Movies tagged as "rock n roll"

Beyond the Sea [2004, USA, Germany, UK ] starting from $1.99

BOBBY DARIN . . . in the era of cool he was the soundtrack.

Genres: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical Actors: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Greta Scacchi, Caroline Aaron, Peter Cincotti, William Ullrich, Michael Byrne, Matt Rippy, Gary Whelan, Jake Broder, Tayfun Bademsoy, Tomas Spencer, Directors: Kevin Spacey Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He's volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he's living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then "Splish Splash" puts him at the top of the charts and on "Bandstand." He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana; then it's on to the movies, where he meets and marries Sandra Dee. After, it's balancing career, health, marriage and family life, balances he doesn't always keep. Throughout, conversations with his boyhood self give him perspective.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High [1982, USA ] starting from $1.99

Fast Cars, Fast Girls, Fast Carrots...Fast Carrots?

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Actors: Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Ray Walston, Scott Thomson, Vincent Schiavelli, D.W. Brown, Forest Whitaker, Tom Nolan, Eric Stoltz, Stanley Davis Jr., James Russo, James Bolt, Nicolas Cage Directors: Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.

I'm Not There [2007, USA, Germany ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Biography, Drama, Music Actors: Cate Blanchett, Ben Whishaw, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Marcus Carl Franklin, Heath Ledger, Kris Kristofferson, Don Francks, Roc LaFortune, Larry Day, Paul Cagelet, Pierre-Alexandre Fortin, Richie Havens, Tyrone Benskin, Kim Roberts, Directors: Todd Haynes Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified.

King Ralph [1991, USA ] starting from $1.99

A comedy of majestic proportions

Genres: Comedy Actors: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips, James Villiers, Joely Richardson, Niall O'Brien, Julian Glover, Judy Parfitt, Ed Stobart, Gedren Heller, Rudolph Walker, Michael Johnson Directors: David S. Ward, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When an accident obliterates the British royal family and most of its branches, a desperate geneological search discovers the next king: Ralph, a sleazy American lounge singer. Can Ralph measure up to the job, even with the help of loyal aristocrat Willingham?

This Is Spinal Tap [1984, USA ] starting from $1.99

Does for rock and roll what "The Sound of Music" did for hills

Genres: Comedy, Music Actors: Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Dominguez, Shari Hall, R.J. Parnell, David Kaff, Tony Hendra, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Bruno Kirby, Jean Cromie, Patrick Maher, Ed Begley Jr., Danny Kortchmar, Directors: Rob Reiner Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Marti DeBergi is a film-maker who decides to make a documentary, a rockumentary actually, about the world's loudest band, the British heavy metal group Spinal Tap. The movie is in fact a biting satire and spoof of the whole rock and roll scene that passes itself off as a real documentary of a real band. Hilarious behind-the-scenes footage is combined with faux-concert clips to breath life into the imaginary group.