Eddie and the Cruisers / Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (Totally Awesome 80s Double Feature)
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Actor: Michael Pare, Tom BerengerBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 198 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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DVD Review: Eddie and the Cruisers
Summary: 5 Stars
I fell in love with this movie back when I first saw it on HBO in the 80's. As a prior reviewer noted, this movie's theatrical release was not met with great success. I don't ever remember seeing it come to the theaters in my area. I would have gone to see it because I like the kind of music that was featured in it. It was an intriguing plot. Who hasn't gotten fed up with their life at some point and wished they could just disappear seemingly without any consequences? With the first film, you see a talented up and coming musician. He is sensitive, brillant and typically moody full of all the angst that his character could possibly relay. Michael Pare did an outstanding job of portraying the tourchered Eddie Wilson. We watch him as he tries to grow intellectually but he's not really sure what he is trying to grasp onto. We see him see something in the character of Frank. The two of them met on an intellectual level that no other member of the group was able to with the possible exception of the character of Joann, Eddie's longtime girlfriend. Some how, despite all the trials and tribulations, this band was beginning to be successful. They had a sound that the public responded to. There was something in the intensity of Eddie Wilson's words that appealed to them. Not only did Eddie Wilson touch the characters in the movies with his intensity, he touched those of us that were watching his story unfold. The whole cast was an excellent roster of actors. Once I saw this movie, I knew I had to add it to my audio/visual library. I taped the movie the next time it ran on HBO. I played it so much because I loved the music that the sound and picture finally wore out. By that time though, the movie had been released on VHS. As soon as I heard it had been released, I bought it. I forget where I bought movies in those days. We didn't have Amazon back then that made it easy to pick whichever merchant we wanted for the best prices on a movie. As soon as the cassette was released of the soundtrack, I went to the nearest music store and bought that as well. Imagine my disappointment when the CD was finally released of it and there were a few songs that were missing from that release. It was back to the movie again to get my fix of the marvelous sounds of John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. Bruce Springsteen eat your heart out. This band has you beat to shame. That is not to say that Bruce isn't worthy of a listen he is. I have quite a few of his albums. There was something about this movie and this music that touched my soul. Apparently it touched a lot of other peoples soul as well because a sequel was released. By that time, these two movies had reached cult status and rightly so. Do I recommend these two movies and the subsequent soundtracks? You bet I do. Be careful which release of the soundtrack that you get though, there are different versions. Indeed EDDIE LIVES!
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