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Mood:
- WittyGloomySexualCaptivatingCynical
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Plot:
- Musician's LifeDrug AbuseMidlife CrisisArtists and ShowbizLife is a BitchMind and SoulUnfulfillmentGays and Lesbians more...
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Genres:
- DramaMusic
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s90s
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Place:
- CaliforniaLos Angeles
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Humor:
- Irreverent Humor
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Style:
- Voice Over
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- Based on PlayBased on True Story
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Score:
- Rock
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- Drugs/AlcoholStrong Sexual ContentNudityProfanity
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Prey for Rock & Roll, 2003
English
USA
Profile of Prey for Rock & Roll
Prey for Rock & Roll can be described as witty, cynical, and sexual. The plot revolves around drug abuse, a midlife crisis, and the life of a musician. Its comic aspect comes from irreverent humor. Prey for Rock & Roll's main genre is drama. In terms of style, it includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. Prey for Rock & Roll is located in Los Angeles. It takes place in the 1980s and in the 1990s. The soundtrack is rock. Prey for Rock & Roll is adapted from a play and originally a true story. Note that it involves strong sexual content, drugs/alcohol, and nudity.
Summary of Prey for Rock & Roll
Two days before her 40th birthday, Los Angeles rock musician/tattoo artist Jacki (Gina Gershon) is considering throwing in the towel on her her dreams of stardom. As frontwoman for the all-female band Clam Dandy, she gets the band booked in plenty of local clubs, but the big break she keeps hoping for never seems to materialize. To add to her frustration, her band resembles a dysfunctional family: drummer Sally (Shelly Cole), the band's youngest member, is the live-in lover of guitarist Faith (Lori Petty), and bassist Tracy (Drea De Matteo), is an addict whose habits are funded by her wealthy father. Jacki's luck seems to be on the upswing when a record company rep begins coming to the band's shows and she gains a budding romantic interest in Sally's ex-con brother, Animal (Marc Blucas)--but she can rest assured that all obstacles are not behind her.
Based on Cheri Lovedog's autobiographical rock musical of the same name, PREY FOR ROCK AND ROLL offers an electric, true-to-life portrait of the struggles of a working rock band. Gina Gershon, in a formidably strong and sexy performance, sings all her own vocals in a series of fierce, punky songs also written by Lovedog. Petty, De Matteo, and Cole, who learned their respective instruments for the film, also turn in excellent work in this gritty look at the elusiveness of the rock-and-roll dream.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 January 2003 |
| Runtime: | 104 min |
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- by: Mick LaSalle
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- by: Ronnie Scheib
