Directed by Stephen Herek Written by Pamela K. Long   Cast Alyvia Alyn Lind ... Dolly Parton Jennifer Nettles ... Avie Lee Parton Ricky Schroder ... Robert Lee Parton Gerald McRaney ... Rev. Jake Owens Carson Meyer ... Willadeene Parton Hannah Nordberg ... Judy Ogle Mary Lane Haskell ... Miss Moody Stella Parton ... Corla Bass Parker Sack ... David Parton Dylan Michael Rowen ... Denver Parton (as Dylan Rowen) Farrah Mackenzie ... Stella Parton Blane Crockarell ... Bobby Parton Forrest Deal ... Rudy Sanders Kennedy Brice ... Gloria Sanders Jane McNeill ... Aunt Estelle Jennifer D. Taylor ... Aunt Dorothy Jo Stephanie Astalos-Jones ... Grandma Rena Sharon Blackwood ... Church Lady Kimberly Battista ... Church lady / Shopper Timothy Nichols ... Lester Betsy Smith ... Church and town Gossip Kimberly Stock ... Patron Jeff Weekley ... Patron Steph Allen ... Towns Person / Church Member Zachary Clemons ... Front Pew Church Goer Ethan Daniels ... School Boy Erin Reese DeJarnette ... School Girl Christopher Ryan Lewis ... Claude Sanders Myranda McGhee ... Mother at the Park Kameron Owens ... School Girl Dolly Parton ... Narrator Anna Phillips ... Church lady Anna Swiney ... Maude Sanders Jeremy T. Thomas ... School boy / Classmate (as J.T. Corbitt) Taylor Christian Thomas ... Classmate Uncredited Cast Laura Fraker ... Crowd Rory Healy ... Church Goer Produced by Sam Haskell   Hudson Hickman   Stephanie Johnson   Pamela K. Long   Dolly Parton   Josh Rogers   Original Music by Velton Ray Bunch Mark Leggett

Additional Info Premiere: December 10, 2015 DVD Release: May 03, 2016 Blu-ray Release: November 29, 2016 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Magnolia Hill Productions Dixie Pixie Productions Warner Bros. Television Distributors National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (2015) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (2016) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #7,219 / 20,886 Site Ranking #7,215 The Ambushers (1967) #7,216 The Silent Twins (2022) #7,217 McBain (1991) #7,218 The Gymnast (2006) #7,219 Dolly Parton's Coat Of Many Colors (2015) #7,220 Arctic Dogs (2019) #7,221 The Pack (2010) #7,222 Scarecrow (2013) #7,223 Sonic The Hedgehog: The Movie (1996)