Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Alex Steyermark

Writers:

Cheri Lovedog (writer)
Robin Whitehouse (writer)

Release Date:

4 June 2004 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Plot:

Prey For Rock & Roll is the story of Jacki and her all-girl rock and roll band, Clam Dandy, who are...

Plot Keywords:

1980s | Rock 'n' Roll | Punk Rock Girl | Girl Band | 1990s

Cast

Gina Gershon	...	Jacki
Drea de Matteo	...	Tracy
Lori Petty	...	Faith
Shelly Cole	...	Sally
Marc Blucas	...	Animal
Ivan Martin	...	Nick
Eddie Driscoll	...	Chuck
Ashley Eckstein	...	Punk Rock Girl (as Ashley Drane)
Shakara Ledard	...	Jessica
Terri Laird	...	Herself (as Texas Terri)
Sandra Seacat	...	Jacki's Mom
Nancy Pimental	...	Natalie
Greg Rikaart	...	Scott
Francois Harold	...	Johnny
Joannah Portman	...	Sorority Girl #1

Also Known As:

My Favorite Sin (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content, drug use and brief violence.

Runtime:

Canada:104 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Italy:VM14 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:R

Company:

Prey LLC

Trivia:

The film was based on a play written by rock singer Cheri Lovedog. The story is based on her experiences in the rock business.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Jacki gives Faith a tattoo. Faith shows the tattoo to Sally and says, "Jacki just did it today." The Tattoo showed no signs of being new at all. No redness, no swelling, no irritation and no Vaseline covering it. It looked as if it had been done months ago.

Quotes:

Jacki: A murderer, a rapist and a dyke go into a tattoo parlor...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Rocked with Gina Gershon: (#1.1)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

My Static

Real Women Who Rock

Prey for Rock and Roll is a great movie for anyone who likes to rock, especially women who have grown up admiring the likes of Joan Jett, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Lita Ford, Chrissie Hynde, or any women in the predominantly male music industry who have taken control of their music rather than allow themselves to be molded into the industry's "male fantasy" of a female musician. (Britney Spears, are you listening?) But it's not a movie only for women -- I saw PFRR with a guy, and he loved it. We are looking forward to the soundtrack coming out -- great music. Just to balance out my comments, my very small criticism is that once or twice (and only once or twice) a line sounded a little canned or flat, but I tend towards overanalyzing in that regard. (I won't say which lines so I don't give the movie away.) But overall the dialogue was great, very real, with a lot of humor also thrown in. The interactions between characters were great for building them up beyond 2-dimensions. (For example, Jackie's relationship with her mother made Jackie's character more interesting, Tracy's relationship with her boyfriend made her boyfriend more interesting -- a role that could have otherwise easily have been a caricature instead of a character. Ivan Martin was also great in the role.) I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone ready for a movie that balances the heavy (harsh aspects of life) with the light (finding the humor in life and following your dreams).