SCAD Cinema Circle: 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' Tribute to Dolly Parton
Director: Colin Higgins
Duration: 114 mins.
Year: 1982
Don your rhinestones, tease your hair, and join us for a big-screen celebration of the incomparable Dolly Parton with THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXTAS, the gloriously rowdy musical that pairs Dolly with Burt Reynolds at the height of their movie-star powers. Dolly shines as Miss Mona Stangley, the warmhearted proprietor of the Chicken Ranch, a beloved Texas institution where the good times have rolled for generations, until a meddling television crusader sets out to shut the operation down. What follows is good clean/dirty fun, packed with lively musical numbers, larger-than-life characters, irresistible chemistry between Parton and Reynolds, and Dolly’s unforgettable performance of “I Will Always Love You.” Come dressed in your sparkliest, fringiest, most rhinestone-covered Dolly best as we celebrate a one-of-a-kind entertainer whose humor, heart, generosity, and unmistakable sparkle made the world a brighter place. After all, if there were ever a night to add a few extra rhinestones, this is it.
Tickets for the film are free for SCAD Card holders; $5 for students, military, and seniors; and $8 for the general public. For more information, email [email protected].