Ozzy Osbourne Movies
Heavy metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne first gained exposure as co-founder and vocalist of the groundbreaking hard rock band Black Sabbath, which formed in 1969 in Osbourne's hometown of Birmingham, England. After nearly a decade of helping to define the parameters of the heavy metal genre, Osbourne embarked upon a solo career that brought him even more success and infamy. He became a symbol for hard rock excess and outrageousness, thanks to his music's quasi-Satanic imagery, his very public substance abuse, and an assortment of bizarre stunts (such as biting the head off of a dove in front of a roomful of record executives and an arrest for urinating against the Alamo). Osbourne's few silver screen appearances have been cameos in youth-oriented films that play off his image as the ultimate rock & roll heathen, though his interview segment in the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization 2: The Metal Years was one of the few down-to-earth, honest moments in a revealing, and often damning, portrayal of the metal scene's fans and performers. However, it was with the 2002 premiere of the MTV reality series The Osbournes that Ozzy entered the strangest chapter of his career in the public eye. Millions tuned in weekly to peer into the day-to-day life of the Osbourne clan, as captured by a camera crew set up in the family mansion. Ozzy was revealed to be a sweet (if addled) husband and father who loved his wife and children despite the unending chaos and profanity that distinguished their home. The popularity of the series made Osbourne (and the rest of his brood) more famous than ever with many viewers who had never even heard his music. Along with wife Sharon, Ozzy became a symbol of modern parenting for some, and proof of American society's utter dysfunction to others. What's certain is that The Osbournes humanized the long-reviled singer's image and brought Ozzy mainstream television fame that no one could have ever predicted. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide
- 1978
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Perhaps the single most influential band in the history of heavy metal, Black Sabbath took the blues-based riffing of British hard rock, turned down the tempos while turning up the amps, added an extra dose of their own signature minor-key thud, and created a sound that changed the shape of rock and roll forever. Black Sabbath: Never Say Die -- Live In 1978 is a concert video recorded during a 1978 tour date which proved to be one of the last the band would play with their classic lineup of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler; Osbourne left the band by the end of the year, and this lineup would not be heard from again until a concert tour in 1998 brought the original foursome back to the fold. Songs include "War Pigs", "Never Say Die", "Paranoid", "Dirty Women", and "Children of the Grave". ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1986
Thrill to the sounds of Ozzy Osbourne in his "Bark At the Moon" concert tour. ~ All Movie Guide
Character actor Charles Martin Smith directed this quirky horror film about a dead rock star who wreaks vengeance on a small town. When a rock musician is banned from performing at a high school Halloween dance and ends up perishing in a hotel fire, he vows vengeance on the town and comes back from beyond the grave to obliterate the population. He does this through one of his most rabid fans, the nerdy Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price), a high school outsider. He is such a fan that he plays the rock star's final album "Songs in the Key of Death" in reverse, looking for instructions on how to live his life. The rock star willingly obliges Eddie with helpful hints and soon Eddie is able to face down the high school bullies and gain the attention of an attractive girl. But soon Eddie begins to suspect that the ghost is using him. With the ghost intent on destroying the town, Eddie uses his newfound self-confidence to stand up to the ghost and save the town from destruction. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marc Price, Tony Dean Fields, (more)
- 1986
Wild metal man, Ozzy Osbourne does his stuff in this concert video. Among the songs performed are "Lightning Strikes," "Ultimate Sin," "Thank God for the Bomb," "Never Know Why (We Rock)" and "Bark at the Moon." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
A group of radical Vietnam vets become broadcasting pirates and take on a Presidential candidate in this crazy comedy. The vets and their leader, "Captain," are television raiders flying all over the country in a B-29 they turned into flying broadcasting station S&M TV, jamming the airwaves wherever they go. Their self-assigned mission for the past 20 years is to keep the public informed about government activity to stop them from launching another foolish war like Vietnam. To do this they monitor the broadcasts of other television stations and when they don't like what they hear, they bust in and expose the lies. The bulk of the story centers around their final mission: an all-out attempt to keep Mrs. Willa Westinghouse, an ultra-conservative Presidential candidate and strong proponent of the Cold War and military strength, from winning the election. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Pollard, (more)
This supernatural teen action film is about a strange reincarnation with the emphasis on "car." Young Jamie is killed by the evil Packard (Nick Cassavetes) and his gang of thugs because Jamie was caught romancing Keri (Sherilyn Fenn), Packard's girlfriend. Suddenly "the Wraith" -- a black turbo racing car shows up to challenge Packard (sounds like a Detroit auto duel) whose livelihood comes from stealing cars. What happens next is an endless series of car chases as Packard's gang of punks start to bite the dust, one by one. Then Jake (Charlie Sheen) comes into town on a motorcycle and makes a play for Keri, giving rise to old animosities one more time. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, (more)
- 1988
This tape contains three heavy metal videos from Ozzy Osbourne's album No Rest for the Wicked. The videos displays rock's metal man at his creative pinnacle with three featured songs, including the uncensored version of "Miracle Man," "Crazy Babies" and "Crazy Train," which can also be found on the Randy Rhodes Tribute album. This 14-minute tape also contains some rare behind the scenes footage of Ozzy Osbourne in the studio producing the videos of "Miracle Man" and "Crazy Babies." This tape is ideal for any Ozzy Osbourne fan. ~ Forrest Spencer, All Movie Guide
Volume 1 of this hard rock and heavy metal video magazine series details the lives and careers of heavy metal superstars. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1988
- R
Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons, and Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Steven Tyler are among the Heavy Metal artists interviewed in The Decline of Western Civilization 2: The Metal Years. This follow-up to filmmaker Penelope Spheeris' classic 1981 "punk" documentary The Decline of Western Civilization is a bit more reflective and word-dominated than its predecessor, but no less entertaining. One striking aspect of the film is its before-and-after comparisons of the impact of MTV. Heavy Metal newcomers tend to overpraise the cable service, while the "oldsters" implicitly decry the mainstreaming-and in some cases, homogenizing--of their best work. Interestingly, Spheeris' own style has become more mainstream in the years since Decline of Western Civilization, thanks to experience gleaned on such dramatic films as Hollywood Vice Squad (1986) and Dudes (1987). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anthony Joseph Perry, Steven Tyler, (more)
- 1989
- 1989
"In the Name of Rock N' Roll," "Wild Side," "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Within Your Eyes," "Please Try and Find Me," "My Generation," "I Don't Know," "Shot in the Dark," "Suicide Solution," "Sweet Leaf," "Paranoid," "Black Out," "Big City Nights," "Holiday," "The Zoo," "Dynamite," "Still Loving You," "Long Tall Sally" and "Rock and Roll" are the featured songs from Motley Crue, Gorky Park, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions and Jam in this Moscow concert. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1990
An informative presentation that includes a guide to recycling. Includes an information booklet and stars a large group of celebrities. Bugs Bunny, B.B. King, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler and many others are here to spread the word. ~ All Movie Guide
Don't Blame Me is a comprehensive documentary of rock superstar Ozzy Osbourne that explores in-depth his personal and professional life. Osbourne discusses information about his attempted suicide, his recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, his highly publicized stage antics, battling accusations he was a Satan worshiper, and a very personal look at his home life. This documentary includes music from his live-concert performances, such as "N.I.B.," "I Don't Know," "Mr. Crowley," "Mama, I'm Coming Home," and "War Pigs." Also included are interviews with members of Metallica, Motorhead, Mötley Crüe, Jon Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, and with the Ozman himself, painting not only a stark examination of a rock superstar's life, but of that lifestyle as well. ~ Forrest Spencer, All Movie Guide
One of heavy metal's most enduring madmen, Ozzy Osbourne devastates the crowd in this video program filmed during two sold-out concert tours in 1992, in which he performs his solo hits and a few favorites from his days in Black Sabbath. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1995
- R
Two guys from Queens wind up in trouble with the mob because of their fondness for prank phone calls in this quickie comedy. Stars Johnny Brennan and Kamal Ahmed first found fame as "The Jerky Boys" thanks to a series of comedy albums featuring real prank calls in which the duo assumed a variety of abrasive and often extremely foul-mouthed characters. Playing characters based on themselves, they reprise many of these same routines in this debut film, linking the comic bits together through a loose plot concerning local organized crime. It seems the boys have used their phone skills to trick a local mobster (Alan Arkin) into thinking that they are notorious Chicago hoods, only to have to go on the run when their scheme is discovered. Made to capitalize on a Jerky Boys fad, the film failed to attract much of an audience beyond their existing fans. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Johnny Brennan, Kamal Ahmed, (more)
The youngest child of the family often has the most problems -- so why should things be different for the Prince of Darkness and his offspring? Satan (Harvey Keitel) is considering retirement, and is pondering which of his sons should take over the family business -- ambitious Adrian (Rhys Ifans), strapping Cassius (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.), or Nicky (Adam Sandler), an accident-prone demon who prefers to stay in his room playing his favorite heavy metal tunes. When Satan decides to stay on for another 10,000 years, Adrian is outraged, and leaves Hell to go to New York, where he and Cassius attempt to round up enough souls to vote Satan out of power. Satan, understandably upset, sends Nicky to bring Adrian and Cassius back home, but Nicky finds life on Earth is more complicated than he expected. Things don't get any easier when he develops a crush on Valerie (Patricia Arquette), a good-hearted mortal woman. Little Nicky also features Michael McKean as a city official trying to put Nicky behind bars, Kevin Nealon as Hell's gatekeeper, Rodney Dangerfield as Satan's father, Robert Smigel as the voice of Beefy -- a talking dog who is Nicky's guide on earth, Allen Covert as Todd -- Nicky's new roommate, and Peter Dante and Jonathan Loughran as a pair of metalheads who dig Satan. Jon Lovitz and Reese Witherspoon play cameo roles, and Regis Philbin and Ozzy Osbourne appear as themselves. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, (more)
- 2001
Director Penelope Spheeris offered a witty and insightful look at the 1980s metal scene in her documentary The Decline of Western Civilization 2: The Metal Years, and now she examines the state of metal at the end of the century as she documents the 1999 edition of Ozzy Osbourne's annual touring road show, the Ozzfest. Perennially headlined by Ozzy and a reunited lineup of his pioneering metal group Black Sabbath, Ozzfest is a traveling festival that brings together a handful of the leading hard rock acts of the day, and despite waning media attention paid to heavy metal, Ozzfest has proven to be one of the biggest grossing attractions on the arena circuit since debuting in 1994. We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n' Roll offers performances by Ozzy and Black Sabbath, as well as fellow Ozzfest performers Rob Zombie, Slipknot, Slayer, Primus, System of a Down, Godsmack, and Fear Factory. Spheeris talks to the performers and behind-the-scenes figures who travel with the festival (including Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy's wife and manager), as well as the fans who come to drink, mosh, and raise havoc. Spheeris also briefly allows a group of born-again Christians protesting the show a chance to air their views on the spectacle. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, (more)
This documentary presents the personal accounts of many of rock & roll music's biggest stars as they share their personal war stories of life in the music business. In a genre known for its excesses, many stars were eclipsed shortly after they shot across the entertainment sky. Some made comebacks; others died or faded into obscurity. Rock stars such as KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, and Poison give viewers an inside look at the often chaotic rock & roll business. Musical numbers are interspersed with interviews in this production. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, All Movie Guide
On the heels of the success of the first season of his MTV reality sitcom, rocker Ozzy Osbourne embarked on a tour of the Far East, recording this concert film along the way. Shot at Japan's famed Budokan Theater, Ozzy Osbourne: Live at Budokan features Black Sabbath frontman on such heavy metal classics as "I Don't Know," "That I Never Had," "Believer," "Junkie," and "Paranoid." ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Arguably the most prolific figure in the history of heavy metal music, Ozzy Osbourne has for decades rocked metalheads to their very core. From his earliest days with the legendary Black Sabbath, to his popular solo efforts, to his massive Ozzfest tour featuring some of the most popular musicians of the genre, the notorious Osbourne has made headlines with his outrageous antics and stricken fear into the hearts of parents around the globe. A colorful personality to say the very least, the world would bear witness to an entirely different side of the metal madman when, in early 2002, reality television pioneer MTV debuted The Osbournes. A massive success that garnered the highest rating ever for an MTV premier and would subsequently build viewership ratings to become one of the most successful cable series' ever (even surpassing that of some network series), The Osbournes would breathe new life into Ozzy Osbourne's career and find his popularity soaring to new heights. With the colorful personalities of wife Sharon and children Jack and Kelly, one could never be sure of what would happen next on The Osbournes. This wild unpredictability, coupled with storylines often alternating between hilarious, poignant, and surreal, provided viewers with the ultimate peek into the personal life of a celebrity. Though many would subsequently attempt to emulate its success, few would lay claim to the fascinating personalities and unique dynamic that made The Osbournes so captivating. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, (more)
- 2002
Heavy metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne goes under the microscope in this documentary, which through interviews and film clips follows Ozzy's career from his days in Black Sabbath to solo superstardom. Along with never-before-seen interviews with Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of F*?$!@# Darkness includes rare footage of the man on stage, in music videos, and acting in the horror film Trick Or Treat; Rob Halford, Rudy Sarzo, and Ugly Kid Joe also weigh in with their thoughts on the man and his music. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 2002
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The Rockthology series of videos contains performance clips, videos, and interviews with rock artists. This edition contains work by such famous metal artists as Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Queensryche, Lita Ford, and Scorpions. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
