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Tarfumes.com - Light of Day
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List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $19.95
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Lions Gate/Vestron
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean, Thomas G. Waites
Directed By: Paul Schrader
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300263383
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 630026338X
Label: Lions Gate/Vestron
Manufacturer: Lions Gate/Vestron
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate/Vestron
Release Date: 1989-09-13
Studio: Lions Gate/Vestron
Theatrical Release Date: 1987-02-06
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Yet Born In The U.S.A.....
Comment: Being we never had a stateside release of this film on dvd, lets see a U.S.A. blu-ray release! The music is awesome, the acting is incredible (esp on Joan Jett and Gena Rowlands behalf).
I have copies on VHS tape, but I just upgraded everything in my entertainment center to hi-def 1080P plasma and bluray. In otherwords, there is no more vcr in my entertainment center!
Blu-ray would make this movie even more incredible!
A bit of trivia for you:
Born In The U.S.A.
Not many people remember that this film was originaly slated to be titled "Born in The U.S.A.". Then Bruce released the tune he wrote for this film on his album titled of the same name (and he was originally to be cast in the film as well). An out of court agreement was made and Bruce wrote another tune, "Light of Day". Any fan of Springsteen or Joan should you-tube the video of them Performing this song together. It's INCREDIBLE!!
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Summary: Almost as good as "Teen Wolf Too"
Comment: Is there a more perfect mom and dad in the world than Alex P. Keaton and Joanna "Jo" Marie Polniaczek from "The Facts of Life"? Or were they supposed to be brother and sister? In any case, they really know how to cook up a tearjerker and they can definitely take care of a nauseatingly cute tyke monster. I personally think it was a mistake for Jo to switch from militant lesbian biker babe to white trash heterosexual. However, anything to improve on Alex as GOP spokesmodel I would have to say is a turn for the better.
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Summary: excellent
Comment: i have seen this movie many times. Joan Jett is excellent as Patty, Michael J Fox rocks as her brother, and unlike Back to the Future, he is really playing the guitar in this movie and the song he sings with little Billy Sullivan is awesome. Michael McKeon has come along was from playing Lenny on Lavergne and Shirly he makes a great Bu. This movie was my first introduction to Gena Rowlands and i thought she was very good.
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Summary: Disappointing
Comment: Two good songs (Light of Day and This Means War) are not enough to save this rock and roll movie. Joan Jett's acting consists of reading her lines with a face fixed in a snarling sneer. or is it a sneering snarl? No matter. Michael Fox will try to fix it all with his unwavering look of quiet concern and a few bobs of the head.
There is, I'm sure, a good movie waiting to be made about bar bands in gritty rock and roll clubs. Unlike Light of Day, it will have characters we can care about, acting that we can believe in and some development that makes a difference in the characters' lives.
A man ten rows behind me in the theatre where I saw Light of Day fell asleep and snored through the last half of the movie. No one bothered to wake him. Just jealous, I guess.
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Summary: Overlooked Classic
Comment: This is a great look at the everday lives of your average blue- collar musician who doesn't expect fame and fortune, but is just trying to get by and play music because that is what they enjoy doing more than anything else in life. I don't understand the people who say michael J. Fox was miscast. I think he comes off as convincing in the character he portrays- and he is a real- life musician as well, even before he became famous for acting. Do people on here not realize that he did play his guitar parts for the movie and that the Barbusters were a REAL band who played live to get into character for this movie? I recommend people try to tarck down the lIght Of Day soundtrack and hear Fox's rendition of "Rude Mood" as well as his signature song for the movie "Ain't Got No Place To Go". Anyway, I think the music here was fantastic throughout, and comes off very realistically. When they are playing live in the film they are actually LIVE and not using pre-recorded studio tracks to give the concert illusion. And as characters in the film move throughout the concert scenes you can hear the music ebb, flow, and wane as it would in an actual concert setting. I especially appreciate the scene during the performance of "It's All Comin' Down Tonight" where they show a group of people exit thier cars in the parking lot and enter the club. The music is muffled and you can sense the cuncussion effect against the club walls as they approach the front doors, and then as the doors open- wow! full on rockin' out! The attention to fine details like this that any music- loving concert veteran will be all too aware of is what seperates this film from alot of music- oriented films. Lastly, the dynamic between Patty and Joe was very well done. It's a very realistic scenario among two siblings in the same band with different aspiriations and different ideals. Look at most bands around who have siblings and take notice of how often that scenario leads to conflict and band turmoil. Light Of Day was a great, realistic portrayal of a work class bar band, and it stands apart from so many others of the genre. It needs to be released on DVD soon (with lots of interviews and extras).
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