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Overview

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4.4/10   385 votes
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Director:
Alan Rudolph
Writers:
Big Boy Medlin (story) &
Michael Ventura (story) ...
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Release Date:
13 June 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical more
Tagline:
The story of a boy and his equipment. more
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. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Should be a cult classic more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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 more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Corpus C. Redfish: Well that's a strange and wondrous tale, son, but like everything else, it'll work if you let it. more
Movie Connections:
References "Saturday Night Live" (1975) more
Soundtrack:
Texas Me And You more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Should be a cult classic, 26 February 1999
Author: Sir_B from USA

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!)

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