Roadie (1980)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Alan Rudolph

Writers:

Big Boy Medlin (story) &
Michael Ventura (story) ...

Release Date:

13 June 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

The story of a boy and his equipment.

Plot:

A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show. |

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Road Trip | Roadtrip | Car Chase | Cross Country

Cast

Meat Loaf	...	Travis W. Redfish
Kaki Hunter	...	Lola Bouilliabase
Art Carney	...	Corpus C. Redfish
Gailard Sartain	...	B.B. Muldoon
Don Cornelius	...	Mohammed Johnson
Rhonda Bates	...	Alice Poo
Joe Spano	...	Ace
Richard Marion	...	George
Sonny Carl Davis	...	Bird (as Sonny Davis)
Ginger Varney	...	Weather Girl
Al Mays	...	Mohammed's Bodyguard
Cindy Wills	...	Prom Queen
Allan Graf	...	Tiny
Merle Kilgore	...	Himself
Jack Elliott	...	Himself (as Ramblin' Jack Elliott)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:PG (No. 26064) | Australia:M (TV rating) | Australia:PG | UK:12 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Alive Enterprises

Quotes:

Corpus C. Redfish: Well that's a strange and wondrous tale, son, but like everything else, it'll work if you let it.

Movie Connections:

References "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Soundtrack:

Texas Me And You

Should be a cult classic

This was a great movie and if you're into American pop music culture and history I think you would enjoy this movie greatly.

Meatloaf stars as Travis W. Redfish, an engineering genius who ends up being a rock and roll roadie and gaining the reputation as the greatest roadie that ever lived. He ends up in this situation when the bus carrying groupie Lola Bouilliabase breaks down on a stretch of road near Travis' home town.

Art Carney is wonderful as Travis' father and junkyard owner and the movie is full of cameo appearances by the likes of Debbie Harry, Roy Orbison, Alice Cooper (who Lola is in love with) and has music from a wide variety of 80's artists.

I was so impressed when I saw this movie I went out and bought the soundtrack, which is a double fold out album with pictures and some background information.

I also liked the movie slogan "The Bands make it rock, but the Roadies make it roll"

I think "Roadie" is deserving of cult-classic status, but unfortunately I don't think very many people saw it. I have not seen it in a video store to buy or rent in over 10 years.

So if you do see it, grab it! (and tell me where you found it!)