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Pride Of Jesse Hallum

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Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that one of his daughters may receive spinal surgery.
  • Starring: Johnny Cash, Brenda Vaccaro
  • Directed by: Gary Nelson
  • Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
  • Release year: 2007
  • Studio: Synergy Ent
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Synopsis: Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that one of his daughters may receive spinal surgery.
Starring: Johnny Cash, Brenda Vaccaro
Supporting actors: Ben Marley, Chrystal Smith, Eli Wallach, Guy Boyd, William Speed, Earl Poole Ball, Linda Bennett, Viola Borden, Michael Burnham, Tara Cash, Malinda Comer, Ray Comer, William Dickerson, Dale Doerman, Mark Heffernan, Charles Holmond, Allen Karpe, Josephine Keenan, Ralph Lewis, Robert Lipka
Directed by: Gary Nelson
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
Release year: 2007
Studio: Synergy Ent
ASIN: B0010W01HO (Rental) and B0010W68Q2 (Purchase)
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Theatrical Release Information
  • US Theatrical Release Date: January 01, 2007
  • Production Company: The Königsberg Company
  • Filming Locations: Cincinnati Art Museum - 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Cincinnati Children's Hospital - 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Kentucky, USA | Loveland Hurst High School - 170 Roadrunner Lane, Loveland, Ohio, USA | Walnut Hills High School - 3250 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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73 of 78 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Read the information CAREFULLY!!!!!, November 2, 1999
This review is from: Johnny Cash Collection (The Pride of Jesse Hallam + CD Interview) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is NOT a tape about Johnny Cash!! It is a CD interview with him, along with a movie, the Pride of Jessie Hallam. I bought it thinking it was about Johnny. WRONG. I waited 6 weeks and paid 18 bucks for it, only to be disappointed! You have to read the info carefully to see that. Don't make the same mistake I did!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Johnny Cash plus a bonus!, December 27, 2001
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kanzac (Moss Vale, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Johnny Cash Collection (The Pride of Jesse Hallam + CD Interview) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
As a Johnny Cash fan for longer than I care to remember I think this video was excellent. Johnny Cash played a difficult part convincingly and the story suited his style superbly. The accompanying CD is a must for every Johnny Cash fan. I've played it over and over.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A Trying Time for an Illiterate in the Big City., February 16, 2005
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rsoonsa (Lake Isabella, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pride of Jesse Hallam [VHS] (VHS Tape)
There are 25 million functional illiterates in the United States, and this film made for television is purportedly based upon events in the life of one of them, Jesse Hallam, portrayed here in typically wooden fashion by Johnny Cash, primarily about Hallam's troubles after moving to a large city (Cincinnati). Hallam, a miner since 14 from the Coal Fields sector of Western Kentucky in Muhlenberg County, has no choice but to leave his country home when his young daughter requires spinal surgery in the Ohio metropolis, paid with cash in advance obtained from the sale of his property after his wife's death. He pits his native intelligence and work ethic against the problem of not being able to read or write, and discovers that in order to support himself and his two children, he must become literate; scenes involving the methods used in developing his new skills are the most engrossing of the production. Brenda Vaccaro plays Marion Galucci, vice-principal of the high school that Jesse's son Ted attends, doing her best with an underwritten role as Hallam's mentor, and one must appreciate the spirited performance of veteran Eli Wallach as her father Sal, employer and sponsor of the erstwhile coal miner. Adequately helmed by television director Gary Nelson, the work's stature rises from fine camerawork by Gayne Rescher, while Cash sings several appropriate songs on a sound track that features some excellent instrumental performances, including deft banjo work by Oscar Scruggs.
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