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Rock the Kasbah

  • 2015
  • R
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
12K
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Bill Murray in Rock the Kasbah (2015)
A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.
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A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, A... Read allA down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.

  • Director
    • Barry Levinson
  • Writer
    • Mitch Glazer
  • Stars
    • Bill Murray
    • Leem Lubany
    • Zooey Deschanel
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Barry Levinson
    • Writer
      • Mitch Glazer
    • Stars
      • Bill Murray
      • Leem Lubany
      • Zooey Deschanel
    • 75User reviews
    • 109Critic reviews
    • 29Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Bill Murray in Rock the Kasbah (2015)
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    Top cast

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    Bill Murray
    Bill Murray
    • Richie Lanz
    Leem Lubany
    Leem Lubany
    • Salima
    Zooey Deschanel
    Zooey Deschanel
    • Ronnie
    Bruce Willis
    Bruce Willis
    • Bombay Brian
    Kate Hudson
    Kate Hudson
    • Merci
    Arian Moayed
    Arian Moayed
    • Riza
    Scott Caan
    Scott Caan
    • Jake
    Danny McBride
    Danny McBride
    • Nick
    Fahim Fazli
    Fahim Fazli
    • Tariq
    Beejan Land
    Beejan Land
    • Daoud
    • (as Beehan Land)
    Sameer Ali Khan
    Sameer Ali Khan
    • Azam Ghol
    Jonas Khan
    • Nizar
    Husam Chadat
    Husam Chadat
    • Nasim
    Taylor Kinney
    Taylor Kinney
    • Private Barnes
    Megan Raich
    Megan Raich
    • Brittany
    Sarah Baker
    Sarah Baker
    • Maureen
    Glenn Fleshler
    Glenn Fleshler
    • Army Warrant Officer
    Avery Phillips
    Avery Phillips
    • Dree
    • Director
      • Barry Levinson
    • Writer
      • Mitch Glazer(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The story is loosely based on Setara Hussainzada, the first woman to compete on Afghanistan's popular talent show Afghan Star (2009), a television show similar in concept to American Idol (2002).
    • Goofs
      When Richie (Bill Murray) and Bombay Brian (Bruce Willis) go to the desert to do deliver the weapons/ammo and collect the money, one of the tribal elders tells them that they are being forced to grow poppy. However, Paktya province is virtually poppy-free, as the altitude is too high for that crop. On the other hand, it is common to find huge fields of marijuana plants.
    • Quotes

      Richie Lanz: Can you sing?

      Merci: No. But, I can fuck you like a Mouseketeer on crack.

      Richie Lanz: You can?

      Merci: Sweets, I can do things to you that are illegal in every civilized nation in the world. I will leave you broken, drooling, and speaking in tongues like a hillbilly snake-handler.

    • Crazy credits
      Just after the closing credits begin, there is an inset scene running alongside. In it, Bill Murray haggles with a vendor who offers him colored string. The vendor speaks no English, while Murray carries on his side of the negotiation in English only. Murray rejects the string, saying "Do I look like a guy who uses string?", but he wants to buy a stuffed elephant with mirrors on it because early in the movie he promised to buy his daughter that exact item. In the end he also buys the colored string.
    • Connections
      Featured in Celebrated: Bill Murray (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Pop Star
      Written and Performed by Cat Stevens

      Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews75

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    6/10
    It's an OK Bill Murray film, but don't expect it to be outstanding
    It's a better song than it is a movie.

    Bill Murray gives a decent performance as a talent manager stuck in Afghanistan when he discovers the talent of a young woman and literately changes the face of Afghan Television. The film is somewhat based on a real life event about a woman who song on a poplar TV show in her country when this sort of thing is not allowed.

    You'd think having Murray in a movie would automatic make it Hysterical. After all, I've seen films were this man makes a cameo and it's the funnest moment in the movie.

    Definitely not the case with Rock the Kasbah. It has great jokes and fun moments but they are far too distant from one another to be effective in the movie. What's worse is that they try to use comedy to send a message, and it fails miserably, to the point of embarrassment of how an American film just mismanaged someone else's culture.

    Should I even mention that Bruce Willis and Kate Hudson are in it? Really does not matter cause they really did nothing in the movie, which is a shame cause I don't recall if Willis and Murray ever did a film together. The bigger shame is actually Zooey Deschanel, who I was hoping would mesh well with Murray's comic chops to make some entertaining screen time, but it did not.

    Bill Murray's Bill Murray and he did good with what he was given, but what he was given was poor, making the movie mediocre.
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    • Oct 24, 2015

    FAQ1

    • Is 'Rock the Kasbah' connected to 'Rock the Casbah' (2013)?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 23, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook Page
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Quây Toi Bên
    • Filming locations
      • Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Covert Media
      • Dune Films
      • Imagine Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,020,664
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,470,592
      • Oct 25, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,394,174
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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