While the adoration of some gay icons, such as Barbra Streisand, is a bit of a mystery to me, I’m right there when it comes to worshipping the ground that Dolly Parton walks on. Now gay twins Gary and Larry Lane have decided to document their love of the singer with the documentary Hollywood To Dollywood.

The twins, both of whom are gay, left North Carolina over a decade ago to try their hand in Hollywood and have modeled, made commercials, gotten bit parts in movies and TV shows and been on the reality shows Fear Factor and Winter Wipeout, as well as writing scripts. They felt one of their screenplays was perfect for Dolly, but they weren’t sure how to get it to her.

They eventually decided to make a pilgrimage to her theme park, Dollywood, and document the experience of trying to get her the script during the park’s 25th Anniversary celebrations. So Larry, Gary and the latter’s boyfriend Mike, packed up and went on a cross-country road trip in an RV, with John Levin directing the documentary about them, which also looks at the difficulties the twins have faced with their family over their sexuality. They also got to chat with a few LGBT heroes such as Dustin Lance Black, actress Beth Grant and actors Chad Allen and Leslie Jordan along the way.

Dolly must have been impressed with the results as she’s now struck a deal with the twins to license 15 of her songs, including a couple of new ones, for use in the documentary, with the promise that 10% of each Blu-ray and DVD sale of the documentary would go to her Imagination Library, which works to improve literacy.

Hollywood To Dollywood is now available for pre-order in the US, and you can find out more on the movie’s website, where there’s also info on upcoming festival screening. (Source: Gay Star News)