Country Strong

                 must watching in theaters

               must watching in theaters

RCA Nashville’s release of the original motion picture soundtrack to ‘Country Strong‘ spiked in sales since the movie hit theaters nationwide last week, landing at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and No. 10 on the all-genre Billboard 200.  With sales in excess of 28,000 albums last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the soundtrack has soared following the excitement surrounding the release of the feature film, which stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Leighton Meester and Garrett Hedlund.
In the film, Paltrow plays the role of country music singer Kelly Canter. The theme song, ‘Country Strong,’ sung by Paltrow, has already been creating a buzz since its release, but has entered the Top 30 singles chart this week. The digital single for ‘Country Strong’ also more than doubled its prior week sales, with more than 32,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
All four film stars contribute songs to the original soundtrack, with one song each from Hedlund and Meester.  Paltrow sings four tracks on the album, including ‘Country Strong’ and a duet with McGraw on the song ‘Me And Tennessee.’
In addition to the film stars, soundtrack artists include Trace Adkins, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Faith Hill, Patty Loveless, Hank Williams, Jr., Lee Ann Womack and Chris Young.
Hank Jr.’s song on the soundtrack was penned by two-thirds of Nashville’s hottest writing teams, the Peach Pickers — Dallas Davidson and Rhett Akins. Scoring a cut by Bocephus has been a dream come true for the writers, who feel the song fits the singer perfectly. “This song can be summed up in three words,” Adkins tells Taste of Country about ‘Thirsty’: “Ready … aim … drink!”

Country Strong

Garrett Hedlund

Leighton Meester

TIM McGraw

Gwynet Paltrow

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Hedlund was born in Roseau, Minnesota, the son of Kristi and John Hedlund. He has an older brother, Nathaniel, and an older sister, Amanda. Hedlund was raised on a beef cattle farm near the small town of Wannaska, Minnesota At fourteen, he moved with his mother Kristi Hedlund to Scottsdale, Arizona. Once he arrived in Arizona, he paid to attend a talent convention with a scouting company called Pro Scout. This is where he was signed by a talent agency.^[1] After graduating from high school, he immediately moved in 2003 to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

Garrett made his acting debut in 2004 as Patroclus in Troy. The film, which starred Brad Pitt, was released May 14, 2004, to mixed reviews, but debuted #1 at the U.S. box office and went on to gross over US$487 million worldwide. He also starred as Don Billingsley in the 2004 drama Friday Night Lights.
He starred as Jack Mercer alongside Mark Wahlberg in the action/crime film Four Brothers. The film, which received mixed reviews, was a box office success earning $92 million worldwide. He next appeared in the film Eragon in a supporting role as Murtagh. The film, which was released December 13, 2006, and was a box office success, earned $249 million worldwide. The film received mostly mixed reviews with an approval rating of 52%. In 2007, he starred in the Garry Marshall-directed comedy-drama Georgia Rule, alongside Lindsay Lohan and Jane Fonda. The film, which was released May 11, 2007 was negatively received by critics and failed to surpass box office expectations, only making a lifetime gross of $41 million. He also starred in another film called Death Sentence in the role of Billy Darley.
In 2009, he was rumored to appear in the independent film Hectic as Louis.
In 2010, he played the leading role in the highly anticipated film Tron: Legacy, a sequel to the 1982 film Tron.^[4] The film was released on December 17, 2010.
Hedlund also co-starred with Gwyneth Paltrow and country singer / musician Tim McGraw in the country music drama Country Strong, Which was released on January 7, 2011.
He is playing the role of Dean Moriarty in the movie of the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road filmed in 2010 in Montreal and various other locations in Canada. Additional scenes were shot in Argentina, Mexico and the United States. The film is scheduled to be released in 2011.

GARRETT HEDLUND

Born	Garrett John Hedlund September 3, 1984 (1984-09-03) (age 26) Roseau, Minnesota, U.S
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present