Roadie

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Summary: Very Very KEWL....Fun!!!
Review: "Roadie" is one of those wonderful movies that can either "take you back" or give you an insight into a time you otherwise would just read and hear about! Meat Loaf is absolutely wonderful...there's nothing else to say about that really...except for the classic scene where he falls off the scaffolding at the Blondie concert and his stunt double weighs about 100 pounds compaired to his 300!!! (a classic moment)..Also, seeing Debbie Harry talk to herself ..."I've been on the road a long time"...and seeing Alice Cooper rubbing his hands together anticipating "future fun" with the "I hate Apple Pie" Lola...it was all just amazing. If you want a great ride into the past, for whatever reason....this is the train to take!!!

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Summary: Wowsers!
Review: I am a huge Alice Cooper fan- all the albums, videos, memrobilia, and I obviously have this. With suprisingly OK acting, four star cinematography, A+ comedy, a simple, somewhat innocent plot, and a massive cast of rock stars (Alice Cooper, Blondie, Meat Loaf, Roy Orbinson and others) lead the pack. Alice's resturant scene with the makeup, leather and Disco Sucks pin is a great example of Alice's career peak (this film came out in 1979, the year of his best tour: Madhouse Rock). Unfortunately, amazon.com can, supposedly, no longer order this version, but it is avalible elswhere: go to your local rental shop, Media Play; whatever, and ask them to order Roadie...they can order it, you can buy it and you can have it! Some harmless, comedic drug content, a little violence and innocent mature content are harmlessly included in this perfected example of good rock 'n' roll.

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Summary: good for laughs
Review: i caught this film late night kinda flipping the Remote around&when I saw Meatloaf&Heard Don Conelious's Voice I had to watch&see what this was about.very much on a Rock&Roll Buzz&Vibe with all the folks in the film&the way the film goes down.alot of laughs as well.

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Summary: A shining star in my childhood.
Review: I saw this movie in the theater when it first came out. Yeah, it's cheap, yeah, it's cheesy...but it's a piece of real Americana. Meat Loaf is a true rock 'n roll hero, going from rags to riches to rags, and now to riches again. He never did get enough credit for his movies, but I think he's terriffic. It may not be Oscar material, but as a cult classic, this is up there with Rocky Horror and Easy Rider.

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Summary: Corny, but fun.
Review: If you are a big Meat Loaf fan as I am, this movie is a real hoot. The music's pretty good, but just seeing the bizarre ways they make things work is a lot of fun. DO NOT watch this movie as serious cinema.

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Summary: Alot of fun!
Review: Love it. Lot's of 70's icons in here, Meat, etc. Just seeing Blondie do Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" - and doing a good job at it- is worth it alone!

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Summary: Roy Orbison's finest moment
Review: Roy Orbison had a nice music career with the Travelling Pilsburys and he wore pretty cool glasses, but the peak of his career came when he played the pivotal role in Roadie. This movie is like the Bad News Bears, but instead of baseball, it's about a roadie.

If anyone can appreciate what a roadie goes through, it's the bowlerpimp. I was a roadie for Glass Tiger on their US tour in 87. It was insane. I would set up the drum kit and then start handing out backstage passes. The shows were off the hook as you could imagine. Glass Tiger was as big as it got in 87 and the tour was off the hook. We were selling out 4,000 seat venues like they were cracker jacks. There was this one show where we closed it with "Don't forget me" and we thought that was it. So I run onto the stage and start taking the drum kit down. The singer turns to me and says, "What are you doing dork?". Little did I know they decided at the last minute to close with a cover of "The Hokey Pokey". The whole crowd did the Pokey with the boys from Glass Tiger. I was fired after that show, but the memories stayed with me for another 2 weeks.

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Summary: Meatloaf rocks without singing a note
Review: This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. A great cast: Meatloaf, Khaki Hunter, Art Carney, Jos Spano, Alice Cooper, Hank Williams Jr., Roy Orbison, Don Cornelius, etc. Great musical performances by Blondie, duet of Hank Jr. & Roy, Blondie, Asleep At The Wheel. Some of the greatest lines of all time. Story gets a little trippy but makes sense and one of the all-time strangest endings. If you are a 70s rock and roll fan, this is the movie for you.

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Summary: "Everything works if you let it."
Review: Whoa-boy. ROADIE isn't a five-star flick by any stretch of the imagination (save that of starry-eyed fan-atics, who're no doubt clicking No with some vehemence right about now). Every one of the three stars are worthy, however, and I snapped up this DVD with all haste because the film IS a campy, rollicking, fun little tale. Meat Loaf is a charmer as Travis W. Redfish, cuddly and sweet, inventive and wise, a memorable character in even his head-butting, brain-locking, ox-like other side. Kaki Hunter is less memorable as Lola Bouilliabase, though often just as sweetly naive as anyone who's had a brush with fan obsession (y'all CAN click Yes later on and change your vote, if you didn't know). Completing the Redfish clan, Art Carney is a hoot and Rhonda Bates purely delightful. Watch for Kurkwood Smith in a bit part.

A no-frills DVD package. The feature cleaned up nicely, but the original trailer shows wear. The Dolby 5.1 audio was a surprise, though, and plays well front and back.

ROADIE is a guilty pleasure, but such camp was fun sharing with unsuspecting friends -- we laughed 'til we cried. Chair dancing, the distinctive rattle of a beer truck, narcs snorting Tide. Some odd remembrances, too, of the brouhaha over cancelling concerts for energy conservation, often believed an excuse for censorship. Oddly enough, there's little or no swearing in ROADIE; Lola's quest for deflowering and a little substance abuse (and perhaps the close-up of Alice Cooper's codpiece) earned the PG rating.

"Everything works is you let it," a worthy sentiment.