Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
| Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography Drama Music |
| Written by | Stephen Kandel I. C. Rapoport |
| Directed by | Dick Lowry |
| Starring | Richard Thomas Lenora May |
| Music by | Bill Conti |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Richard Thomas |
| Producers | Michael Lepiner Bruce S. Pustin |
| Cinematography | Robert M. Baldwin |
| Editors | Nancy Kanter Craig McKay |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Production companies | Melpimene Productions Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP) Telecom Entertainment Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | March 7, 1983 |
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Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Dick Lowry and starring Richard Thomas. The plot roughly follows the semi-autobiographical book Living Proof by Michael Bane and Hank Williams Jr., which tells how Hank Jr. nearly killed himself trying to escape his famous father's shadow, in order start a music career based on his own talent. The film's score was composed and conducted by Bill Conti.
Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide rates the film as being above average.