The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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American film film musical comedy film stage musical

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a hit 1982 musical comedy film adaptation of the stage musical, starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds and set around a famed Texas brothel.

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas canonical 17
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film) 3
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (stage musical) 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical comedy film ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
basedOn The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (stage musical)
boxOfficeGross over $60 million worldwide ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance hit ⓘ
cinematographyBy William A. Fraker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Colin Higgins ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy David Bretherton ⓘ
featuresCharacter Melvin P. Thorpe ⓘ
Mona Stangley ⓘ
Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd ⓘ
featuresSong I Will Always Love You ⓘ
featuresSongPerformer Dolly Parton ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Texas ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy Carol Hall ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
producer Colin Higgins ⓘ
R. W. Goodwin ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
surface form: RKO Pictures

Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1982-07-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1982 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 114 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Colin Higgins ⓘ
Larry L. King ⓘ
Peter Masterson ⓘ
settingLocation Texas ⓘ
fictional town of Gilbert, Texas ⓘ
stars Burt Reynolds ⓘ
Charles Durning ⓘ
Dolly Parton ⓘ
Dom DeLuise ⓘ
Jim Nabors ⓘ
subject brothel ⓘ
media scandal ⓘ
prostitution in Texas ⓘ
title The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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