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Eddie and the Cruisers
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   2,775 votes
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Director:

Martin Davidson

Writers:

Martin Davidson (screenplay) &
Arlene Davidson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

23 September 1983 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Music more

Tagline:

Rebel. Rocker. Lover. Idol. Vanished. more

Plot:

Maggie Foley is a reporter who's interviewing the surviving members of a band who's music is being revived... more | add synopsis

NewsDesk:

From the Files of Fangoria: This Damn Village Of The Damned
 (From Fangoria. 16 August 2009, 6:15 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

Great Music Story more (51 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Berenger ... Frank Ridgeway
Michael Paré ... Eddie Wilson

Joe Pantoliano ... Doc Robbins
Matthew Laurance ... Sal Amato
Helen Schneider ... Joann Carlino

David Wilson ... Kenny Hopkins
Michael 'Tunes' Antunes ... Wendell Newton

Ellen Barkin ... Maggie Foley
Kenny Vance ... Lew Elson
John Stockwell ... Keith Livingston
Joe Cates ... Lois
Barry Sand ... Barry Siegel
Vebe Borge ... Gerry Rivers
Howard Johnson ... Wendell's Replacement
Joey Balin ... Eddie's Replacement
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Additional Details

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Norway:12 | Sweden:7 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #26935) | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | West Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Atco, New Jersey, USA more

Company:

Aurora more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The fraternity house is actually the home of the Haverford College president. Haverford, where the college scenes were shot, has no fraternities or sororities. more

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Eddie and Joanne are shown driving into the Lincoln Tunnel, it is supposed to be 1964, yet a pictographic "steep grade" warning sign (a picture of a truck headed down a triangular shape) is seen mounted on the entrance to the tunnel. Pictographic warning signs were not in use on United States roads in 1964; rather a sign warning "Steep Grade" in text would have been posted. more

Quotes:

Frank Ridgeway: [Band is at college where Frank graduated from] We've played at colleges before.
Eddie Wilson: Sure, we played at "St. Something" down in Delaware and "Fairly Ridiculous" up in Madison, but we never played at no finishing school like this before.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Velvet Goldmine (1998) more

Soundtrack:

Boardwalk Angel more


FAQ

Whatever happened to Helen Schneider?
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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Great Music Story, 25 October 2003
6/10

Eddie and the Cruisers is kind of a Behind the Music story. It has a very good plot and the actors were good. The music from John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band is probably the best thing about this movie. Any music and/or rock and roll will love it.

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Eddie in the final shot of the film robertbrad
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