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Rock the Kasbah

  • 20152015
  • RR
  • 1h 46m
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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.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
12K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,878
3,754
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    • Director
      • Barry Levinson
    • Writer
      • Mitch Glazer(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Bill Murray
      • Leem Lubany
      • Zooey Deschanel
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Barry Levinson
    • Writer
      • Mitch Glazer(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Bill Murray
      • Leem Lubany
      • Zooey Deschanel
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    • 75User reviews
    • 109Critic reviews
    • 29Metascore

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    A Pearl
    Clip 1:16
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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)
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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

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    Top review
    6/10
    It was okay... disappointing overall.
    We went to Rock the Kasbah for an early screening. Neither of us had heard much of anything about it, but I enjoy Bill Murray's work and it seemed to have a strong cast.

    But the first half of the film seemed different than the second half. Actors seemed wasted in their roles. I just wasn't quite sure what to make of the movie.

    The film is about an over-the-hill music producer, Richie Lanz, scrambling to make a last go of the industry. He brings his last big talent (Zooey D) overseas as an entertainer for the troops, where he will be sure to collect some big money. However, she promptly decides she doesn't want to be there, leaves, and Bill Murray is left to fend for himself sans papers or money. That is how the movie opens. After that we get Scott Caan, Bruce Willis and Kate Hudson appearing in varying roles as Bill Murray finds his way in Afghanistan.

    Kate Hudson may or may not be intentionally faking an accent, but tries hard to pull off sex appeal as a hooker for hire. I don't see her appeal. Bruce Willis is the necessary, and typical gun for hire. Zooey comes and goes, and sadly never comes back. Scott Caan is the necessary character who comes and goes to provide necessary funds to Lanz to survive. I didn't find him funny and was a plot device only to basically say the first half of the film is rendered irrelevant.

    It's just weak compared to other Bill Murray fare and each character seems to be a cameo, until the end becomes just another old-music-producer-finds-a-talent. It doesn't seem to push many boundaries, which is ironic since the film is about pushing boundaries in Afghanistan.

    It was okay, but nothing more and nothing less.
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    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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