For the Love of Dolly

Dolly mania exposed!
I saw this film at a Nashville film festival a few years ago. It really is amazing! I am a huge Dolly fan, but I pale in comparison to the folks featured in this movie. They put the "fan" in "fanatic!"
One Dollyite built a reproduction of Dolly's Tennessee Mountain Home in her backyard! Another couple has a vertual Dolly museum in their home, complete with dummies wearing real Dolly outfits. Another guy makes cross stitch images of Dolly on plastic fly swatters. Why didn't I think of that?
This film is sweet and heartfelt. If you love Dolly, you will love this film. See it, see it, see it!
(Spoiler:) My favorite part of this film features two Dolly fans who discover Dolly's long time assistant, Judy Ogle, had traded in her car (because one of them was stalking her.) They assumed the car dealership on her new car must have the trade in car. They were right. They went looking for the old car and found it! The two Dolly fans are featured in the old car sniffing...

For the Fans
This DVD is really for the fans and it doesn't show too much of Dolly. But it is very nice to watch anyway

The Dollymania.net Review
By T. Duane Gordon (originally published Dec. 18, 2005)
Dollymania.net

The upcoming documentary on Dolly fans, For The Love Of Dolly, offers a unique window into the world of Dolly Parton fandom, tracing the lives of three sets of her most dedicated fans: why they love her, what drew them to her and the lengths to which they go to connect with her in person. The 56-minute production successfully weaves their personal histories via interviews and home movies with footage of their pilgrimages to that land of all-things-Dolly, Dollywood, in the Smoky Mountain city of Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Dolly herself makes several appearances throughout.

The filmmakers have put together a revealing look into the lives of these fans: Harrell and Patric, a gay couple from Texas whose home is floor-to-ceiling Dolly memorabilia; Jeannette and Melisa, best friends from California and Nashville, respectively, who don creative Dolly-related costumes to chase Dolly down the parade...

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