reese witherspoon played the mother in sweet home alabama.
who played the mother in sweet home alabama?
reese witherspoon
in 2002, place had a sizable role in the reese witherspoon movie "sweet home alabama" as witherspoon's character's mother, pearl smooter. that same year she was in "human nature" starring tim robbins and patricia arquette and "a woman's a helluva thing" with penelope ann miller as well as with albert brooks in the dark comedy "my first mister". the story focuses on a developing relationship between an isolated, rebellious 18-year-old (leelee sobieski) and an engaging older man (brooks). place played brooks' best friend. the film marked the directorial debut of actress christine lahti.
mary kay place
southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd wrote their song "sweet home alabama" in response to "southern man" and "alabama" from young's 1972 album "harvest". young has said that he is a fan of both "sweet home alabama" and ronnie van zant, the lead vocalist for lynyrd skynyrd. "they play like they mean it," young said in 1976. "i'm proud to have my name in a song like theirs." young has also been known to play "sweet home alabama" in concert occasionally. to demonstrate this camaraderie, van zant frequently wore a neil young "tonight's the night" t-shirt while performing "sweet home alabama". crazy horse bassist billy talbot can often be seen reciprocating by wearing a jack daniel's-styled lynyrd skynyrd t-shirt (including at the "live rust" concert).
southern man (song)