Country Strong

Country Strong
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShana Feste
Written byShana Feste
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Bailey
Edited byConnor O'Neill
Music byMichael Brook
Production
company
Maguire Pictures
Distributed byScreen Gems (through Sony Pictures Releasing[1])
Release dates
  • November 8, 2010 (2010-11-08) (Nashville)
  • December 22, 2010 (2010-12-22) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12–15 million[2][3]
Box office$20.6 million[3]

Country Strong is a 2010 American drama film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, and Leighton Meester. The film, about an emotionally unstable country music star who attempts to revive her faltering career, was directed and written by American filmmaker Shana Feste. It premiered in Nashville, Tennessee on November 8, 2010, and had a wide release in the United States on January 7, 2011. This is the second film in which McGraw and Hedlund have worked together, the first being Friday Night Lights in 2004. At the 83rd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Original Song ("Coming Home").

  1. ^ "Country Strong (2010)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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  3. ^ a b "Country Strong (2010)". The Numbers. Retrieved February 13, 2018.