Watch Rip Torn and Willie Nelson wheel and deal in a scene from 1984's ‘Songwriter’
, Torn plays Dino McLeish, the slick and sleazy manager of Kristofferson’s character, country star Blackie Buck, who is best friend to songwriter Doc Jenkins, played by Nelson. In the above scene from the film, Nelson and Torn are joined by Lesley Ann Warren as Gilda, an aspiring, neurotic singer also being managed by Dino. The hilarious exchange between Doc and Dino is, quite literally, a bit of fast-talking wheeling-and-dealing as the two negotiate Gilda’s musical future.
Torn plays mid-level country star Maury Dann in the grittyFeaturing the actor drinking, taking pills, brawling, carousing, and singing a handful of songs penned by Shel Silverstein, the film was advertised with the tagline, “If you can’t smoke it, spend it or love it… forget it.” More rambling road picture than glossy biopic,doesn’t shy away from depicting Torn’s shady, manipulative character — and the world of country music — in a less-than-flattering light.
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