Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Dick Lowry and starring Richard Thomas. The plot roughly follows the semi-autobiographical book Living Proof by Michael Bane and Hank Williams Jr., which tells how Hank Jr. nearly killed himself trying to escape his famous father's shadow, in order start a music career based on his own talent. The film's score was composed and conducted by Bill Conti. Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide rates the film as being above average.