Country Strong is a musical/drama film which was released nationwide on January 7, 2011. Shana Feste penned the original screenplay and also directed Country Strong; Feste previously wrote and directed the 2009 film The Greatest.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275277/ Country Strong was filmed entirely within Tennessee.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1555064/locations

Country Strong stars Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man 2, Two Lovers), Tim McGraw (The Blind Side, Four Christmases), Leighton Meester (The Roommate, television’s Gossip Girl), and Garrett Hedlund (Troy, Death Sentence).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005210/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1330560/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1015262/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000569/ All four actors also contributed their voices to original tracks on the Country Strong soundtrack, with Gwyneth Paltrow singing the title track Country Strong.http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/country-strong-original-motion/id398077133http://www.countrystrongsoundtrack.com/ Tim McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow also collaborated on a duet titled Me and Tennessee.http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/country-strong-original-motion/id398077133

Kelly Canter is an alcoholic country music star who is struggling to get her life and career back on track after a brief bout in rehab following an arrest for drunk and disorderly conduct. Canter goes on tour to try to salvage her reputation, disregarding the fact that the tour could jeopardize her pathway to sobriety. While on tour, she’s introduced to Beau Hutton, an up-and-coming country musician, and Chiles Stanton, a former beauty queen trying to break into the business. Canter tries to focus her energy on her music, which could prove to be her saving grace.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• Gwyneth Paltrow: Kelly Canter
• Leighton Meester: Chiles Stanton
• Garrett Hedlund: Beau Hutton
• Tim McGraw: Ed
• Ed Bruce: Clint
• Jeremy Childs: JJ
• Jeffrey Buckner Ford: Richard
• Vernon Mitchell: Personal Assistant
• Leo Kling: Kelly's Friend
• Alana Grace: Ginny
• Darrin Dickerson: Tex

• “We can’t wait to get on the road again, we can’t wait for the tour to start. Kelly’s feeling better than ever.”—Edhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• “You’re gonna let this prom queen get up on stage? Patsy Cline played here.”—Beau Huttonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• “Why don’t you come out on tour with us, Beau? Step out of these honky-tonks and get into the big leagues.”—Edhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• “So you’re going to be opening for the looney tunes? They need to lock that one up and throw away the key.”—Woman
• “She’s not crazy.”—Beau Huttonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• “Tell us who is your idol?”—Reporter
• “Kelly Canter and Jesus Christ.”—Chiles Stanton
• “You and Jesus Christ. Who’d have thought?”—Beau Hutton
• “They love her.”—Kelly Canterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• “You got any tricks up your sleeve? Anything you know how to do to stop this?”—Ed
• “Yeah, don’t take somebody out of rehab before the rehab!"—Beau Huttonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• “You care about Kelly? This is her last opportunity to turn things around.”—Edhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• “I’m stronger than all this, you know that, right?”—Kelly Canterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• “The first time I heard you sing, I thought, that must be what angels sound like.”—Ed
• “I love that story.”—Kelly Canterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-T8_2kt-8

• "And there’s probably some redemption at the end, a little satisfying heartbreak, and a at least a song or two for everyone...In other words, it’s a couple of Nashville-style pop country songs stretched into a movie. I’m certainly not the audience for this one, but as far as things go, the trailer works and the movie looks pretty appropriate to what it is trying to do."—Russ Fischer of slashfilm.comhttp://www.slashfilm.com/2010/09/10/movie-trailer-country-strong/