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According to the John Mellencamp biography Born in a Small Town, Mellencamp was initially reluctant to include "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." on Scarecrow, feeling the song was too light-hearted to include alongside the otherwise grim songs such as "Rain on the Scarecrow" and "Face of the Nation".
Scarecrow is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp. Released on July 31, 1985, it peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 . The album contained three top-ten hits: " R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. ", which peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ; " Lonely Ol' Night ", which peaked at number six; and ...
Scarecrow is a 1973 American road comedy-drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The story involves the relationship between two men who travel from California seeking to start a business in Pittsburgh.
The title of "Lonely Ol' Night" was inspired by a scene in the 1963 film Hud starring Paul Newman, based on the 1961 novel Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry.John Cougar Mellencamp had seen the film many times as a young man, and its portrayal of Newman's character Hud Bannon's strained relationship with his father Homer Bannon (Melvyn Douglas) affected Mellencamp deeply, inspiring many of ...
"You Can't Win" is an R&B, pop and soul song written by Charlie Smalls and performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson, who played Scarecrow in the 1978 musical film The Wiz, [1] [2] an urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. [3]
Summer Rain (French: Pluie d'été) is a Canadian short film, directed by François Dauteuil and released in 1985. [1] The film stars Paul Hébert as a farmer whose scarecrow transforms into a beautiful young woman (Geneviève Rioux) on a warm summer night. The film's cast also includes Linda Sorgini and Martin Faucher.
Scarecrow is a 2013 television horror film directed by Sheldon Wilson [1] [2] and starring Lacey Chabert, Robin Dunne, and Nicole Muñoz. A Syfy original film , it premiered on Syfy on October 19, 2013, and was released on DVD on February 25, 2014.
Scarecrow is a 2002 American direct-to-video slasher film, directed by Emmanuel Itier. It has been described as a B movie and stars scream queen Tiffany Shepis and Tim Young among others, including director and cofounder of Oingo Boingo Richard Elfman. The film is described as "so bad it's good", due to its poor acting, writing, and overall ...