott Valentine
Air Band
Jason Liebrecht
'Hey Now' Kid
JP
John Pritchett
Sound Man
CD
Chris Douridas
Teenage Boy Ventriloquist
Louis Black
The Happy Wanderers Strictly Accordion Marching Band (uncredited)
Leesa Rowland
Blonde in Nightclub (uncredited)