Shining Star (1975)
- Starring:
- Harvey Keitel, Ed Nelson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sig Shore
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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This cult favorite from director/producer Sig Shore featured the music of Earth, Wind and Fire and had a #1 soundtrack album, but went belly-up at the box-office. That's a shame, because what other film offers viewers Harvey Keitel as a record producer who skates at an all-black disco rink, Bert Parks as a child molester, and squeaky-clean singer Jimmy Boyd ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus") as a hardcase junkie? Other treats on hand include the manager of a Christian pop band threatening to stick an ice pick in Keitel's ear and appearances by noted disc jockeys Murray the K and Frankie Crocker. Amidst all of this insanity, Cynthia Bostick's female-lead turn as a Joplin-like junkie singer named Velour is lost. The film ends with a number of Earth, Wind and Fire songs, but by that point most viewers will be in bad-movie shellshock. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 100 mins
Complete Cast:
- Harvey Keitel - Coleman Buckmaster
- Cynthia Bostick - Velour Page
- Jimmy Boyd - Gary Page
- John Powers - The Greek
- Charles McGregor - Mantan
- Leonard Smith - Bouncer
- Frankie Crocker - Himself
- Ed Nelson - Carlton James
- Bert Parks - Franklyn Page
- Michael Dante - Mike Lemongello
- Ron Gorton - Warren
- Murray Moston - Buck's Father
- Dick Stewart - Mel
- Director(s):
- Sig Shore
- Writer(s):
- Robert Lipsyte
- Producer(s):
- Sig Shore
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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