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Roadie

Roadie

Bands make it Rock...Roadies make it Roll!

19805.81h 46m

Overview

A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.

Directed by Alan Rudolph
Written by Michael Ventura, Big Boy Medlin
Produced by Carolyn Pfeiffer
Box OfficeBudget: $4.7MRevenue: $4.2M

Top Cast

Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Travis W. Redfish

Kaki Hunter

Kaki Hunter

Lola Bouilliabase

Art Carney

Art Carney

Corpus C. Redfish

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

B.B. Muldoon

Rhonda Bates

Rhonda Bates

Alice Poo Redfish

Don Cornelius

Don Cornelius

Mohammed Johnson

Sonny Carl Davis

Sonny Carl Davis

Bird

Joe Spano

Joe Spano

Ace

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Self

Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

Self

Themes & Keywords

roadierock music

About Roadie

Roadie is a comedy, music film released in 1980 exploring themes of roadie, rock music. Directed by Alan Rudolph, it stars Meat Loaf, Kaki Hunter, Art Carney. A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.

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