Pure Country (franchise)
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Release date | 1992-2017 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Pure Country franchise consists of American country-musical western dramas, including two theatrical movies (including the 1992 original and its sequel), a straight-to-home video sequel, and a musical adaptation. The trilogy of standalone films includes the contrast the lifestyle of country music fame to working class lifestyle.
The films were met overall with middling degrees of critical reception, while also earning enough income for the associate studios to create additional installments. Some retrospective reviews have rated the films more favorably since their initial release.
The first two films in the series were released by Warner Bros. Pictures; as the third was a direct to home video, it was released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Each entry in the trilogy was accompanied by a soundtrack release. The soundtrack for the first film sold well and became George Strait's most commercially successful album. Rex McGee, who wrote the script for the first Pure County film, went on to create a stage musical adaptation of the film.