Indeed, while Lind's Parton is the bright sparkle in the film, her deeply religious mom is the rock. Your mama's heart holds all the love of our family. It's like with every stitch, she was mending our broken hearts. As her father in the film notes to Parton, "it was sewn with love. When her mom makes Parton a coat from bits and pieces of other clothing, the coat becomes a symbol of hope and forgiveness. Parton's mom, played with nobility and grace by country singer and former Atlantan Jennifer Nettles, falls into a deep depression. As shown in the film, the Partons suffer a major loss when one of the children dies at birth. Her father (played by Haskell's ex-client and former child actor Rick Schroder) is a tobacco sharecropper who struggles with religion. Parton is one of 12 children, part of a poor but loving family in a tiny cabin. " She said, 'I feel like I'm looking at myself all those years ago.' She was pure magic." "When Dolly saw her test, she started to cry," Haskell said. She was one of 200 girls tested for the crucial role. She called it my 'Coat of Many Colors.' "Īlyvia Alyn Lind is a revelation as the spunky 9-year-old Parton. "My favorite song I've ever written tells a true story from my childhood about a little coat that my mama made for me. "I would love to give a gift for you," Parton says in the opening moments of the film. The opening and closing of the film features a present-day Parton talking directly to the audience at her popular theme park Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. "But I talked to her every day," Haskell said. During the shoot, Parton herself was unable to make it to set.
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