''Broken Bridges'' is a 2006 American drama film starring Toby Keith in his film debut,

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and Kelly Preston. The film, a music-drama, is centered on a fading country singer's return to his hometown near a military base in Tennessee where several young men who were killed in a training exercise on the base were from. He is reunited with his former sweetheart and estranged daughter, who returns to the town as well.

Plot

Bo Price, a down-and-out country singer, has returned home for his brother's funeral following a military training accident. While there, he reunites with his true love, Angela Delton, a Miami news reporter who has also returned home for her brother's funeral. Bo also meets their 16-year-old daughter, Dixie Leigh Delton, for the first time. Since Bo walked away from Angela while she was still pregnant, Dixie has never met him or his side of the family. Dixie has experimented with alcohol, but is able to break free with the help of her now-sober father. With her father's musical blood running through her veins, Dixie closes the movie by singing a song she wrote at the memorial for the fallen soldiers.

Cast

* Toby Keith as Bo Price * Kelly Preston as Angela "Angel" Delton *

as Dixie Leigh Delton * Tess Harper as Dixie Rose Delton *

as Jake Delton * Willie Nelson as himself *

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as himself * Seth Chalmers as Jerome * Josh Henderson as Wyatt *

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as Loretta

Reception

Box office

The film had a poor box office gross of $252,539 in four weeks of release. The film has sold over $8 million in DVD sales, and repeated often on CMT, Country Music Television.

Critical response

Joe Leydon of '' Variety'' wrote: "It's obviously intended as a star vehicle, but ''Broken Bridges'' turns out to be a rattletrap jalopy for country music performer Toby Keith." Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide gave it 2 out of 4 and wrote: "The Country Music Channel's first foray into feature filmmaking is sickly sweet and thoroughly predictable."

Soundtrack

The movie's soundtrack was released on August 29, 2006 via Show Dog Nashville (now Show Dog-Universal Music). It features songs by Keith, Haun, and various other artists. Keith's own " Crash Here Tonight", appearing on both the soundtrack and his 2006 album '' White Trash with Money'', was released as a single.

References

External links

Official Website
* * {{Amg movie, 337883, Broken Bridges 2006 films Country music films Paramount Vantage films American drama films 2006 drama films Films shot in Atlanta 2000s English-language films 2000s American films