The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Co-presented by ZIA RECORDS

Singer. Songwriter. Actress. Legend.  Dolly Parton is a whole lot of woman, and this year the ageless icon is turning 80, so it’s time to party! Throw on your coat of many colors, round up your best friend Jolene, and head on down to The Loft Cinema to celebrate the one-and-only Dolly Parton with three nights of Dolly-fied films on the big screen. But that’s not all! You’ll also get a collection of vintage sing-a-long Dolly music videos before each screening to keep your toes tapping and your guitar strumming, and we’ll have free Dolly prizes (vinyl, gift cards and more) courtesy of Zia Records! To paraphrase the Queen of Country herself, “Dolly, we will always love you …”

Welcome to the Chicken Ranch – a legendary house of ill repute where the drinks are always cold, the action is always hot, and there’s definitely nothing dirty going on … well, most of the time, anyway. And with Dolly Parton in the house, you’d best be expecting some high-powered, boot-scooting singing and dancing, too!  Adapted from the hit Broadway musical, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas finds Dolly (as fun-loving but business-minded Chicken Ranch proprietress, Miss Mona) joining Burt Reynolds (as small town sheriff Ed Earl Dodd) not only in romance, but to fight big-city moral crusader and shady TV celebrity Melvin P. Thorpe (the hilarious Dom DeLuise, sporting a wig to rival Dolly’s own) in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it down.  And what kind of help will they get from Charles Durning, who earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor as the Governor of Texas in this irresistible, Southern-fried classic from filmmaker Colin Higgins (Harold and Maude, Foul Play, 9 to 5)? A funny and frisky good time, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas includes such show-stopping musical numbers as “Sneakin’ Around,” “Hard Candy Christmas,” and Dolly’s eternal ballad, “I Will Always Love You.” Y’all come back now, you hear? (Dir. by Colin Higgins, 1982, USA, 114 mins., Rated R)