Hearts of Fire (1987)

A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her loyalties.

Director:

Richard Marquand

Writers:

Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), Scott Richardson

Stars:

Bob Dylan, Fiona, Rupert Everett

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bob Dylan	...	Billy Parker
Fiona	...	Molly McGuire
Rupert Everett	...	James Colt
Julian Glover	...	Alfred
Suzanne Bertish	...	Anne Ashton
Susannah Hoffmann	...	Blind Woman
Larry Lamb	...	Jack Rosner
Maury Chaykin	...	Charlie Kelso
Tony Rosato	...	Woody
Ian Dury	...	Bones
Richie Havens	...	Pepper Ward
Timmy Cappello	...	Nico
Stella Duncan-Petley	...	Eliza
Lesleh Donaldson	...	Penny
Billy Block	...	Donnie

Storyline

A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her loyalties.

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Plot Keywords:

female musician | female singer | female rocker | musical performance | trailer narrated by hal douglas | 

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1987 (UK)

Also Known As:

Corazones de fuego

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lorimar Motion Pictures, Phoenix Entertainment Group (PEG)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bob Dylan (in the role of Billy Parker) says "Yeah, I guess I've always known I was never one of them rock 'n' roll singers that was gonna win any Nobel prize...". In 2016 Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.

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Connections

Referenced in Rewind This! (2013)

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Soundtracks

Let the Good Times Roll
Written by John Dexter (uncredited) and Paul Hackman (uncredited)
Performed by Fiona

User Reviews

It's a trap - the bigger the star, the bigger the trap

Hmmm. A "Bob Dylan movie" I'd never heard of before and thought to myself Oh no, not again. Surely it couldn't be worse than, say, Masked and Anonymous, or the saga of Renaldo and Clara? So I started to read some reviews and was surprised at how bad it's supposed to be. In the end, I was reticent to even watch it. Well I did just watch it and for me, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

It's definitely not a cinematic masterpiece by any stretch. The draw card for me was seeing Dylan in an old movie. Wasn't expecting much, (expecting to fall asleep).

It's difficult to say if a viewer has no interest in Dylan, (or Fiona), what the reaction would be. This movie is nearly 30 years old. Dylan is usually no great actor in films. Here he seems to be "acting" as himself, (whoever he is), with some iconic lines.

It's definitely a much better movie than many critics portray it as. Better than a lot of the new crap I've suffered through.