Roadie

Starring:Meat Loaf, Kaki Hunter, Art Carney, Gailard Sartain, Don Cornelius, Rhonda Bates, Joe Spano, Richard Marion, Sonny Carl Davis, Ginger Varney, Al Mays, Cindy Wills, Allan Graf, Merle Kilgore, Jack Elliott (III), Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr., Hector Britt, Larry Lindsey, Conrad E. Palmisano
Director: Alan Rudolph
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

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One the strangest musical curiosities of the 1980s, Roadie stars Meat Loaf as a good ol' Texas boy who turns himself into the world's greatest roadie to win the heart of a teen-age groupie (Kaki Hunter). She, however, is obsessed with Alice Cooper, just one of the musical guest stars in this rock & roll road movie farce. Meat Loaf single-handedly saves concerts by Hank Williams Jr. and Roy Orbison (who duet on "The Eyes of Texas") and Blondie (who crank up "Ring of Fire") as well. Directed by Alan Rudolph, from a slapdash story he co-wrote with producer Zalman King (which surely qualifies as one of the most unlikely creative partnerships in film history), this high-energy cinematic jam is a raucous, disjointed goof. But only the comedy is played out of key. The music rocks. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Bands make it rock, but roadies make it roll! Meat Loaf stars in this rollicking (Variety)road film featuring incredible live performances by Alice Cooper, Blondie, Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Jr., and Asleep at the Wheel! Down-home Texas boy Travis Redfish (Meat Loaf) falls hard for Lola, a glitter-spangled groupie determined to lose her virginity to Alice Cooper. Hoping to woo her, Travis signs on with a traveling rock band and soon finds himself celebrated as the greatest roadie of all time ! But Lola's date with destiny (and Cooper) looms. Can true love survive rock 'n roll?

Customer Reviews:

Boooring out of hell.......2007-01-04

Truly atrocious! Avoid it. It has no plot and it's cheap. Meatloaf, known for being a charming, funny and charismatic artist, is just like a lazy, unispired big sack o'coal in this one. And it's booooooring!

Kaki Hunter is the best ever!.......2006-06-07

It has been a while since I have seen this movie. I will never forget when it came out I ended up seeing it like, five times in one year.
The movie is great, but what makes it is Kaki. Too bad she retired from acting, but I am sure after all those Porky movies she was exhausted.
My fave line in the whole movie is by Lola:
"I'll eat chili till I DIE.!!!!!!!"
Thanks.

Worst movie I've seen in almost 10 years.......2006-05-25

I know what you're thinking. Alice Cooper, Art Carney, Meatloaf, Blondie... this would have to at least have some camp value. I thought so too.

I was wrong.

This movie is atrocious. I'd give it 1 1/2 stars if I could simply for a halfway decent soundtrack but that's all there is to recommend it. Meatloaf can't act, neither can Don Cornelius, neither can anyone apparently as even Art Carney mails this one in.

The plot is ridiculous and the attempts at humor are worse.

Avoid at all costs, even if you're a huge fan of any of the principals.

Meathead, er, ah, Meatloaf - Yuck! But at least the soundtrack was decent and had Cheap Trick..........2006-05-09

Dull, but surprisingly not-very-funny movie.
I'm not really into either Al(ice) Coops or
Meathead, whoops, (heh-heh, couldn't resist),
er, ah Meatloaf. The Cheap Trick song mentioned
above was actually Everything Works (if you let
it), which also now appears on the very fine
release, "The Essential Cheap Trick." Tricksters:
look for the new release "Rockford, Rockford",
which I hope to have a review for shortly. Rock
on!

Unwatchable Dreck.......2006-03-21

This movie is not funny--it is written by and for morons. (Caddyshack 2 is a masterpiece compared to this pile of dog doo) The Alice Cooper Band of the early 70's was a kick@$$ garage band but the Alice Cooper in this movie is way past his prime. The only redeeming value is the killer live performance of Blondie doing Ring of Fire--is Clem Burke not the coolest drummer ever?

Average customer rating:

life is beautiful
Cool movie lousy budget...

Cake Boy
Director: Joe Escalante
Manufacturer: Kung Fu Records
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Description

Selwyn Hillis, a beat down erotic cake baker with grandiose culinary ambitions and an abusive girlfriend is forced to leave town in a hurry, so he grabs a quick job as a roadie for punk rock superstars No Use For A Name. Encouraged by his hot new handicapped girlfriend, Selwyn goes for the baking gold in an Iron Chef style showdown with the Master Baker of France, Pierre Kiniche. Free Bonus Soundtrack CD Included Featuring: No Use For A Name, Yellowcard, The Bronx, Jackson, Audio Karate, Piebald, Useless ID, Hunter Revenge and Ozma. **NON STANDARD PRICING**

Customer Reviews:

life is beautiful.......2007-01-23

Tired up his eyes by abusive, psycho-neurotic, dominative, sadist girlfriend and stupid patrons at a bakery he works, Selwyn is desperate to change a life. And working for No Use for a Name music band is a handy option to execute.

However, it was not the best decision because he soon started being used to ridiculing, humiliating and simple bulling by rock musicians to convince each other in their "show-industry stars-on-rise" social and intellectual superiority over a "cake boy".

A lucky chap, left barefoot in the middle of the night somewhere on the middle of the road to the nearest inhabited place, he both made a couple of miles to an eatery, and was served, on spot employed,provided with poor but reliable accommodation.

After a few more events, some of them satirically-mimicking supposedly- French attitudes and Hollywood-style life-death brink-actions, all problems were finalized happily.

In the best traditions of American musical comedies, his boss invalid niece had him seduced and given hot time to extent of becoming an object of his desire, passion and love. She had even saved his life by hitting with wheelchair an ex-girlfriend of him to drop a pistol.

Preferring more explicit viewing of the love-making by people born with disabilities might find Adreas Serrano photographs of definite relevant addition to this movie.

So far, a set concludes both DVD and CD of fifteen musical tracks -and this is a very clever idea.

I highly recommend this KUNG-FU FILMS production by Joe Escalante.

Cool movie lousy budget..........2006-07-09

This is a very independent but poorly made movie... It lacks cast, crew and editing process. But its a nice attempt for a DIY punk rock film. If you like No Use For A Name and C}california punk rock bands, go for it!...

Average customer rating:

Boooring out of hell
Kaki Hunter is the best ever!
Worst movie I've seen in almost 10 years
Meathead, er, ah, Meatloaf - Yuck! But at least the soundtrack was decent and had Cheap Trick...
Unwatchable Dreck

Roadie [Region 2]
Starring: Meat Loaf , Kaki Hunter , Art Carney , Gailard Sartain , and Don Cornelius
Director: Alan Rudolph
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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