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Eddie and the Cruisers
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Eddie and the Cruisers is a 1983 American film directed by Martin Davidson with the screenplay written by Martin and Arlene Davidson, based on the novel by P. F. Kluge.The movie follows a fictional '60s rock band called Eddie and the Cruisers. The band makes a name for itself while playing regularly at a Somers Point, New Jersey club called Tony Mart's. It is there that they meet Frank Ridgeway, whom Eddie Wilson hires to be the band's keyboard player and lyricist. Doc Robbins and Sal Amato are skeptical of hiring Frank, who is not a trained musician or experienced song writer, but Eddie believes that Frank is crucial to the band's development. The movie then continues to detail the rise of band to the top of the charts as well as the lives of the band members involved. When the movie begins in the 1980s, The band's music is experiencing a revival, Eddie has been missing (and presumed dead) for 18 years, and a documentary filmmaker is looking up the old members.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The film was followed by a sequel, Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! in 1989. | |
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Anachronism Stew: The flashback portion of the story takes place in the early 60s, but their hit sounds an awful lot like a certain rocker who was kind of popular at the time of the film's release. | |
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Captain Ersatz: John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band kind of sound familiar, don't they? | |
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Breakout Pop Hit: "On The Dark Side" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. | |
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Almighty Janitor: Eddie and the Cruisers met Frank when he was working as a janitor at the bar they used to play. Joann finds out that he's conveniently also an amazing poet and Eddie decides to hire him after reading his poetry. | |
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Badass Beard: Eddie sports one at the end of the first film. | |
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The Band Minus the Face | |
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The Band Minus the Face: Sal was the only original member in a new version of The Cruisers. | |
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