SNEAK PEEK OF “DOLLY PARTON’S COAT OF MANY COLORS”

 
SNEAK PEEK OF “DOLLY PARTON’S COAT OF MANY COLORS” REVEALS HEART-RENDING STORY BEHIND ICON’S CHILDHOOD

“Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” Airs December 10 at 8 p.m. CST / 9 p.m. ET on NBC
 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 18, 2015)
There won’t be a dry eye around the television when “Dolly Parton’s
Coat of Many Colors” airs December 10 on NBC. Parton and NBC released a
three-minute preview of the upcoming TV-movie based on the Country Music
Hall of Famer’s 1971 hit “Coat of Many Colors.”
 
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
 


“My favorite song that I’ve ever written tells a true story from my
childhood about a little coat that my mama made for me,” Parton said
while introducing the clip. Parton’s mother initially sewed the the
jacket as a blanket for her unborn baby, but she reworked the piece for
her youngest daughter.

The upcoming primetime special, which showcases Jennifer Nettles in
the role of Parton’s mother, Avie, was inspired by a series of events
Parton endured when she was 9 years old growing up in East Tennessee’s
Great Smoky Mountains.

The family-oriented, faith-based movie profiles the loss of Parton’s
unborn sibling, the family struggles to keep it together while grieving
and the bullying the 9-year-old endured when other children criticized
the quilted coated.

As one of the executive producers, Parton herself was very hands on
in the making of the film – especially when it came to casting her
family members.

“She told me, ‘I loved your little eyes,” says Lind of auditioning in front of Parton.

Jennifer Nettles plays Parton’s mom, Avie Lee Parton, and Ricky Schroder plays her dad, Robert Lee Parton.

“Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” is the first in a series of
television movies developed by Parton that are expected to be released
through 2016.

“Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” airs Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. CST / 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

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