Roadie (1980)
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Roadie is a showbiz saga about the working slobs who make live pop-music performances happen. Texas good ol' boy Travis W. Redfish (pop singer Meat Loaf) drives a Shiner beer truck on his appointed rounds, but he becomes smitten with rock groupie Lola Bouillabase (Kaki Hunter), a… More Roadie is a showbiz saga about the working slobs who make live pop-music performances happen. Texas good ol' boy Travis W. Redfish (pop singer Meat Loaf) drives a Shiner beer truck on his appointed rounds, but he becomes smitten with rock groupie Lola Bouillabase (Kaki Hunter), a "roadie" whose sole ambition in life is to bed her idol, Alice Cooper (playing himself). Travis' grizzled pappy, Corpus C. Redfish (Art Carney), feels disgusted by his son's lifestyle. After hearing that Cooper and his band are on tour, Lola sets out to catch up to them and offer her services, with Travis in pursuit. Along the way, they meet a number of pop-music stars -- Blondie, Asleep at the Wheel, Hank Williams Jr., Roy Orbison, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott -- who are all working on their own tours. Travis signs on, himself, as a groupie for a rock band, and is quickly dubbed "greatest roadie of all time," but he soon realizes that he must return to Texas for the wedding of his sister and his best friend. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alan Rudolph
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jun 13, 1980 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com
For a rock comedy, it has very little that's actually funny, and even less that truly rocks.
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Cast
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Meat Loaf
as Travis W. Redfish
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Kaki Hunter
as Lola Bouilliabase
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Art Carney
as Corpus C. Redfish
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Gailard Sartain
as B.B. Muldoon
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Don Cornelius
as Mohammed Johnson
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Rhonda Bates
as Alice Poo
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Joe Spano
as Ace
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Richard Marion
as George
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Sonny Carl Davis
as Bird
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Alice Cooper
as Himself
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Deborah Harry
as Herself
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Chris Stein
as Himself
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Clem Burke
as Himself
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Jimmy Destri
as Himself
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Nigel Harrison
as Himself
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Frank Infante
as Himself
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Roy Orbison
as Himself
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Hank Williams Jr.
as Himself
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Merle Kilgore
as Himself
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
as Himself
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Ray Benson
as Himself
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Sheryl Cooper
as Herself
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Alvin Crow
as Himself
- Blondie
- Hamilton Camp
- Larry Marshall
- Alan Lee Graf
- Larry Lindsey
