Roadie

"Bands make it Rock...Roadies make it Roll!"

1980 1h 46m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 30

ComedyMusic

Synopsis

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A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.

“Bands make it Rock...Roadies make it Roll!”

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Cast

Meat Loaf
Travis W. Redfish
Kaki Hunter
Lola Bouilliabase
Art Carney
Corpus C. Redfish
Gailard Sartain
B.B. Muldoon
Rhonda Bates
Alice Poo Redfish
Don Cornelius
Mohammed Johnson
Sonny Carl Davis
Bird
Joe Spano
Ace

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alan Rudolph
Writers: Michael Ventura, Big Boy Medlin
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 90% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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46 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alan Rudolph, shot by David Myers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tom Walls shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Meat Loaf and Kaki Hunter and Art Carney carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Alan Rudolph directs. David Myers behind the camera. Tom Walls cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 90% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
346 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Directed by Alan Rudolph, shot by David Myers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Editor Tom Walls shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Meat Loaf and Kaki Hunter and Art Carney carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Bands make it Rock...Roadies make it Roll!".
10IMDB entry: tt0081433 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 30 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.