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Sweetwater(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-08-15
50%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
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In 1969, the band Sweetwater led by lead vocalist Nansi Nevins opened Woodstock and subsequently got considerable media attention, appearing on a number of TV shows. But just as they appeared to be getting a really break big, they just disappeared. Thirty years later, a cable TV reporter for MIX TV, a musical station, is removed from her show because of being stoned on air. Her station gives her a choice of being dismissed or investigating what happened to Sweetwater. A blending of modern day fiction and past fact is then blended in this biographical story.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Movie: Sweetwater
Top 7 Billed Cast
Amy Jo Johnson
Nansi Nevins
Kelli Williams
Cami Carlson
Kurt Max Runte
Alex Del Zoppo
Robert Moloney
Fred Herrera
Michael Anthony Rawlins
Ian
Adam Ant
Todd Badham
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In 1969, the band Sweetwater led by lead vocalist Nansi Nevins opened Woodstock and subsequently got considerable media attention, appearing on a number of TV shows. But just as they appeared to be getting a really break big, they just disappeared. Thirty years later, a cable TV reporter for MIX TV, a musical station, is removed from her show because of being stoned on air. Her station gives her a choice of being dismissed or investigating what happened to Sweetwater. A blending of modern day fiction and past fact is then blended in this biographical story.
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1999-08-15
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