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I Saw the Light

The story of Hank Williams

6.2(226)20162h 3m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
$13M
Box office
$1.6M
Language
English
  • country music
  • musical
  • biography
  • addiction
  • 1940s

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Marc Abraham

Produced in

United States of America

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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
  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/23/2024

    6/10

    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…

  • J

    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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