Movies: Kris Kristofferson

The story of an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodying the title character under prosthetic make up, actor Stephen Dorff successfully infiltrates Music ...

Road To Austin chronicles how Austin, Texas became the Live Music Capital of the World, dating from 1835 to present day. The film builds to a climax and weaves its way towards an all-star live performance led by Stephen Bruton and his 14-piece band....

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't want to get involved, fearing they might be blamed, because she was white, but do so anyway. Almost imm...

Maggie Yearwood moves to a new town to be near her son, Peter, who has gone deaf as the result of an accident and is now attending a special school. She moves into a small house next door to Owen Whister and soon falls in love with the cowboy, who ha...

This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs had a telling effect on the cinema of the 1970s and 80s. Those who knew and worked with him, in...

A Texas Ranger has to protect his two daughters as he investigates a serial killer who is attacking cheerleaders. Meanwhile he finds himself working with a safe cracker who claims to be innocent of the charges filed against him....

For cineasts worldwide Sam Peckinpah is best known for his 1969 masterpiece The Wild Bunch. Yet for the general 'mainstream' audience, the film everybody seems to know when the name Peckinpah is mentioned, is Convoy, Peckinpah's biggest success at th...

Dottie West fought a difficult childhood to rise as one of country music's icons winning the first ever Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965. She pushed the boundaries of country music and befriended some of their greatest musical...

Johnny Cash appears in and narrates this retelling of the story of Jesus' Life, Death and Resurrection....

An oral history of the Mount Rushmore of Country Music: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. Interviews with the men who make the music and the story of their friendships....

In the wake of the turbulent 1960s, a new style of song and songwriter came to the fore – a style marked by vulnerable introspection and raw, naked emotion. Backed by little more than a lone acoustic guitar or simple piano, these exciting voices desc...

This program traces Hank Williams' incredible life story through rare film clips, and revealing interviews with his friends and fellow performers such as Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl and Chet Atkins. Included are performances of many of Hank's greatest so...

The heart warming true story of the only U.S. survivor of The Battle of Little Big Horn... the horse named Comanche....

For his 1978 Christmas special, the third in as many years, Johnny Cash moved the taping of the Christmas Special to Los Angeles, and, predictably, the program takes on a Hollywood feel. Guests include Kris Kristofferson and singer Rita Coolidge, bot...

With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival and co...

Kris Kristofferson and Donnie Fritts discuss director Sam Peckinpah and his film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)....

A countdown of the 20 greatest gigs of all-time as chosen by a panel of pundits, promoters and performers....

This unique rockumentary features classic performances and Jerry Lee's biggest hits....

Thirty years after the film's release.Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson talk about working with Martin Scorsese to bring "Alice" to the screen.Recalling shooting key scenes with Harvey Keitel and Alfred Lutter, the pair set the movie's themes in t...

New West Records and Austin City Limits collaborated to release full, one-hour concert performances which were previously edited to fit the half-hour TV broadcast. These performances have been re-mixed and re-mastered in stereo and 5.1 surround sound...