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Eddie gets involved with a struggling bar band, and his passion for music—along with his desperate anger—resurface. He decides to confront the talents he had denied for years once and for all. Eddie (as Joe West) challenges the bar band's talent, accepts an invitation to play and quickly dazzles the audience and the band's members.
Eddie and the Cruisers is a 1983 American musical drama film directed by Martin Davidson with the screenplay written by the director and Arlene Davidson, based on the novel by P. F. Kluge. The sequel Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! followed in 1989.
His best-known film roles were as Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and its sequel Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989), [9] as well as Streets of Fire (1984) [10] and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984). [11] Paré also appeared in the 2012 remake of The Philadelphia Experiment.
'Eddie' became a surprise smash a full year after it bombed at the box office, due to the 1980s' cable TV revolution — but its star admits the soundtrack would've never gone triple-platinum if ...
Michael “Tunes” Antunes (born August 10, 1940) is a professional American saxophonist. He is most noted for playing the tenor saxophone on hit songs with John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band and for his acting role as the saxophonist in the 1983 movie Eddie and the Cruisers and its sequel, Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
The Full Monty: Nominated 1998 John Madden: Shakespeare in Love: Nominated 1999 Sam Mendes: American Beauty: Won Film directorial debut. Mendes is the first British director and the sixth director overall, to win an Academy Award for Best Director for a debut film. 2000 Stephen Daldry: Billy Elliot: Nominated Ridley Scott Gladiator: Nominated ...
"On the Dark Side" is a song by fictional American rock band Eddie and the Cruisers, released as a tie-in to the 1983 film of the same name.When initially released in September 1983, the song peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard, while the film itself was pulled after three weeks in the theaters.
Eddie Murphy (TODAY) Murphy is synonymous with Axel Foley, although he hasn’t played him since “Beverly Hills Cop III” 30 years ago. Returning to the role was a bit of a wake-up call for him.