Maggie Foley (ELLEN BARKIN) is a reporter who's writing a story about the rock-star's mysterious death. In 1983, 20 years after the death of Eddie Wilson, DJ's around the country have rediscovered 'Eddie and the Cruisers' - their classics 'Tender Years' 'On the Dark Side' and 'Wild Summer Nights' have attracted a new generation of fans. "If we can't be great then there's no sense in ever playin' music again" (Eddie Wilson) Without Eddie, there was no-one to complete Frank Ridgeway's creative unison of 'words & music' - the music stopped. Then before their second album was released, in the small hours before dawn, Eddie Wilson drove his convertible off a bridge. Set in a period where the growth of new artists like Bill Haley, Little Richard, and Buddy Holly were causing an evolution in contemporary music, Kluge's tale tells of an innovative group from the South-Shore of New Jersey called 'Eddie and the Cruisers.' With Wilson (MICHAEL PARÉ) as their charismatic lead singer, and Frank 'Wordman' Ridgeway (TOM BERENGER) writing their lyrics, they had an explosive combination that landed them a number-one hit.
In an age where even PG rated movies can be offensive, this film shows us what the PG rating should stand for.Based upon the classic novel by P.F Kluge, Writer/Director Martin Davidson and his sister Arlene Davidson brought the legend of Eddie Wilson and the music of the early 1960's flooding to our screens.
EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS MOVIE
This movie is perfect for Christians because you don’t have to keep your finger on the fast forward button and I find it to be suitable for both young children and teenagers, as well as adults. I loved this movie as a young child and it still remains a favorite of mine. Plus, there is absolutely no nudity or sexual innuendos. No “F” word is used and God’s name is never used in vain. This movie features only a couple of bad words. Is it Eddie? Or is it someone playing a cruel joke? Or maybe it’s some music fans so obsessed with the Cruisers that they want those tapes? As the pieces are fit together, the truth is eventually revealed. Somebody has also been ransacking the homes of the surviving band members. Someone checked them out the day after Eddie supposedly died. Foley goes to the studio to get her hands on the never-released album, she finds the tapes are missing. She soon comes up with a theory… what if Eddie is still alive? After all, his body was never found.
EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS TV
Reporter Maggie Foley ( Ellen Barkin) wants to do a TV documentary on the Cruisers and one by one is searching out the surviving band members for information.
Twenty years later, the band’s first album, “Tender Years” has made a comeback and is bigger then ever, with Eddie Wilson once again becoming a rock star. The band breaks up and goes their separate ways.
He storms out of the recording studio and that night, his car takes a dive off of a Jersey bridge.
Eddie doesn’t take the rejection very well. Eddie soon finds himself becoming a rock star.Ī year later, the band records a second album, but when they eventually finish it, the record company refuses to release it, saying that it’s garbage. Soon, the band finds themselves recording their first album and their song, “On the Dark Side,” becomes a number one smash hit. He soon hires Frank Ridgeway ( Tom Berenger) as both their song writer and piano player, and he even gives him the nickname “Word Man” because he has a flair for words. He wants his own songs that people will remember. They were known for playing songs such as “Betty Lou’s Got A New Pair of Shoes.” But that’s not enough for the bands lead singer, Eddie Wilson (Michael Pare). In 1962, Eddie and the Cruisers were the hottest local band to hit the New Jersey music scene.
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