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Sweetwater
In 1969, the band Sweetwater led by lead vocalist Nansi Nevins opened Woodstock and subsequently got considerable media attention, appearing on a number of TV shows. But just as they appeared to be getting a really break big, they just disappeared. Thirty years later, a cable TV reporter for MIX TV, a musical station, is removed from her show because of being stoned on air. Her station gives her a choice of being dismissed or investigating what happened to Sweetwater. A blending of modern day fiction and past fact is then blended in this biographical story.
| Release : | 1999 |
| Rating : | 6.3 |
| Studio : | |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | Amy Jo Johnson Kelli Williams Kurt Max Runte Robert Moloney Michael Anthony Rawlins |
| Genre : | Drama Music |
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You won't be disappointed!
One of my all time favorites.
Highly Overrated But Still Good
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Cami Carlson (Kelli Williams) got kicked off her own show for being stoned on the air. Now she's forced to do a 'Where is She Now?' segment on Nansi Nevins (Amy Jo Johnson/Michelle Phillips) after 30 days sober. It's been 30 years since Sweetwater fronted by Nansi was the first band to play in Woodstock 1969.It's a VH1 movie. I don't really know about the accuracy, but they didn't open Woodstock as sometimes claimed in the movie. The production is rather lower level TV movie. The Woodstock part looks almost good enough. The drama picks up only after the accident. I didn't really care for TV reporter part of the movie. Maybe it was real, but it seems more like a writer's invention. It's a fair TV movie for music fans.
I bought this movie recently and I gotta say - it's pretty good. I enjoyed watching the story of the band unfold and I thought Kelli Williams and Amy Jo Johnson were wonderful. Its such a bittersweet story, but with a great ending. Highly recommended!
I'm intrigued by VH1's foray into the movie business. So far they are 2 for 2 with "Sweetwater" and "Ricky Nelson-Original Teen Idol". Both were well acted and informative. I look forward to the next made for VH1 movie.
The movie Sweetwater wasn't a bad movie, but it wasn't a great one either. Amy Jo Johnson and Michelle Phillips share the role of Nansi Nevins, a singer for the movie titled band, Sweetwater. The band was the first one onstage for the original Woodstock concert, and this movie captures the events leading up to the festival, and what happens to them, and particularly Nevins afterwards. For me the movie seemed a little rushed, and the whole idea of the reporter, played by Kelli Williams from TV's The Practice, tracking her down for a piece on the anniversary of Woodstock was supposedly not even true, according to an accompanying documentary about the making of the movie. The music in the movie was pretty good stuff and Johnson's vocals played against the original band's music was pretty good. A good first outing for VH-1, but there is still room for improvement.
