Eddie and the Cruisers
When the singer of a band dies it is customary to wait 2-weeks before going on a European tour with their hologram.
Thankfully, this drama takes places decades before technology ruined music.
In 1983 a music journalist, Maggie (Ellen Barkin), pitches a story to her television bosses about the mysterious death of 1960s rocker Eddie Wilson (Michael Paré) and his unreleased album that disappeared. Through interviews with his backing band The Cruisers (Tom Berenger, Joe Pantoliano, Helen Schneider), Maggie hopes to find the missing master tapes before the Ghost of Eddie does.
While Eddie's sound is more akin to Springsteen than The Supremes, this time-jumping whodunit is still an enjoyable dissection of posthumous stardom. And while the dialogue is poetic and cheesy the ambiguity behind Eddie's demise is engaging and realistic.
Incidentally, bands can always find a replacement for their dead lead singer with a trip to nearest the safe-injection site. Yellow Light
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When the singer of a band dies it is customary to wait 2-weeks before going on a European tour with their hologram.
Thankfully, this drama takes places decades before technology ruined music.
In 1983 a music journalist, Maggie (Ellen Barkin), pitches a story to her television bosses about the mysterious death of 1960s rocker Eddie Wilson (Michael Paré) and his unreleased album that disappeared. Through interviews with his backing band The Cruisers (Tom Berenger, Joe Pantoliano, Helen Schneider), Maggie hopes to find the missing master tapes before the Ghost of Eddie does.
While Eddie's sound is more akin to Springsteen than The Supremes, this time-jumping whodunit is still an enjoyable dissection of posthumous stardom. And while the dialogue is poetic and cheesy the ambiguity behind Eddie's demise is engaging and realistic.
Incidentally, bands can always find a replacement for their dead lead singer with a trip to nearest the safe-injection site. Yellow Light
vidiotreviews.blogspot.ca