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Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
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Overview
Release Date:
23 September 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
Rebel. Rocker. Lover. Idol. Vanished. morePlot:
Maggie Foley (Ellen Barkin) is a reporter who's interviewing the surviving members of a band who's music is being revived... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Wasted Potential moreCast
(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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95 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:AA (Ontario) | Norway:12 | USA:PG (certificate #26935) | UK:PG | Iceland:16 | Sweden:7 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Australia:PG | West Germany:6 | Singapore:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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The band actually playing the music is John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, and the actor playing Wendell, the Cruisers' sax player, is the real-life sax player for them. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: Early in the movie we see Frank in his car driving to the high school where he teaches, listening to one of the old Cruisers songs being played on New York City radio station WNEW-FM. Later, when he's reunited with Doc, he says he's teaching in Vineland (NJ). With the range of FM radio limited by "line of sight" (and not bouncing like AM signals do), there is no way he could listen to WNEW-FM that far down in south Jersey. moreQuotes:
Eddie Wilson: I want something great. I want something that's never been done before!Sal Amato: Why? We ain't great. We're just some guys from Jersey.
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Season in Hell (Fire Suite) moreFAQ
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It's a shame that such an intriguing idea for a film was squandered like this. The direction and acting is weak, but what truly destroys the film is the music; the Cruisers' early music is annoying AOR-type filler posing as 1950's bubblegum, and the "Season in Hell" music, which should be strange and hypnotic, is just dull. We're also robbed of the fun of seeing songs created through rehearsals; it's pretty clear the director has never been to a band rehearsal, as the songs sound as polished and final the first time they play them as in the final recordings.
I'd love to see this movie remade by some competent people. In the right hands, it could be the best rock-and-roll movie ever.
One last aside: everyone mentions Eddie's resemblance to Jim Morrison, which is clearly there, but it seems obvious that the Season in Hell stuff is also based on Brian Wilson's difficulties which the never-released Beach Boys' "Smile" album. Eddie is even named "Wilson".