Roadie [DVD]

A fantastic gem of a film. Meat Loaf, "Travis Redfish" is truly the greatest roadie ever. He is really great in this film with a never ending group of super musicians.

Okay, so it's a B grade of a B grade movie. And the DVD came without any label art on it, which was kind of disappointing, but not much. I mean, come on, I'm buying a movie about a Texan named Travis W. Redfish - who is the world's greatest Roadie (and he doesn't even know what a roadie is!) - portrayed, for God's sake by Meatloaf! I didn't expect any fancy wrapping on this one that's for sure. Less than the ticket to see it at the movie (and I'm talking dollar house, y'all) and I have disk full of memories going back more decades then some of you have been alive! Music? Mix of Old school rock and Older school country. Some of the greatest stars of my generation, and just the joy of hearing Debbie Harry (Blondie's lead singer)when she isn't singing. Pert near plumb perfect for a movie that doesn't expect anything except the belief that everything works if you let it.Hokey? Yep. No brainer popcorn for that movie night when you don't care if you catch the dialog or not? It's that too. Just a fun little movie with Alice Cooper out of makeup, Asleep at the Wheel, singing one of the best about Texas songs, and By God Roy Orbison.Darn well worth the money. And for what it's worth, I'm from Oklahoma, and 'Texas, you and me' still makes me cry.

Nothing to dislike except the unavailability! A great movie. Takes me back so many years to much better an more fun times. Meatloaf made this a classic and the songs are crazy cool.

I have been looking for a copy of Roxie for years. If you have ever worked for a band this movie is a must see.

I ordered this fantastic movie used from amazon last week and it came yesterday and watched it today! Thanks for the very speedy service! It is a great movie from 1980. It is about this boy from texas named travis redfish played by meatloaf who falls for a 16 year old girl named lola but she is more interested in alice cooper and wants to only lose her virginity to alice cooper. Travis signs with a traveling rock band and becomes known as the greatest roadie of all time. When she meets alice cooper it does not turn out how she planned. The movie also has live singing from alice cooper, blondie, hank williams jr, asleep at the wheel and roy orbison. Art carney is hilarious playing the role of travis redfish's father. It is a fantastic movie with a splendid cast!

Having viewed a lot of rock 'n' roll films they don't necessarily have to make sense as long as they stay true to their own skewed logic. Alan Rudolph's film attempts to tap into the same manic anarchy of pictures like "Rock 'n' Roll High School". Alas, what's lacking in "Roadie" is the goofy energy of Alan Arkush's film. What does work is an affable turn by Meat Loaf as Travis, world's handiest roadie, and Kaki Hunter as the bubbly virginal groupie, Lola. What doesn't work are unmemorable musical performances by Alice Cooper, Blondie, Hank Williams Jr., Asleep at the Wheel, and Roy Orbison. That leaves us with a story and narratively it's a mess, an ingratiating mess but a mess nonetheless. I give the film a marginal pass, though, for its high spirits. Now if only someone would see fit to release "Get Crazy", "FM', and "American Hot Wax", genuine rock classics, to DVD.

A classic goofy movie that the husband like and had not seen in forever. Good price, excellent quality and delivered with care.

A great movie for music fans... starring Meat Loaf, Art Carney, Kaki Hunter, Gailard Sartain, Don Cornelius, Rhonda Bates, Joe Spano to name a few. The musical acts to appear on screen are Hank Williams Jr., Alice Cooper, Blondie, Asleep at the Wheel, Roy Orbison among others. The Grammy: Country Vocal Duo Award came from the soundtrack of this movie - for "That Loving You Feelin' Again" by Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison.

Item received as expected. All ok.

I wouldn't pay that price for that price.....!!

Travis W. Redfish (Meat Loaf) ist Trucker und hat sich in Lola Bouilliabase (Kaki Hunter) verguckt. Die aber hat nur Augen für den Rockstar Alice Cooper (der sich selbst spielt). Da Travis nicht einfach so auch ein berühmter Musiker werden kann, nimmt er einen Job an, um den Stars zumindest nahe sein zu können: Er wird Roadie.Das ist im Grunde schon mehr oder weniger die ganze Geschichte von Roadie, der Komödie von Regisseur Alan Rudolph aus dem Jahr 1980. Der Film lebt eben nicht von einer ausgefeilten Story, sondern vom Namedropping bekannter Musiker (neben Meat Loaf und Alice Cooper spielen unter anderem noch Debbie Harry von Blondie und Country-Star Hank Williams Jr. mit) und eben der Musik selbst. Aber reicht das? Nicht wirklich. Die gleichermaßen dünne wie dumme Story sowie die platten Gags sorgen dafür, dass sich Roadie selbst ins Aus katapultiert. Natürlich gilt er bei manchen Fans als Kultfilm, aber das soll ja nicht viel heißen. Aus meiner Sicht sind gerade mal so zwei Sterne drin.

Ich habe mir diese BR im Originalton gekauft weil ich oft mit der Deutschen Stimme bzw. der Synchronisation nichts anfangen kann und diese oft nicht von der Stimmlage her zum Darsteller passt oder die im Original vorhandenen Wortwitze und Anspielungen völlig aussen vor lässt.Und ich wurde nicht enttäuscht, die Stimmen sind authentisch und alles passt zusammen. Das Video selbst ist natürlich schon älter und man sieht es auch an der Qualität der Filmmaterials. Das tut aber dem Vergnügen keinen Abbruch.

I loved this film when it came out. I was working in a movie theatre and made sure to slip in during my favorite parts. In retrospect, watching the film from beginning to end doesn't offer my the same thrill. It has some great moments with the performances but the plot and much of the acting is unexciting. Seeing Alice Cooper in a restaurant with his snake is definitely worth seeing.