Nancy Movies
- 1985
- PG
In a drama about being exploited by someone you trust, country music singer Jerry Reed, who served as producer and director as well as lead actor, plays Joe Hawkins, a successful performer who has emotionally hit the skids. He has been in the business for 25 years and its effects have turned him into an alcoholic and drugged-out ghost of his former self. His brother, a little slow on the uptake, decides it is time to do something about it and he kidnaps him away from his life on the road. A little investigative work reveals that Joe's manager has cheated him out of $8,000,000 over the years, and now the dried-out, sober-headed Joe and his brother are seeking revenge of the highest order. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jerry Reed, Barry Corbin, (more)
Composer, bandleader, satirist and all-around mad genius Frank Zappa offers an up-close look at "people who do stuff that is not normal" in this off-center concert documentary. Primarily filmed during a 1977 Halloween show by Zappa and his group (which at the time included Adrian Belew, Terry Bozzio, Roy Estrada, Patrick O'Hearn, and Ed Mann), the performance is interspersed with backstage footage of the group, visits with Zappa's fans, and clay animated sequences from filmmaker Bruce Bickford. Songs include "Disco Boy", "City of Tiny Lights", "Curse of the Knick-Knack People", "Punky's Whips", "Jones Crusher", "Black Page #2", and more. Baby Snakes was originally released in a version running 166 minutes, but at the insistence of the film's distributor it was edited down to 91 minutes; the complete version was later restored for release on home video and DVD. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, (more)
