Rock Star Page #4

Synopsis: Chris Cole was born to rock. His longtime girlfriend Emily believes his talent could take him all the way - but Chris worships at the altar of Bobby Beers, the fiery frontman for heavy metal legends Steel Dragon. By day, Chris still lives at home with his parents and spends his days repairing copy machines. But when Chris takes the stage, fronting Pennsylvania's premiere Steel Dragon tribute band, all of that disappears. Chris Cole is Bobby Beers - mesmerizing audiences with his perfect imitation of Beers' electrifying vocals. The night his bandmates boot him out of the group, Chris is devastated - until an unexpected phone call changes his life forever: He, Chris Cole, has been tapped to replace Bobby Beers as the lead singer of Steel Dragon. In an instant, Chris rockets to the dizzying heights of sudden stardom, rising from devotee to icon, from rock fan to rock god - the wanna-be who got to be. So what happens when an average guy gets everything he wants - and discovers it's not eno
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Stephen Herek
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
54
R
Year:
2001
105 min
1,423 Views


-My favorite color is rainbow.|-Mine's mauve,

I said no. Haley, did you answer|the telephone? Thank you.

Sunshine Daycare.

Chris! Telephone!

Telephone!|You want to help me crack eggs?

-I want five.|-Five eggs.

Chris? ls that Chris Cole?

-Who is this?|-This is Kirk Cuddy,

Ricki, your accent is|as lame as your playing.

What do you suggest|I do about my playing?

Who is this?

I told you, it's IKirk Cuddy.|I play in a band called Steel Dragon.

-Maybe you've heard ofus,|-I don't have time.

Hang on, hang on.|Listen to this, all right?

Are you lip-synching?

If this is IKirk,|what did you call your third wife?

Do we have to talk about that old slag?|I called her Sugar Bum.

The second wife, too,|It's why the third left,

Now I affectionately refer|to all ladies as Tottie,

Is that enough for you?

My God, this is unbelievable.|I was sorry to hear about your dog.

Pookie?

Yeah. I sent flowers|but I didn't get a response.

But I figured you're so busy.

Can we get past|the This ls Your Life crap?

There's a ticket waiting for you|for a flight to L.A. tomorrow.

-Are you serious?|-Ofcourse I'm serious,

-Tell no one about this,|-Yes, sir.

Good man, I'll see you tomorrow,

Bye.

Right there.

I'm Chris Cole.

I'm Tania. I work with the band.

-You went out with Bobby.|-You look like Bobby.

-Is that all you brought?|-My manager.

We traded the first-class ticket|for two coach.

How resourceful.

Yeah, well, I thought so.

What was that? Did you see that?

Why are we here?

I should let IKirk explain|everything to you.

Are those your breasts?

I'm sorry. What?

Your breasts. Are they yours?

Well, you know, I don't remember.

They're quite sensational.

Well, thanks.|That's just what I was going for.

So you're in a Steel Dragon cover band.

-Tribute band.|-Right.

I'm kind of sort of|in between bands right now.

-Your pants.|-Emily had them made for me.

I bet they're easy|to get in and out of.

So, when do we get there?|Tania, is it?

Tania.

-Are you famous?|-No, we're nobody. Sorry.

-Well, you should be!|-Oh, thank you. Bye.

-Can you get us in?|-I'm just trying to get in myself.

Follow me, darlings.

This is Bobby's Twisted tour in '77.

-Look at that.|-See the dragon?

That's Sammy!

Look!

It's a '58 Flying V|in fire-mist gold.

And it's the real one. Look.|The fingerboards are rosewood.

That's from|the Delirious tour, right?

-Are you two coming or what?|-Yeah. Sorry.

Wait right here, all right?

Thanks a lot, Ralph. That's great.

-That's it?|-Yeah. Very nice. Thanks.

Lovely.

They're ready for you now.

What's up?

Thanks for coming.|Not too fagged out?

-I don't think so.|-Mats, the road manager.

I saw you in Pittsburgh.|You gave everybody a pass but me.

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John Stockwell

John R. Stockwell (born 1937) is a former CIA officer who became a critic of United States government policies after serving seven tours of duty over thirteen years. Having managed American involvement in the Angolan Civil War as Chief of the Angola Task Force during its 1975 covert operations, he resigned and wrote In Search of Enemies. more…

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