Whilst knowing a reasonable amount about Canadian TV shows,a lack of knowing films from the country led to me joining a Canadian Challenge on ICM. Checking a site with a number of Canadian Horror flicks,I was surprised to find a Music Drama! Which led to me finding out how hard things can get.
The plot:
Knowing all the clubs in Ontario like the back of his hand,singer Jim King firmly sticks to playing his brand of Country and Western music. When told by band mates and family that he should try to play Rock music instead,King kicks them out of sight. Struggling keep things together off-stage after telling everyone to get lost,King begins struggling to kick out the jams on stage.
View on the film:
Touring round the music clubs of Ontario,director Paul Lynch & cinematographer Robert Saad (who later worked on Shivers) open a door to the sights,sounds and smells of the era,as the camera skirts around the dingy, smoke-covered rooms where Jim King continues to faithfully play his tunes. Exploring the divide between Rock and Country & Western,the screenplay by John Hunter makes King a guy with a lot of pent-up anger,which reveals it scenes in brittle fights King has with family,band members and groupies who fall out of love with his kind of music. Creating a barn storming atmosphere on stage, Donnelly Rhodes gives a great performance as King,thanks to Rhodes playing King's well-worn charisma on stage with a sharp bitterness off stage,as the hard part in King's life begins.
The plot:
Knowing all the clubs in Ontario like the back of his hand,singer Jim King firmly sticks to playing his brand of Country and Western music. When told by band mates and family that he should try to play Rock music instead,King kicks them out of sight. Struggling keep things together off-stage after telling everyone to get lost,King begins struggling to kick out the jams on stage.
View on the film:
Touring round the music clubs of Ontario,director Paul Lynch & cinematographer Robert Saad (who later worked on Shivers) open a door to the sights,sounds and smells of the era,as the camera skirts around the dingy, smoke-covered rooms where Jim King continues to faithfully play his tunes. Exploring the divide between Rock and Country & Western,the screenplay by John Hunter makes King a guy with a lot of pent-up anger,which reveals it scenes in brittle fights King has with family,band members and groupies who fall out of love with his kind of music. Creating a barn storming atmosphere on stage, Donnelly Rhodes gives a great performance as King,thanks to Rhodes playing King's well-worn charisma on stage with a sharp bitterness off stage,as the hard part in King's life begins.