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Writers:
David Byrne (writer)
Beth Henley (writer)
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Release Date:
10 October 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
"It's a completely cool, multi-purpose movie." more
Plot:
David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town, on the eve of the town's celebration of the state's sesquicentennial... more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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(5 articles)
Judy Collins: Singing for the Privileged Few
(From Huffington Post. 6 October 2009, 11:27 AM, PDT)
Michael Taeckens (Ed.): Love is a Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Breakups, Bad Relationships and Broken Hearts
(From PasteMagazine. 25 September 2009, 9:00 AM, PDT)
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Great mix of rock movie, comedy and characters more (41 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Byrne | ... | Narrator / Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads singer | |
| John Goodman | ... | Louis Fyne | |
| Annie McEnroe | ... | Kay Culver | |
| Jo Harvey Allen | ... | The Lying Woman | |
| Spalding Gray | ... | Earl Culver | |
| Alix Elias | ... | The Cute Woman | |
| Roebuck 'Pops' Staples | ... | Mr. Tucker | |
| Tito Larriva | ... | Ramon (as Humberto 'Tito' Larriva) | |
| John Ingle | ... | The Preacher | |
| Matthew Posey | ... | The Computer Guy | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Miss Rollings | |
| Freeman Beatty | ... | Lip-Syncher | |
| Evelyn Box | ... | Hey Now Kid | |
| Kevin Box | ... | Hey Now Kid | |
| Amy Buffington | ... | Linda Culver |
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90 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG | UK:PG | West Germany:6 (f)
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Most of the commercials seen before and during the Love for Sale musical number were genuine TV ads of the day, including Victor Kiam's famous Remington shaver ad with its slogan "I liked it so much, I bought the company!" According to Byrne, many of the characters in this film were inspired by actual supermarket tabloid stories. more
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Continuity: Disappearing reappearing rearview mirror in the red convertible. more
Quotes:
Earl Culver: Mainframe. Microprocessor. Semiconductor! more
Movie Connections:
Features Aluminum on the March (1956) more
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Road Song Source Bookends more
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In the fictional Texas town of Virgil musician David Bryne arrives to make a documentary about the inhabitants. He meets a raft of characters at the same time as the town's `celebration of specialness'.
What is it? A documentary? A comedy? A rock film? It's not clear. However despite the unclear genre it still manages to be good even if it's an unique film in terms of style. The comedy comes from both Bryne's and our bemused observation of the slightly kooky nature of small town life.
Bryne is a great narrator. He has a bemused quizzical air the whole time and many of his `to camera' lines are very funny if a little surreal. The characters themselves are almost worthy of Altman in terms of how quirky yet believable they are. Goodman is the best as the lonely ladies man looking for love. But other characters such as the lying lady (Allen) and the eccentric owner of the town (Spalding Gray).
If you don't like the music of David Bryne and the Talking Heads then you may dislike this as much of the second as it becomes mainly music and less Bryne. However it still manages to be funny. Overall this is much better than expected and fans of Bryne will simply love it.