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Film facts for the 1983 Drama movie starring Michael Paré, Tom Berenger, Joe Pantoliano, Matthew Laurance
Helen Schneider, David Wilson, Michael 'Tunes' Antunes, Ellen Barkin, Kenny Vance, John Stockwell, Joe Cates, Barry Sand, Vebe Borge, Howard Johnson (II), Joey Balin, Bruce Brown (III), Robin Karfo, Rufus Harley, Louis D'Esposito, Michael Toland, Bob Garrett, Joanne Collins Update Cast
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Helen Schneider who plays Eddie's girlfriend and singer in the Cruiser 'Joanne Carlino' is actually an international music star in her own right and was the first foreign artist to be invited to perform in East Germany.Rewind Archive
Michael Paré is a fully qualified chef and graduated from the Culinary Institute of Hyde Park.Rewind Archive
Director Martin Davidson also introduced Sylvester Stallone to our screens with low budget classic 'The Lords of Flatbush' made for $160,000, it was purchased by Columbia and on release, returned a gross of $12 million.Thanks to C.T. Warren
Doc Robbins, the band's manager, was played by veteran character actor Joe Pantoliano. Like most of the cast, he didn't appear in the sequel, but "Joey Pants" was, of course seen in such 80s classics as "Midnight Run" and "Risky Business" and has since appeared in such hit films as "Congo", "The Fugitive" and "The Matrix", but might be best recognized as Will Smith & Martin Lawrence's boss in the "Bad Boys""Time of your life, huh kid?"
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A technical advisor on the film was 'Southside Johnny' who you might remember singing at the house party in 'Adventures in Babysitting' where Elizabeth Shue meets George Newbern for the first time.Rewind Archive
This movie was followed by 'Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!' - a long-shot at best with only John Cafferty's music and a limp handful of amusing scenes to save it. Rich and creamy cheesecake if you can get a hold of it. Paré is uncomfortable as the bulked up 'disguised' Wilson. He ventures back into the limelight by way of his talented new band - whom he unnecessarily tortures with his unobtainable standards.Thanks to Jenny
In the sequel to Eddie and the Cruisers, Mark Holmes, the man that plays the bassist Quin in the movie, is/was the singer of Platinum Blonde.Thanks to Hank
Michael Paré was the original "tough guy" student in the TV series "Greatest American Hero". When he went off to film "Eddie & The Cruisers", he was replaced by Paul Carafotes (the guy in Die Hard 2 that got stuck in the eye with an icicle).Thanks to John
In the original Eddie & the Cruisers movie there's a beach scene where Eddie has a conversation with Frank Ridgeway about the music, comparing it to bed sheets. That same beach scene appears in Eddie & the Cruisers II (Eddie Lives), as a flashback, only Frank Ridgeway was removed from the scene and replaced by Sal Amato, an obvious cut and paste job.Behind Doc at the radio station was an album by the band Quincy. I attended Haddon Heights high school with them in south Jersey 1969-70. Guitarist Alex Takach was killed mysteriously between sets while performing in Philly.
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There's often fake stuff floating round, y'know? -Like the 'ghost boy' that can allegedly be seen in "Three Men And A Baby".
But, nothing bogus that we know yet for "Eddie & The Cruisers".
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