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The_Count 01:30 pm UTC 09/29/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Dead Ringer - steven_stuart 08:11 pm UTC 09/28/10 |
| I tried Amazon before posting this. I'm not even convinced this review is real but I posted it as a curiosity. I find it difficult to believe something like this could be lost. And yes, it does sound like the ABBA movie. I wonder if a posting for it would get any responses from Craigslist. > > Here is a review of Meat Loaf's movie, Dead Ringer. > > Naturally, there is no way to order this and it's still a > > mystery as to whether or not it really exists but I > > thought many would find this link of interest. > > > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101673/ > > I would love to see this film (even if its awful, it > sounds like a must see for any Meat Loaf or Jim fan). > Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I thought the plot > reminded me of the plot for "Abba: The Movie", where they > mix a concert film with a silly dramatic plot. > > The one review said: "This large, talented, sweaty singer > hit the scene like a tank out of hell and the fans loved > him. Now, several years later and about to go on the road > again to promote his new album, Meat Loaf starts to feel > the stress of success. His production office looks like a > war zone and none of his ''people'' are listening to him. > His two agents are either on the phone or playing Space > Invaders (remember that?) while pretending to be taking > meetings. Meanwhile, his manager keeps booking Meat Loaf > for interview after interview, slowly driving the singer > insane. The highlight of the film, in fact, is MacIntyre > Dixon, who plays Ernie Weaver, a slightly vacuous, > enormously patient New York interviewer trying to discover > the true ingredients of this Meat Loaf, and believing > every false word his subject tells him. > > Elsewhere, seemingly in some perpendicular universe, are > Russell (Josh Mostel) and his nerdy brother, Marvin (Meat > Loaf), who not surprisingly bears an uncanny resemblance > to his idol, Meat Loaf. It seems that Marvin never talks, > but he can belt out a Meat Loaf tune as well as the > original. When they learn that the great one is going on > tour, they make it their lives' mission to find and maybe, > hope against hope, even meet Meat. > > The rest of the film interweaves the separate stories as > Russell and Marvin follow the band across the country, > just missing them at every turn. It is all, to say the > least, an uneven hodgepodge that is consistently hit and > miss." > > The reviewer saw the film in April 2003, so there must be > some way to get ahold of it. Have you tried Amazon? I will > check over there. > > There is no mention of Karla, so I am guessing that she > had stopped touring with meat by 1981. However, the > wonderful Ted Neeley, who (imho) did a fanatstic job of > playing Jesus in the 1973 film version of "Jesus Christ > Superstar", is doing backing vocals. > | |
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