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Manna-Fest — 9 years ago(September 04, 2016 02:02 PM)

In the scene where we first hear the song and Rachel comments to Kevin Costner's character how sad the lyrics sounded, it urks me they would use some random cover of the song rather than the original one itself. What was wrong with them using Dolly Parton's version? It probably would have helped people watching this movie know it's her song since many people think Whitney originated it.

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It stood out enough to not have people think of Dolly. Anyone would have thought some country man originated the song. That just makes it worse for Dolly's recognition of it. And the song does stand out since it's the one Rachel would sing in the end and leave the movie off on a powerful note. If this had to do with money, could they seriously not afford to pay to use a snippet of it?

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Her version probably would have stood out more anyway given it's gospel-broadway approach which would have been something very fresh and appealing. I doubt Dolly's would have stood a chance anyway and the movie wouldn't have focused much on her version either, just a snippet.

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Since it was Whitney's signature song in the film, they probably didn't want Dolly's version to compete.

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I can see what you mean, it seems odd to me also now that I really think about it. Perhaps they couldn't afford the original version.

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