The film follows the 1960s band eddie and the cruisers in a series of flashbacks. Theres a lot of cigarette smoking and drinking in bars and music venues, but no one appears drunk. His character starts out as naive and innocent and then begins to grow as we grow with him. Eddie and the cruisers, a major rock n roll band in the early s, fell off the radar when singer eddie vanished after a dispute over their. I saw the movie in 1983 and i kept watching to see if would come on one of the movie channels. Kluges novel was a combination memoir and murder mystery, with a reporter investigating the life and death of a local rock star a generation earlier. Eddie and the cruisers is a mishmash of a film, combining elements of the ongoing nostalgia for rock music of previous decades with an unworkable and laughable mystery plotline.
Back in the early 1960s, eddie and the cruisers, a fictitious rock band, was the hottest act around. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson with the screenplay written by the director. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. An old band mate of eddie s, frank ridgeway tom berenger, relates to maggie how the band gained a huge following playing at a new jersey club called tony mart. Live,director by jeanclaude lord, the film is directed by jeanclaude lord. Oct 10, 2014 movie, eddie and the cruisers movie,eddie and the cruisers trailer,eddie and the cruisers 1983, martin davidson,ellen barkin, helen schneider, joe pantoliano, matthew laurance, michael pare, tom. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing eddie and the cruisers ii. However, in 1964 the group broke up, following the apparent suicide of the bands charismatic lead singer eddie wilson, who drove off a bridge.
The films tells a story about ali nawaab who is a dentist always hopes to become a standup comic. Eddie and the cruisers original motion picture soundtrack. But the memories of his lover prevent him from showing his great performance on the stage. You are watching the movie eddie and the cruisers 2. This is part of what makes this movie, despite the clear sincerity behind it, unintentionally hilarious now. A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose longlost leader eddie wilson may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the bands neverreleased album. This was supposed to be eddie and the cruisers 1 and 2, it only has the first movie. Film trailers are inherently advertisements, and as such i present. Drama, thriller, music, in the sixties, eddie and the cruisers was the hottest band around. Nov 26, 2016 watch eddie and the cruisers part 2 vannajohnson308 on dailymotion. A pregnant teen is forced by her family to leave her boyfriend and assume a new identity in america. After rejecting his bands album twenty years earlier, satin records launches an eddie lives campaign in an effort to make money off of eddies image.
The conversation 2020 rotten tomat, the committee song babar. Despite being a failure at the box office, it has since joined its predecessor as a cult favorite. Kluge is probably the best novel ever written about rocknroll, and even though it lost a lot in translation to the big screen, the magic is still there. Eddie and the cruisers, a major rock n roll band in the early 60s, fell off the radar when singer eddie michael pare vanished after a dispute over their experimental second album. If you like the movie, you simply owe it to yourself to read the book. But the tragic death of the lead singer leads to the separation of the band. Michael pare as westwilson is just perfect and the john caffertybeaver brown band deliver an even better soundtrack than the first film. Joe west has become both mentor and nucleus for his new band that dreams of making it big without knowing their mysterious leader is the real eddie wilson. The junkyard scene was filmed in the huge junkyard in atco, nj. The result, despite a few stellar moments, is a notquitetragicenough. Set at the dawn of hiphops first largescale identity crisis.
Nov 30, 20 eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson based on the novel by p. Eddie wilson, the lead singer of his band faces a low point in his music career. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american drama musical film directed by martin davidson with the screenplay written by the director and arlene davidson, based on the novel by p. Eddie and the cruisers pg 1h 35min drama, music, mystery 23 september 1983 usa a television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose longlost leader eddie wilson may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the bands neverreleased album. Log in to finish your rating eddie and the cruisers. Macys feature directorial debut, rudderless, is among the strangest, combining plot elements of the schlocky 1980s rock n roll franchise eddie and the cruisers with that of somber grieving dramas like we need to talk about kevin. Michael pare, marina orsini, bernie coulson, matthew laurance. Eddie and the cruisers began life in 1980 as a novel by p. A member of the band is found dead of a drug overdose in his hotel room. But the tragic death of its lead singer broke the band up. Toby tyler or ten weeks with a circus 1960 is a story about a runaway who does exactly as eddie said.
Kluge dog day afternoon, based on a summer he spent working for a small town newspaper in new jersey. Now, leaving aside the possibility that eddie might, in fact, have gone down with his chevy, this premise, has all sorts of possibilities. I played in a band called gunthers bus at t marts in the late 60s and early 70s. Quotes from movie eddie and the cruisers finest quotes. Frank ridgeway tom berenger, eddie s former piano player and lyricist, finds himself trailed by maggie foley ellen barkin, a reporter trying to find out the truth about eddie, as well as another former bandmate who wants frank to join his revamped version of the cruisers and is trying to track down the tapes for the cruisers unreleased.
A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose longlost leader eddie wilson. Eddie and the cruisers 1983 martin davidson synopsis. Eddie lives is the sequel to eddie and the cruisers. Live,director by martin davidson, the film is directed by martin davidson. Eddie and the cruisers is all buildup and no payoff. Everyone thinks rock star eddie wilson died in a car crash, but in fact hes started a new life in canada as a construction worker. Not only did he shave off his mustache and sideburns, but he also put on the eddie wilson costume of a. Eddie and the cruisers 1983 you are watching the movie eddie and the cruisers 1983 produced in usa belongs in category mystery, animation, family, with duration 95 min, broadcast at 123movies. It is directed by jeanclaude lord, and based on literary characters created by author p. Apr 24, 2015 eddie and the cruisers, from left, joe pantoliano, david wilson, michael pare, helen schneider, matthew laurance, tom berenger, michael atunes, 1983. I love eddie and the cruisers 1983 eddie and the cruisers ii. Watch eddie and the cruisers part 1 vannajohnson308 on dailymotion.
However, 12 years later, the couple reunites in korea. I already returned this once because the first time i ordered it only had the first movie. Eddie and the cruisers released in movie theatres 1983 and released on mtv and hbo in 1984 and eddie and the cruisers 2 eddie lives released in 1989. The passion with the hard music does not lose inside eddie, after working as a construction worker in montreal, he decides to create a new band to follow his dream. A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose longlost leader eddie wilson may still. Meanwhile, record company executives release newlydiscovered tapes from eddie s last album and promotes a worldwide search for the mysterious rock star. Remembering summers past with eddie and the cruisers on. The movie is set in the early 1960s, when eddie and the cruisers are said to be the hottest rock band in the world. Then i received the replacement dvd and it still only has one movie. This page contains quotes from the movie eddie and the cruisers. The bridge in port republic, nj was used for the newsreel account showing eddies car being pulled from the water.
I was a bit disappointed that i got two movies on one disc, but thats okay since i wanted both movies. In the first movie you find that eddie was ahead of his time in the music he was writing and performing but his record label couldnt see it. I think youll be glad you didnt let it pass you by. Its also worth mentioning that the music eddie and the cruisers make in 1963 thats supposed to be so ahead of its time and groundbreaking just sounds like warmedover corporate rock from the early 1980s, like an eddie money bside. With michael pare, marina orsini, bernie coulson, matthew laurance.
You are watching the movie eddie and the cruisers 1983 produced in usa belongs in category mystery, animation, family, with duration 95 min, broadcast at 123movies. Eddie and the cruisers perhaps best known for its faux springsteen soundtrack, the 1983 eddie and the cruisers is a rock lovers fantasy run wild. Eddie was lost to all in the first movie but he comes back just as full of music as ever. Twentyfive years after his mysterious disappearance, eddie experiences a sudden resurgence in popularity, thanks to the discovery of a previously unreleased recording. Eddie comes up from a distance along the edge of the surf, partly obscured at first in the mist, so that sal might think hes seeing things. Eddie and the cruisers trailer 1983 arther braedon. Eddie lives michael pare marina orsini bernie coulson 1989 a montreal laborer michael pare who joins a band turns out to be a longlost rock star from 1960s new jersey. The bridge in port republic, nj was used for the newsreel account showing eddie s car being pulled from the water.
A television reporter decides to investigate the legendary death of the lead singer of eddie and the cruisers, a 1960s onehit wonder, in this rockflavored drama. So i would recommend buying eddie and the cruisers 1 and 2 separately if you want both movies. This is the second part of the story of eddie and the cruisers and it doesnt disappoint. A love story about a man with a dagger on her body, because the pain went through his heart and a woman helped him grow and become a real man to love his true love. A montreal construction worker joins a band and turns out to be a longlost rock star from 1960s new jersey none other than eddie wilson, who mysteriously disappeared after a road accident. It tells us about this unsung rock n roll genius named eddie wilson, whose chevy crashed off a bridge back in 1963, and then it suggests that eddie might still be alive. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 musical film about maggie foley, a television reporter investigating the mysterious death of 1990s rock musician eddie wilson. I think there should be another eddie and the cruisers 3 the story line was great and the music was out of this world and it would be great to see how the sucses of the band is going so yes there should be another eddie and the cruisers 3. Eddie calls frank ridgeway toby tyler and identifies him as a runaway who joins the circus to hang out with the freaks and clowns.
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