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The film ends with Leana singing Blue Valley Songbird in concert with Hank watching from the back of the room before leaving.

In the end, Leana is able to escape from Hank and reconcile with her mother before entering the studio to cut her first record. Based on Dolly Partons hit song and filmed on location in the country music capital of the world, Blue Valley Songbird is inspiration for anyone who has.

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Leana's mother eventually sent her off to Nashville where, free of her father, she joined a church chior. Blue Valley Songbird (1999 TV Movie) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Richard A. In another flashback, Leana's father threatens her after she hits him with a tire iron while he is physically abusing Leana's mother. Leana finds herself reliving painful memories of her controlling father, awakened by Hank's domineering behaviour. Over Blue Valley Songbird Country singer Leana Taylor (Dolly Parton) struggles to escape from her controlling manager/boyfriend Hank (John Terry) as well as her troubled past. Through flashbacks, Leana's father is shown to be an abusive and controlling man who would not allow Leana to sing for anyone but himself, and once, viciously attacked a boy Leana was playing with while, in the present, during this particular flashback, Hank attacks one of Leana's musicians in a jealous rage. After turning to her guitarist (Billy Dean), Leana finally faces her past, including her estranged mother and the death of her father. Dolly Parton stars as country singer Leana Taylor who struggles to escape from her controlling manager/boyfriend, Hank (John Terry), as well as her troubled past. Leana Taylor (Dolly Parton), growing up in Blue Valley with an abusive father, runs away from home to become a small time.