They did the same thing with the live in concert release from 1992, which was solely billed as eddie and the cruisers, with caffretys name nowhere to be found on the outside cover. Eddie and the cruisers wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Remembering summers past with eddie and the cruisers on. The novel is set in new jersey, much of it in vineland where i had a summer job on the town newspaper in 1962. The dialogue is sharp, the book is packed with exquisite description and a surprise ending. Eddie and the cruisers is all buildup and no payoff.
Theres a lot of cigarette smoking and drinking in bars and music venues, but no one appears drunk. Nostalgia for their music has their songs getting air play again and with that setup, the story begins to unspool. Eddie and the cruisers is a tale of nostalgia set to one of the best original soundtracks of the eighties. In a surprise reveal at the ending, a bearded, much older looking eddie is shown alive, watching the multiple televisions in the. Did the screenwriters just adapt what was in the book. Eddie and the cruisers, the movie is occasionally on tv and despite it being a b. In the early 1960s, eddie wilson michael pare and his band the cruisers enjoyed a brief fling with success, but their career came to a halt when eddie s badly damaged car was discovered in an accident on a bridge.
John was a house painter by day, and played with his band at night, just trying to get something happening. After a recent viewing of the movie i decided to read the book to. Eddie and the cruisers was the first movie i ever watched when my family. The bridge in port republic, nj was used for the newsreel account showing eddie s car being pulled from the water.
The novels relative obscurity is a shame, for as alexie notes, it has literary. Eddie and the cruisers noteworthy the journal blog. Eddie and the cruisers posted on may 31, 2019 by joenazare its officially beach season, and the masses have begun the sunandfunminded migration to the jersey shore, so i thought it would be a good time to repost this piece first published on my old macabre republic blog back in 2011. Best known for the music behind the 80s rock n roll fable eddie and the cruisers and the sequal years later, john cafferty and the beaver brown band were often stereotyped as the music of the film. It had a whiplashinducing twist ending that roger ebert called so frustrating. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson with the screenplay written by the director and arlene davidson, based on the novel by p. A television reporter named maggie foley investigates the mysterious disappearance of legendary rock. How a box office dud ended up selling over three million copies of its. When initially released in september 1983, the song peaked at no. Apr 22, 2018 eddie and the cruisers down on my knees and hang up rock and roll shoes duration. Eddie and his jerseybred band, the parkway cruisers, were going places. It quickly proves, however, to be a remarkably good suspense story, full of vivid.
Then comes the fateful night when eddie s car goes into the water. Despite being a failure at the box office, it has since joined its predecessor as a cult favorite. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american drama musical film directed by martin davidson with the screenplay written by the director and arlene davidson, based on the novel by p. Cast and crew credits for eddie and the cruisers ii. Mar 20, 2020 eddie and the cruisers interesting facts. What happened was, the movie came out and that was the end of it. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. A delightful twist ending, especially for anyone who happened to have.
That official listing of his death is despite eddie s body never having been found. And about a year later, cafferty and i were working on his second album. The big deal out of the whole thing was that cafferty got a record deal. The bands next album, the selfproduced roadhouse, sold well to their fan base but did not reach the sales heights of tough all over. Eddie and the cruisers in the early 1960s, eddie wilson michael pare and his band the cruisers enjoyed a brief fling with success, but their career came to a halt when eddie s badly damaged car was discovered in an accident on a bridge. In 1989, they followed it with the score to an eddie sequel, eddie and the cruisers ii. Eddie and the cruisers dvds for sale in stock ebay. Remembering summers past with eddie and the cruisers on gettv.
However, eddie s body was never found, and years later, a. It received stars because the music, story, characters, and even the acting was done very well. After a recent viewing of the movie i decided to read the book to see how it compares to. Jan 20, 2019 what many people might not realize is the movie is based on p. Original songs like on the dark side, tender years, wild summer nights and seasons in hell. The junkyard scene was filmed in the huge junkyard in atco, nj. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson based on the novel by p.
And, of course, it adds to the eternal debate which is better, the book or the. Early one morning, toward the end of the recording sessions, eddie s car goes off a bridge into the river. Jun 02, 2015 eddie and the cruisers hit it big back in 63, only for tragedy to destroy the band. Eddie and the cruisers interesting facts page 3 movies dg. See more ideas about eddie and the cruisers, i movie and tom berenger. Now, eighteen years later, a reporter, maggie foley ellen barkin is doing a story on the cruisers, and attempting to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the master tapes from the recording sessions. Top 10 most extreme and awesome first singing auditions ever. The first eddie and the cruisers, to me, is a classic. The book was optioned by writerdirector martin davidson, who had. Eddie and the cruisers original motion picture soundtrack. I get why they did it, but still kinda of a dick move. Apr 24, 2015 a new bluray edition featuring eddie and the muchmaligned 1989 sequel, eddie and the cruisers ii. Eddie and the cruisers chapter 1 haunted dreams, a. A rock n roll ghost story published by user, 11 years ago it doesnt really matter whether or not youve seen the two films or have heard john caffertys superb rendition of on the dark side, on the radio before.
Aug 27, 2007 eddie and the cruisers has a nice feel for rock and roll, and it does a pretty good job of revealing the damage done to the survivors when that larger than life figure in your life disappears forever, but the thing that makes this movie lovable to me is that eddie wants to do something great. Kluges classic eddie and the cruisersthe book that spawned the moviesin paperback for the first time, so it can find a new generation of readers. In the second film, which supposedly follows on from the first, eddie s got a tiny moustache and a mullet, neither of which hide his face much, and make the fact no one spots. After a recent viewing of the movie i decided to read the book to see how it compares to the movie. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. Unlike the movie, eddie is not alive at the end of the. Eddie and the cruisers, a major rock n roll band in the early 60s, fell off the radar when singer eddie michael pare vanished after a dispute over their experimental second album. Eddie and the cruisers 1983 directed by martin davidson. If you love rock and roll, if you understand why elvis was the king, springsteen is the boss, dylan is the jester and know the smell of teen spirit, then youll love this book. With an album and a few minor hits to their credit the future seemed bright until eddie died in a fiery car crash. Eddie and the cruisers a fictional examination of my weakness lifelong weakness for the songs of my youth. In kluges book, eddie takes a month off in the summer of 1958 to work on a mysterious, experimental project with wendell newton in a secluded location at lakehurst.
The book, like the movie deals with the one member of the cruisers and his life after the death of eddie. A television reporter decides to investigate the legendary death of the lead singer of eddie and the cruisers, a 1960s onehit wonder, in this rockflavored drama. Eddie and the cruisers music, videos, stats, and photos. A new bluray edition featuring eddie and the muchmaligned 1989 sequel, eddie and the cruisers ii. Nearly 20 years later, journalist maggie foley ellen barkin tracks down the old cruisers to see if she can unravel the secret of eddies disappearance. After the sudden death of lead singer eddie wilson michael pare, in his feature debut. Today eddie and the cruisers is one of the most beloved movies of the 80s. Chicago the story of a dropout rock and roll star usually disappearing at the height of their fame has fascinated the movies in both fiction eddie and the cruisers and documentary waiting for sugarman. Helen schneider born december 23, 1952 is an american singer and actress working mainly in germany. Whereas kluge conceived hero eddie wilson as a dionesque. Eddie and the cruisers began life in 1980 as a novel by p. He has been married to shannon criscillis since may 4, 2003. The title of this book is eddie and the cruisers and it was written by p. It is directed by jeanclaude lord, and based on literary characters created by author p.
Buy a cheap copy of eddie and the cruisers book by p. Ive seen both eddie and the cruisers and eddie and the cruisers ii, eddie lives and i rather enjoyed them both. Arthur rimbaud returned once after 20 years no longer looking like he once did, as he was tanned, healthy, muscular and a gunrunner in africa. Eddie and the cruisers was not originally conceived as a nostalgia trip for jersey.
This is actually how eddie is seen, healthy and long haired 20 years later in the movies closing. A montreal construction worker joins a band and turns out to be a longlost rock star from 1960s new jersey none other than eddie wilson, who mysteriously disappeared after a road accident. Jul 25, 2017 eddie and the cruisers began life in 1980 as a novel by p. Kluge, walt whitman, and eddie and the cruisers oupblog. Tight script, good directing, solid acting, and an intriguing story. Please do not bid more than you can afford to pay within 24 hours of the end of the auction. Sunday journal and star eddie and the cruisers seems at first glance to be only a smartly written novel about nostalgia for the music of the late 1950s.
However, it lacked, in a huge way, the presence of a much needed director to put all of it together and to make the movie great. Especially oddinsulting as half the material on it isnt from either eddie movie. Page 3 this category is for questions and answers related to eddie and the cruisers. However, cafferty wasnt able to come up with a batch of songs as good as the dark side, which leaves the soundtrack as bland and predictable as the movie. Its been close to eighteen years since the officially listed 1964 death of eddie wilson, the lead of the working class jersey rock band eddie and the cruisers, which released only one albeit successful album before his death.
Kluges novel was a combination memoir and murder mystery, with a reporter investigating the life and death of a local rock star a generation earlier. Kluges classic eddie and the cruisersthe book that spawned the movies in paperback for the first time, so it can find a new. It s one of myif not all timefavorite movies, and i never tire of watching it. Helen leslie schneider was born in brooklyn, new york city, the daughter of dvora and abraham schneider. Now, leaving aside the possibility that eddie might, in fact, have gone down with his chevy, this premise, has all sorts of possibilities. He goes to see sals nostalgiadriven reinvention of the cruisers with an eddie lookalike. What many people might not realize is the movie is based on p. I played in a band called gunthers bus at t marts in the late 60s and early 70s. Kluge and any quotes or songs performed by john cafferty and the beaver brown band used from the movie some were just too good not to use in the story.
Kluge the movie follows a fictional 60s rock band called eddie and the cruisers. They werent like ordinary movies that have a beginning, a middle and an end. Twenty years later, frank is teaching high school english when maggie locates him. At the end of the first film and its not a spoiler to talk about the end of a 30 year old film eddie was revealed with a full beard and his hair parted like han solo. Same to be said for the movie book, eddie and the cruisers credit to p. Kluge dog day afternoon, based on a summer he spent working for a small town newspaper in new jersey. Eddie and the cruisers 1983 martin davidson synopsis. Aug 22, 2001 loved the eddie and the cruisers movie. Original songs like on the dark side, tender years, wild summer nights and seasons in hell make this an album worth owning. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. The band makes a name for itself while playing regularly at a somers point, new jersey club called tony marts. It tells us about this unsung rock n roll genius named eddie wilson, whose chevy crashed off a bridge back in 1963, and then it suggests that eddie might still be alive. The part of the lead singer eddie wilson was played by micheal pare. Matthew laurance was born on march 2, 1950 in queens, new york, usa as matthew dyckoff.
I enjoy the movie version of eddie and the cruisers, particularly its soundtrack, but the book is a whole other level of accomplishment. Juliet, naked takes the premise and creates a charming, romantic story about fandom and redemptive decisions. The film about a 1960s singer who meets a mysterious end was on. The song was written and recorded for the 1983 film eddie and the cruisers, and appeared on the films soundtrack album.
Schneider studied piano before forming her own blues band and playing in venues throughout new england and new york. Eddie and the cruisers down on my knees and hang up rock and roll shoes duration. Kluge wrote the 1980 novel it was based on as more of a. The film assumes joeeddie is a legend, and fails because it does not begin to convince us of his charismatic appeal. With tom berenger, michael pare, joe pantoliano, matthew laurance. He is an actor, known for eddie and the cruisers 1983, st. A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose longlost leader eddie wilson may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the bands neverreleased album. Theatrical release poster for the 1983 film eddie and the cruisers embassy pictures eddie and the cruisers, the movie is occasionally on tv and despite it being a b movie i usually watch. A lost album and the circumstances around eddies death are the twin mysteries driving the narrative. The canvas of memories, wrong trails and dreams is dense, but in the end everything is resolved and even the precious tapes, refused years ago, reappear. You enjoy the characters and the music, at least i did. When he wrote his poetry, he was pale, drugged and drunk all the time. The movie eddie and the cruisers didnt do very well when it was first released, and neither did this song. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson with the screenplay written by martin and arlene davidson, based on the novel by p.
Eddie and the cruisers, the movie has been on tv recently and its a movie i usually watch, and i decided i wanted to read the book to see how it compares to the movie. Twenty years later a british rock band turns their old songs into monumental fresh hits. When i heard they were going to make a sequel i was a little ambivalent. Eddie and the cruisers is a 1983 american film directed by martin davidson with the screenplay written by the director. Eddie and the cruisers quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Only two cast members, michael tunes antunes, the tenor saxophone player for john cafferty and the beaver brown band, and helen schneider were professional musicians in the.
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