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Can't Stop the Music (1980) 3.7
This is a Pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People Director:Nancy Walker |
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Cast
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Alex Briley | ... |
Alex the G.I.
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David Hodo | ... |
David the Construction Worker
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Glenn Hughes | ... |
Glenn the Leatherman
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Randy the Cowboy
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Felipe Rose | ... |
Felipe the Indian
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Ray Simpson | ... |
Ray the Police Officer
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Samantha Simpson
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Ron White
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Jack Morell
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Steve Waits
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Sydney Channing
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Helen Morell
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Norma White
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Altovise Davis | ... |
Alicia Edwards
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Marilyn Sokol | ... |
Lulu Brecht
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Storyline
In this pseudo audio biography of the Village People, Jack Morell (a thinly disguised character of the group's founder Jacques Morali) is a struggling composer desperate to gain fame with his songs, but all he needs is a group to sing them. With the help of his roommate Samantha and a lawyer named Ron, Jack forms a group of six "macho men" from his Greenwich Village neighborhood and the rest of the film details their rise to fame from New York City to a climatic concert in San Francisco. Written by matt-282
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The Musical Comedy Smash of the 80's! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
20 June 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Discoland See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$2,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Randy: Yeah, I think it is. It's sort of like...
[singing]
Randy: Got the back bone connected to the hip bone, and the hip bone connected to the thigh bone, and the thigh bone connected to the leg bone
[normal voice]
Randy: How's that? Is that a star or is that a star?
Samantha: Bing! Tonight it is. Be at my place at eight o'clock. You bring the voice, and I'll ...
[...]
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Music by Jacques Morali
Lyrics by Henri Belolo and Phil Hurtt
Performed by The Ritchie Family
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The film is considered a disco movie, its working title was actually 'Discoland: Where the Music Never Ends'. See more »Goofs
Walking on the street, Sam takes several bites out of her ice cream cone, but it is whole again shortly thereafter. See more »Quotes
Samantha: I should have know that you could sing. But when you see someone everyday, you just don't know what they have. I mean, counting out exercise is sort of singing, right?Randy: Yeah, I think it is. It's sort of like...
[singing]
Randy: Got the back bone connected to the hip bone, and the hip bone connected to the thigh bone, and the thigh bone connected to the leg bone
[normal voice]
Randy: How's that? Is that a star or is that a star?
Samantha: Bing! Tonight it is. Be at my place at eight o'clock. You bring the voice, and I'll ...
[...]
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Soundtracks
"Sophistication"Music by Jacques Morali
Lyrics by Henri Belolo and Phil Hurtt
Performed by The Ritchie Family
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I urge everyone to buy a bottle of booze and see this movie immediately.
If only for the Construction Worker's song "I love you to death" in which girls ride atop giant pistons and sprinkle glitter all over his jeans. Or maybe the Leatherman's rousing version of "Danny Boy" atop a table in a Board Room. Or, maybe the gigantic musical busby berkley dance numbers with added "onion skin" rainbow graphics of naked men jumping into swimming pools. Or, maybe the worlds most bizarre milk commercial starring the Village People singing about how a milkshake goes with your sandwich too.
Be warned though, the songs are kind of decent. Maybe even better than decent. And theres a great performance by the otherwise mediocre Ritchie Family. Seriously, i love this movie. Everyone i have shown it to has remembered it, and maybe hates me for it. But its definitely an original.