Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Eddie and the cruisers 1983 pg 1h 35min drama, mystery, music 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. Eddie and the cruisers original motion picture soundtrack. Remembering summers past with eddie and the cruisers on. At the start of the film, viewers learn that eddies car plunged into the raritan. Tony marts, somers point, new jersey, usa 7 of 7 found this interesting interesting. Eddie and the cruisers, a major rock n roll band in the early 60s, fell off the radar when singer eddie vanished after a dispute over their experimental second album.
According to a line by the wordman early in the film, the cruiserss album tender years had 12 tracks, but the released soundtrack held only 10 songs, and one was season in hell, off the rejected 2nd album, leaving 9. Best known for the music behind the 80s rock n roll fable eddie and the cruisers and the sequal years later, john cafferty and the beaver brown band were often stereotyped as the music of the film. Michael pare cant act, much less sing or play an instrument. Staring michael pare, tom berenger, matthew laurance and marina orsini. The dvd only contained the first eddie and the cruisers movie. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson based on the novel by p. Eddie and the cruisers eddie and the cruisers ii blu. Cast and crew credits for eddie and the cruisers ii.
Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson with the screenplay written by martin and arlene davidson, based on the novel by p. What you need to know about the seemingly ignored 1983 film about fictitious rock god eddie wilson what. An old band mate of eddies, frank ridgeway tom berenger, relates to maggie how the band gained a huge following playing at a new jersey club called tony mart. Cue, 20 years later, the inevitable cruisers revival, and a rocknroll. In the early 1960s, eddie wilson michael pare and his band the cruisers enjoyed a brief fling with success, but their career came to a halt when eddies badly damaged car was discovered in an accident on a bridge.
Eddie and the cruisers ii pride and passion by george quinn. The movie makes the fatal flaw of arriving at a dramatic conclusion that does not settle the eddie wilson mystery. John was a house painter by day, and played with his band at night, just trying to get something happening. Like its protagonist, the second life of eddie and the cruisers was even more interesting than the first.
Eddie wilson parewas the leader of an early sixties new jersey rock n roll. The original eddie and the cruisers was a high school favorite for my friends and i the fear i had was would it still hold up. It quickly proves, however, to be a remarkably good suspense story, full of vivid. The dialogue is sharp, the book is packed with exquisite description and a surprise ending. Eddie lives 1989 movie youtube eddie and the cruisers 2. 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. However, eddies body was never found, and years later, a reissue of the groups only album sparks rumors that the mysterious eddie might still be alive. Greatest movie plot twists, spoilers and surprise endings filmsite. And twenty years later, the mystery of eddie wilson begins to unravel. This was a movie made for theater release and flopped so bad it was pulled where it saw heavy rotation on tv.
Then i received the replacement dvd and it still only has one movie. Kluge shows us the limits of the music, and how real talent sees it and pushes past it. Nearly 20 years later, journalist maggie foley tracks down the old cruisers to see if. 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. Much more than that the film has a great plot that keeps you guessing right up. I already returned this once because the first time i ordered it only had the first movie.
And it didnt hurt that the film had a totally rad soundtrack, a musical mashup of the 60s and the 80s not unlike dirty dancing a few years later. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item. These items are shipped from and sold by different. It is directed by jeanclaude lord, and based on literary characters created by author p. Heres a mystery to rival what happened to eddie wilson. Eddie and the cruisers ii eddie confronts sal duration. Added on saturday, may 06, 2017 eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson based on the novel by p. Theres a lot of cigarette smoking and drinking in bars and music venues, but no one appears drunk. More eddie and the cruisers 1983 james higgins 20100526. Kluge the movie follows a fictional 60s rock band called eddie and the cruisers. So i would recommend buying eddie and the cruisers 1 and 2 separately if you want both movies. Filming locations 14 filming dates 1 filming locations. However, it lacked, in a huge way, the presence of a much needed director to put all of it together and to make the movie great.
Juliet, naked takes the premise and creates a charming, romantic story about fandom and redemptive decisions. The band makes a name for itself while playing regularly at a somers point, new jersey club called tony marts. The bridge in port republic, nj was used for the newsreel account showing eddies car being pulled from the water. The band are poised for national success when singer eddie drives his car off a bridge. Watch the latest eddie and the cruisers trailer and check out other movie trailers for upcoming movies at. Eddie and the cruisers 1983 martin davidson synopsis.
He is now a montreal construction worker but ready to rise from the dead and make a comeback since his music continues to be popular and relevant. The novel is set in new jersey, much of it in vineland where i had a summer job on the town newspaper in 1962. Eddie spoke to a sense of aspirational longing that seemed genuine and timeless. I played in a band called gunthers bus at t marts in the late 60s and early 70s. The junkyard scene was filmed in the huge junkyard in atco, nj. Eddie and the cruisers 1983 letterboxd social film. Kluge got it right in his 1980 novel eddie and the cruisers. According to davidson, when he completed the film, three different studios wanted to distribute it, and he went with embassy pictures because they. There was even one filmeddie and the cruisersthat many.
It received stars because the music, story, characters, and even the acting was done very well. Eddie and the cruisers is all buildup and no payoff. To most, the songs sounded like bruce springsteen clones, but the music was appealing. The novel and the film have been described as a rock and roll citizen kane. It is slow moving and has for too many boring stretches. Yes, its the source for the 1983 film, but forget that for a moment. 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.
Parents need to know that eddie and the cruisers ii. Amazons choice for eddie and the cruisers movie additional dvd options. This was supposed to be eddie and the cruisers 1 and 2, it only has the first movie. A member of the band is found dead of a drug overdose in his hotel room. What kluge does is something harder, and deeper, than the film s mere missingalbum mystery. Now, leaving aside the possibility that eddie might, in fact, have gone down with his chevy, this premise, has all sorts of possibilities. Despite being a failure at the box office, it has since joined its predecessor as a cult favorite. Sunday journal and stareddie and the cruisers seems at first glance to be only a smartly written novel about nostalgia for the music of the late 1950s. There was a suicidal conclusion to this beautiful romantic melodrama based on a true. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american drama musical film directed by martin davidson. The story concerns the mysterious death of a fictional 60s rock star.
Chicago the story of a dropout rock and roll star usually disappearing at the height of their fame has fascinated the movies in both fiction eddie and the cruisers and documentary waiting for sugarman. Original songs like on the dark side, tender years, wild summer nights and seasons in hell make this an album worth owning. There are a couple of painful scenes due to the script and sometimes the acting is a little over the top but i have to admit i still feel the film holds up. One revelation later in the film was that eddies girlfriend joann carlino helen.
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