True Stories

True Stories

89 mins | Comedy, Music | Oct. 10, 1986

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

True Stories

89 mins | Comedy, Music | Oct. 10, 1986

True Stories
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Edward R. Pressman Film, Gary Kurfirst Pictures, True Stories Venture
Original title True Stories
Directors Cherylanne Martin, David Byrne
Writers Beth Henley, David Byrne, Stephen Tobolowsky

Cast

David Byrne

as Narrator / Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads singer

John Goodman

as Louis Fyne

Swoosie Kurtz

as Miss Rollings

Spalding Gray

as Earl Culver

Annie McEnroe

as Kay Culver

Jo Harvey Allen

as The Lying Woman

Alix Elias

as The Cute Woman

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

as Mr. Tucker

Tito Larriva

as Ramon (as Humberto 'Tito' Larriva)

John Ingle

as The Preacher

Jerry Harrison

as Prince Lookalike Lip-Syncher / Billy Idol Lookalike Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads Musician / Lip-Syncher

Chris Frantz

as Cowboy Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads musician / Lip-Syncher

Tina Weymouth

as Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads musician

Matthew Posey

as The Computer Guy

Amy Buffington

as Linda Culver

Richard Dowlearn

as Larry Culver

Scott Valentine

as Air Band

Jason Liebrecht

as 'Hey Now' Kid

John Pritchett

as Sound Man

Chris Douridas

as Teenage Boy Ventriloquist

Louis Black

as The Happy Wanderers Strictly Accordion Marching Band (uncredited)

Leesa Rowland

as Blonde in Nightclub (uncredited)