

I Saw the Light
The story of Hank Williams
Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.
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6.2/10
226 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $1.6M
- Language
- English
- country music
- musical
- biography
- addiction
- 1940s
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereHamptons International Film Festival10 Oct 2015
- TheatricalR25 Mar 2016
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical5 Feb 2016
CanadaCA
- PremiereRToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2015
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT1426 Jun 2016
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical723 Jun 2016
GermanyDE
- Theatrical65 Feb 2016
IrelandIE
- Theatrical15A6 May 2016
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTPG1223 Jul 2016
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD, Blu ray10 Aug 2016
RomaniaRO
- Theatrical155 Feb 2016
South KoreaKR
- Digital / OTT1516 Jun 2016
SwedenSE
- Digital / OTT155 Feb 2016
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I Saw the Light was released on 5 February 2016.
Audience reviews
2- C6/10
CinemaSerf
7/23/2024
In theory this had loads to recommend it. A young man who captivated the USA with his music, an handsome and charismatically flawed gent who lived his life to the full, philandered, cheated and drank... How, then, did Marc Abraham manage to turn all that into a stodgy television movie? The ever easy on the eye Tom Hiddleston takes the title role and does precisely nothing with it. His mimicry of the style of performi…
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JPRetana
6/14/2026
I Saw the Light (2015) opens with what appears to be archival footage of a record executive explaining why he liked Hank Williams: Hank didn’t care whether people liked him or not. An interesting observation, perhaps, but it raises a question the film never answers: if Hank didn’t care whether people liked him, why should we care whether this guy or anyone else did or didn’t? After the opening credits, we’re intro…
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