Sweetwater (1999)
In 1969, the band Sweetwater led by lead vocalist Nansi Nevins opened Woodstock and subsequently got considerable media attention, appearing on a number of TV shows. But just as they appeared to be getting a really break big, they just disappeared. Thirty years later, a cable TV reporter for MIX TV, a musical station, is removed from her show because of being stoned on air. Her station gives her a choice of being dismissed or investigating what happened to Sweetwater. A blending of modern day fiction and past fact is then blended in this biographical story.
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Don't listen to the negative reviews
Admirable film.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
I bought this movie recently and I gotta say - it's pretty good. I enjoyed watching the story of the band unfold and I thought Kelli Williams and Amy Jo Johnson were wonderful. Its such a bittersweet story, but with a great ending. Highly recommended!
I never really saw this movie on VH1, but I rented instead. I first rented it becuase of Kelli Williams role in it, and I am a big fan of her. After I rented it I was kind of sorry I did becuase it didn't seem like a movie I would really like. i got home and watched it, and after the first 10 minutes or so i loved it! I watched the whole movie and it has become one of my favorites! amy jo did wonderful and the parts that kelli was in, were good but few and far between, but belive me, i'm not complaing. the story of the band was so intresting and i loved it! i recomend this movie to any and everyone!-- love yall all and happy holidays! -- * lindsay-grace aniston! *
In 1969, an unkown band was opening a festival called "Woodstock",They made fame and fortune until it cut short with Nansi Nevin's car accident that cause the band to dissapear.30 years later an reporter (Kelli Williams) was doing a story about the band "Sweetwater". Then she meet Nancy Nevins, present day (Michelle Philips), telling the story about them. Then they reunite the band after 30 years.Great flim from VH1.I give it *****.
Usually, made-for-TV movies turn out to be simply filler, without much substance. Not so in the case of Sweetwater, a film about the first group to perform at Woodstock, and then never heard from since. Amy Jo Johnson turns in a very impressive performance as Nansi, the band's lead singer, who suffers an agonizing blow to her career after a near-fatal car accident which scarred her vocal chords. The movie shows the height of her fame (Woodstock), and then the tragic crash and burn of a singer who refused to give up her life as a singer, until she almost lost her life to booze and destitution. The movie was pretty powerful emotionally, and VH-1 did a great job by following up the movie with a "behind the scenes" look at the real performers of the group, in a "where are they now" kind of format. The one thing I would've liked to see in the movie would have been a showcase of more of Sweetwater's songs. Unfortunately, the predominant song throughout the movie was "Motherless Child", which started to get on my nerves by the time the movie ended. But, all in all, a decent movie - one that VH-1 should be proud of.