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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404954687
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404954686
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledJapaneseSubtitled
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD04798D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: August 10, 2004
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 14, 1986
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Product Description:
A young musical prodigy studying at New York City's Juiliard School becomes obsessed with the music of the Mississippi delta, the blues. Intent on discovering fame and fortune as a blues guitar player, he seeks out the legendary bluesman, Willie Brown.
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The legend of Mississippi blues master Robert Johnson has served as a fountainhead for generations of blues and rock musicians, as well as a powerful fable for the dark, often violent mysteries of delta blues. Johnson's mythic deal with the Devil, in exchange for his extraordinary musical gifts, has become a fixture in blues lore and an example of the enduring pull of superstitions that can be traced back to Mother Africa and Yoruba deities. Producer-director Walter Hill (The Long Riders, Streets of Fire) sought to put this uniquely American mystery on film, but when he was unable to secure a script devoted directly to Johnson himself, Hill bravely decided to proceed with a more oblique, allegorical story that retold the Satanic bargain through a fictionalized drama set in the present day. In this 1986 feature, the hero is Eugene, a classically trained guitar virtuoso pulled toward the earthier powers of blues. When he stumbles across a lost blues legend, Willie Brown (a real blues figure and Johnson peer known for his partnerships with Charley Patton and Son House, among others), Eugene begins an odyssey back to the delta country and the crossroads of the title, where both Willie and Johnson had traded their souls for blues power, to help the surviving bluesman renegotiate terms.
An opening sequence, shot in sepia-toned black and white, dramatizes Johnson's own supernatural encounter, as well as one of the bluesman's historic Texas recording sessions, and Hill's visuals combine with frequent collaborator Ry Cooder's reliably authentic slide guitar to offer a promising glimpse of cinematic conjury. Even the satanic villain--a grinning huckster named Scratch--honors the trickster figure familiar to African American superstitions, rather than a generic devil. Willie Brown (Joe Seneca) is likewise a convincing link to the blues past, but Hill's central casting choice--Ralph (The Karate Kid) Macchio--sacrifices all for marquee value, a Hobson's choice that casts a shadow of unintended parody across the film. Macchio's earlier character, not Scratch, haunts this film, and even a nifty duel between Eugene, his slashing fretwork supplied off-camera by Cooder, and Scratch's ax-wielding henchman, heavy metal virtuoso, and one-time Frank Zappa protégé Steve Vai, can't safely rescue the film. --Sam Sutherland
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this is a most awesome movie. Ralph Macchio finally gets away from his Karate Kid persona. If you are into guitar rifts, you will love it! Any time someone beats down the devil, it's divine!
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This is a pretty good film. It prompted me to research the Satanic influence on rock and roll and boy did I find a lot. I stumbled upon a documentary on youtube entitled, "They Sold Their Souls to Rock". Unlike musicians who have to follow the ways of Satanist Aliester Crowley, et al. to gain talent and fame, Ralph Macchio's character has natural talent. I figured that if Satan is into music, he must also be into politics and foreign relations and boy did I find the Secret Societies and the New ... Read More
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6 Sept 09 Sunday: I enjoyed the guitar playing very much!!!!!!. The plot is also interesting!!!. To sell your soul for wealth, power, & fame!!! It seems human nature will never change for the better as long as Old Lucificer beats his drum & we march to its beat!!!!!!.. I saw this on HBO afew years ago & the bargin price Amazon.com sold it for, I could not pass it up. I listen to jass on the Wave F.M. out of Los Angeles, CA. The Wave is just the very best for easy listing. Thank you Amazon ... Read More
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If you like blues or great music this is a movie for you. The karate kid surprised me alot. I have loved this movie since I was a kid. It's simple but very good.
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I enjoyed this movie very much. When they finally meet the devil at the Crossroads, it makes your hair stnd up on the back of you neck. The music was great, especially Steve Vai playing Jack Butler. Ry Cooders music is always good.
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