Eddie and the Cruisers movie review

Eddie and the cruisers 1983
Director:Martin Davidson
you can get it at:Amazon.com


The storyline:
Maggie Foley is a reporter who's interviewing the surviving members of a band who's music is being revived. Memories of the band's leader Eddie Wilson are being relived as Frank Ridgeway is reunited with the old members of the band. As the memories are relived on the screen, it becomes clear that someone is looking for the lost unpublished tapes of the band's final recording and that someone might be Eddie. The film portrays a 1960s rock 'n roll band called Eddie and the Cruisers. The band makes a name for itself while playing regularly at a club called Tony Mart's. It is there that they meet Frank Ridgeway (Tom berenger), whom Eddie Wilson (Paré) hires to be the band's keyboard player and lyricist, and who he nicknames "Wordman". Doc Robbins and Sal Amato are skeptical of hiring Frank, who is not a trained musician or experienced song writer, but Eddie believes that Frank is crucial to the band's development. With Ridgeway's help the band stops playing cover songs and releases an album of original material, Tender Years, that instantly becomes a hit, especially with the song, "On the Dark Side". The band members spend a year recording their next album, A Season in Hell, during which Eddie's artistic and creative talents often are buried beneath his arrogant and rebellious traits, leading to arguments between him and band manager Doc Robbins . At one point, bassist Sal Amato (Matthew Laurance) tells Eddie he doesn't understand what he's looking for, to which Eddie responds that he wants to be great. Sal replies "We're not great. We're just some guys from Jersey". Eddie makes it clear that if the band cannot be great, then there is no reason to ever play music again.


After thoughts:This movie is a really good movie the acting is awesome,and has some really great actors in it.the music is by john cafferty and the beaver brown band.has good actors such as Tom Berenger(The big chill),Michael pare`(The great American Hero),and Joe pantoliano (labamba).A hit song on the movie is on the dark side witch the main actor michael pare`sings as he portrays Eddie wilson.Ita a great movie i recommend getting it of you dont have it.


I give this Movie a ( B )