Roadie
Canned from a 20-year job as roadie for Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy is broke and desperate. With nowhere else to go, he returns home to Forest Hills, Queens to visit his aging mother, where a wild night with some hard-partying high school friends shows him that some things never change. From director Michael Cuesta, ROADIE features powerful performances from Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy and a refreshingly eclectic 70s hard rock soundtrack. (Source)
For the last 20 years, Jimmy Testagross lived his childhood dream, working as a roadie for Blue Öyster Cult. When the band cuts him loose, he returns to his widowed mother's house in Queens for a visit. But he soon realizes that she is not well and decides to stay on. When he runs into his high school crush Nikki at the local bar, he learns that she is married to his former nemesis. Jimmy begins to deal with his past relationships and create a future for himself. (Source)
A man has to give up a life of lifting amps and chasing groupies to take on the challenges of the real world in this independent drama. Jimmy Testagross (Ron Eldard) was a teenage rock & roll fan when he was growing up in Queens, and a couple years out of high school, he landed what seemed like the perfect job -- joining the road crew of hard rock icons Blue Oyster Cult. After spending twenty years on the road, Jimmy is cut loose when economics force the band to streamline their operation, and at the ripe old age of forty, Jimmy has no idea what to do with his life. Needing some time to regroup, Jimmy returns home to visit his elderly mother (Lois Smith), only to discover she's growing senile and may need him to move in and look after her. As Jimmy struggles with the notion of facing adult responsibilities for the first time, he also crosses paths with Randy (Bobby Cannavale), who bullied him in high school and still acts like a spoiled brat, and Nikki (Jill Hennessy), Randy's wife, who dated Jimmy in high school and is still holding on to a fading dream of making it as a singer/songwriter. Jill Hennessy, an accomplished musician as well as an actress, wrote the songs she performs in character in the film. - Mark Deming, Rovi (Source)
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