Running Out of Luck (1987)

A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and turned over to the oversexed owner of a banana plantation.

Director:

Julien Temple

Writers:

Mick Jagger, Julien Temple

Stars:

Mick Jagger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dennis Hopper

Cast

Credited cast:
Mick Jagger	...	Mick
Rae Dawn Chong	...	Slave Girl
Dennis Hopper	...	Video Director
Jerry Hall	...	Herself
Norma Bengell
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicholas Ball
Jim Broadbent
Roxana Campos	...	Casino Girl
Carmita	...	Girl on Yacht
Angela Castro	...	Blonde Wig Whore
Jorge Coutinho	...	Bunkhouse Card Player
Marcia DeSouza	...	Mick's Dancing Partner
Angelo Di Biase	...	Angelo
José Dumont	...	Prison Card Player
Andre Gasparelli	...	Transvestite I

Storyline

A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and turned over to the oversexed owner of a banana plantation.

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Plot Keywords:

wilderness | party | independent film | 

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Genres:

Drama | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Music

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1987 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Records

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released on Laserdisc but never dvd.

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Connections

Edited into Mick Jagger: Running Out of Luck (1987)

User Reviews

Running out of brains, where director temple, needs a shot to his temple

I know enough about this movie to know it's bad, really, really bad. I had seen a couple of times back at the end of 97. The title dictates the whole worth of the movie, as if in silent parody. What do I remember about it- the start being the being the best bit, with a loud choreographed film clip to one of Jagger's lesser known songs, that was impressive. What followed wasn't. I remember Jagger on his big beautiful sailboat, going off at wife, Hall, spouting out in his repellent Mick voice "You make me sick". Well this movie made me sick. My standout visual moment I remember, had Mick stranded in the desert, coming across a empty Mcdonald's wrapper. Honestly, judging by it's cover of a cool looking Mick, chewing on the bands of his sunnies, this open image occupying the whole cover, you'd expect a much better movie. Here again, with misjudging the cover, you've been very deceived. The plot is ludicrous. As it comes to wraps, we hear Mick's current big song of that period, play, "Give me just another night". Not with this flick you don't. It's the sort of flick, if pirating it, you be very quick to replace it. If not replacing it, you've got serious psychological problems. Not one of Mick's best. Neither is his performance. Rae Dawn, and of course, the late great Hopper, wasted in another fizzer, outperform him in a film. who's director needs a stoning. Forgettable fodder.