“Hollywood to Dollywood” on DVD! Features 15 Dolly Parton songs including “I Will Always Love You”

Gary and Larry Lane finalized a deal earlier today that enables them to use 15 of Dolly Parton songs in their documentary Hollywood to Dollywood which will be released on DVD on May 1.

(Click HERE to pre-order it!)

I’m thrilled for these determined twins who have worked tirelessly to get their movie to the public.

Directed by John Lavin, the film chronicles their cross-country trip to try and deliver a movie script they have written for their idol Dolly Parton when she is making appearances at Dollywood during the theme park’s 25th anniversary weekend.

In a rented RV they name Jolene, the Lanes and Gary’s boyfriend Mike Bowen embark on a road trip that is also a journey of self-discovery.

If you saw the movie at Outfest in LA last summer or at one of the other dozens of film festivals where it was screened, you will notice the addition of some new songs to the movie’s soundtrack.

While such Parton classics as Jolene and Coat of Many Colors remain, now added is her signature song I Will Always Love You and two previously unreleased tunes: Celebrate the Dreamer in You and Sky is Not the Limit.

“I can’t believe we have 15 songs of hers in our film,” Gary told me when we chatted earlier today. “She worked out an amazing deal with us. We wanted to capture what she has meant to us. To have her blessing on the movie is the ultimate thing that we could have asked for.’

A portion of each DVD/BluRay
sale will benefit the Imagination Library, Dolly’s signature literacy foundation (http://
www.imaginationlibrary.com).

Also appearing early parts of the film are Oscar winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, actress Beth Grant and actors Chad Allen and Leslie Jordan.

The movie is deeply personal. The twins open up about their fear of being rejected by their family – especially their mom – once the movie is out because through the film, they are very publicly coming out to everyone they know back home in North Carolina.

But it is clear that they have reached a point in their lives where they no longer want to suppress any part of themselves which has included not bringing boyfriends home for the holidays and not being openly gay during their visits back home.

Check out the trailer: