You can't teach anybody to sing country in New York, so Dolly takes Sly back home to Leiper's Fork, the kind of small Southern town where sheep walk down the middle of main street (probably because they're afraid of those guys hanging out in front of the general store). When he leaves his job at the cab company Sly says, "I resignate.") It's hard to tell if it's meant to be funny or if Stallone had a hand in writing some of the dialogue. "Okay," Dolly says, "but it better have music coming out of it." (Just one example of the truly wretched repartee in this movie.
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Oh well, she figures, it'll probably be easier to turn him into a country singer than a comedic actor.Īt first, Sly is not interested in the bet, says he can't stand that "hillbilly stuff." (Which proves he missed his calling instead of hacking he should be a HNC radio programmer.)īut he finally agrees to go along with it, for no reason other than it would be a very short movie if he didn't.ĭolly asks if he can play an instrument and the Italian stallion offers to take her home and show her his "big organ."
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So she picks the second guy she sees, a maniacal cab driver played by Sylvester Stallone.
Unfortunately, the first guy she sees is Billy Ray Cyrus, and even she can't work miracles. One hat act manqué does a number called "Big Hunks of My Sweetie" about a woman wearing a wedding gown which gets caught in a tractor, and she ends up scattered all over the lower 48.)ĭolly bets Freddy that she can turn anybody into a country singer and to prove it she'll do just that with the first guy she sees. (And once you've seen the caliber of the other acts at the Rhinestone you'll understand why. She works at a bar called the Rhinestone for a sleazoid named Freddy Ugo, who proudly displays his initials F-U on his suits and his door and anywhere else they'll fit.ĭolly wants out of her contract, but F-U won't have it.
Much like the movie "Rhinestone" which looked like a sensation on the marquee, but in the theatre it stunk like a skunk's gym locker.ĭolly Parton plays a country singer (now there's a stretch for you) in New York City. A rhinestone sparkles like a diamond from far away, and it's only when you get close to it that you can see it's actually a worthless piece of glass and paste.