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Pop/cinema team-up or carry on flogging the dead horse

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It surely makes sense for the entertainment forms of pop and cinema to pool resources on future projects, given the difficulty of finding new ways to make money in these hard times. Perhaps otherwise predictable re-makes can be given a new musical twist and help keep pop careers going. Some possible titles for future development:

Memo from Turner and Hooch - Mick Jagger (renowned for previous acting roles) reprises famous portrayal from Performance fighting the forces of law and order and decency but this time with a lovable pooch at his side.

A Fistful of Dollar - um...something about Clint Eastwood with guns, ponchos, David Van Day and the blonde one.

The Future Sound of Music - Julie Andrews attempts to hold a rave in the Austrian alps, though those dastardly nazis are out to stop her. Featuring the music of the Future Sound of London. Quentin Tarantino to direct?

More suggestions would be most welcome.

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Moviedrome ...

Seven Samurai Cooder - A guitar-slinging stranger rides into town with his six piece mariachi band, saves the locals from the tyranny of gay synth-based Abba covers band. He marries the girl, but loses an accordian. Said to have inspired ...

Erasurehead - Gay synth-based duo eek out a living hidden behind a radiator playing Abba covers to sperm and dust balls. Fin.

Karate Kid Creole - a vulnerable young boy is initiated into the secret arts of salsa by a swarthy older man with a moustache, panama hat ... and unfeasably large coconuts. Cert.18. Art-house only.

5 Star Trek - A family from Essex of various and uncertain genders vow to boldly take 80s pop where no man has gone before. A franchise in the making. (See also: The Wrath of Chaka Khan).

Jonathan Livingstone Flock of Seagull - a seagull seized by a passion for hairdressing pushes himself to learn everything he can about crimping until finally his unwillingness to conform results both in his expulsion from his flock, and a job with Trevor Sorbie. A Sundance Festival favourite.

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Steven C | 20 August 2009 - 8:15pm

Good grief...

I can see this one running and running... and running... and running...

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Patrick Crowther | 20 August 2009 - 9:50pm
Steven C | 20 August 2009 - 9:55pm

National Lampoons Permanent Vacation

Chevy Chase and Aerosmith on holiday together

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Rigid Digit | 20 August 2009 - 7:39pm

I can do this ...

12 Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner goes back in time to try and prevent his band from spawning too many soundalikes. Much lager is spilt and various packets of chips end up in the gutter. The first film to feature three different bassists resigning.

Tangled Up in Blue Velvet - Bob Dylan huffs helium, quotes Italian poets from the 17th century while looking for an ear. Bob Neuwirth plays the Man in the Yellow Jacket.

Don't Blame on I, Claudius - Rastafarians get thrown to the lions. Narrated by Lee "Scratch" Perry.

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Erich von Squally | 20 August 2009 - 7:50pm

Rita, Sue And Bob Dylan Too!

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Norwegian Blue | 20 August 2009 - 10:01pm

12 Angry Men Without Hats

12 Angry Men Without Hats: The safety dance was not enough to save them from work-related head trauma. Now they are fighting for compensation through the courts on a no-win / no-fee basis.

Batman Begins The Begin: Bruce Wayne’s costumed alter ego mumbles enigmatically about Miles Standish, tigers and insurgencies.

Cool Hand Luke Haines: The former Auteur turned jaillbird disdainfully eats 50 eggs while subjecting his fellow inmates to a caustic inner monologue. Later he digs himself a large, possibly symbolic, hole that he then finds impossible to climb out of.

Children Of Menswe@r: Bleak documentary focusing on the offspring of Britpop’s greatest folly.

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backwards7 | 20 August 2009 - 8:10pm

I'm Sorry I haven't a

Terminator: Humph keeps the team in line as they devise ways of annihilating the human race.

with hilarious results

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James Blast | 20 August 2009 - 8:19pm

Eno

Bowie's Heroes - Bowie, Iggy, Eno (playing the Telly Savalas role) and Mick Ronson go back in time and find themselves caught up in World War 2 with hilarious consequences.

Finding Eno - Various indie bands search the world for Brian Eno as they need his special producer's touch to breathe new life into their flagging careers. He's in hiding as he can't face the prospect of being responsible for prolonging the life of any more of these cultural throwbacks.

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Sven Garlic | 20 August 2009 - 8:20pm

And ...

Harold Budd & Maude - unlikely romance between suicidal avant garde composer and old lady who smells of lavender and wee. Strangely uplifting. (See also hippy disco romp The Zabriske Pointer Sisters)

The Man Who Fell To Earthworks Alien inventor arrives in Wimbourne, literally falling in with eccentric sedantry guitarist before concocting synthetic drum skin and leaving to form free jazz combo ... with hilarious consequences. (See also Scooby Doo & The Goblin King Crimson)

I'm Alright Jack White Peter Sellers excels as excessively confident union man fighting to overcome lack of musical talent to support his equally talentless sister (Margaret Rutherford) who later turns out to be his wife (Irene Handel) or possibly aunt (Liz Frazer) but still can't play the drums. Faces opposition and comic relief from his (possibly drunk, possibly racist) guitar playing brothers-in-law (Ian Carmichael & Dickie Attenborough) who want to send her to Jamaica on the Windrush as a protest about Labour's immigration policies. Maybe. (Cameo by Little Malcolm Muggeridge & The Eunuchs). (See also atmospheric period comedy Passportishead To Pimlico)

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Steven C | 21 August 2009 - 6:29am

Singin' In The Reign In Blood

Updated version of the classic musical.

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Norwegian Blue | 20 August 2009 - 9:23pm

This thread is going to cause chaos.

Industry grinds to a halt because all the important people are staring at computers trying to come up with silly film / music stuff..

Who's going to contact Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode with this for tomorrow's show? Shall I do it?

And I've forgotten how to do HTML for bold. Oh well. Here we go.

Big Star Wars - Same as Star Wars but with jangly guitar power pop instead of the John Williams theme.

The R.E.M.Pire Strikes Back - "Yes.. My religion I have been losing, hmmm?" (Or is that Return Of The Jedi? I forget..)

No Big Country For Old Men - Scottish geriatrics denied their fix of Caledonian 80's pop. Whilst living in Aberdeen and looking at oilrigs, obviously.

The Man Who Would Be Carole King - Connery and Caine compete to see who can write the best tune and look good in a floaty dress.

Death On The Blue Nile - the film of one of only four books written by Agatha Crusty. Over twenty-five years. They are jolly good, though.

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Lenny Law | 20 August 2009 - 9:33pm

The Man Who Would Be Carole King

Damn you! Nine posts in and surely we have a winner!

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Steven C | 20 August 2009 - 10:00pm

Romancing The Stone Roses

The War Of The Stone Roses

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Norwegian Blue | 20 August 2009 - 9:48pm

OK, here goes...

I can only be arsed to think up titles. I'll leave the plots to you...

Crouching Tygers of Pan Tang, Hidden Dragon

Jack White and the Seven Dwarfs

Ride of Frankenstein

La Joe Dolce Vita

The Empire Strikes Zack Starkey

Dr Strangely Strangelove

Are Poco Hip Now?

Deep Purple Throat

A Matter of Life and Def Leppard

Nuts in Lyle Mays

Battleship Greg Kihn

Last Tango in Steve Harris

A Streetcar Named Des'ree

The Great Trane Robbery

The Non-Towering Infernal Bono

The Glowering Infernal Ono

Caddyshakatak

Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari Barlow

Revenge of the Lynyrd Skynyrds

RT: The Extra-Terrestrial

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Patrick Crowther | 20 August 2009 - 10:57pm

The Searchers

John Wayne spends years looking for his neice after she is kidnapped by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, only to find she's gone native on the Chatsworth Estate.

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Steven C | 20 August 2009 - 10:04pm

Jefferson Starship Troopers

Plucky band of hippie outcasts morph into house band for the military elite. Charts the decline of American culture following the backlash against the backlash against the backlash against Watergate ... "The only good bug is a dead bug!"

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Steven C | 20 August 2009 - 10:14pm

oh you utter utter f*ckers

there goes my friday.

The Madness of King George - Nigel Hawthorne spends his last days going losing the plot, while his court is entertained by Camdens finest.

The Boomtown Mallrats - Bob Geldof and Pete Briquette spend their day hanging around a posh South Dublin shopping centre, pretending to be disaffected louts before Daddy swings by to bring them to Rugby training

Dexys Midnight Runners - Kevin Rowland is a scruffy, down at (high) heel bail bondsman, having to bring female former mob accountant to justice. Accountant is reluctant to travel. "Come on, Eileen", entreats our Kev. Only 2 people have seen this movie. Alan McGee is one of them

Best in Showaddywaddy - Fly on the wall mocurockumentary (if you will) following members of Leicestershire 50's revivalists and their pets

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ivan | 20 August 2009 - 10:45pm

Best in Showaddywaddy

Would pay to see that. Get on The case someone.

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Sour Crout | 27 August 2009 - 12:23pm

Go on then

Hurry Up Harry Potter

Dishevelled schoolboy Jimmy Pursey discovers magical ways to make a living from shouting mockney anthems.

Babylon Zoolander

Jaz believes strongly that his unique dress sense and his ridiculously good looks will sustain a long and lucrative popular music career. Owen Paul, his rival and nemesis, has other ideas...

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Austin | 21 August 2009 - 1:25am

Close Encounters of the Byrd Kind

The Fabulous Danny Baker Boy

A Betty Boo de Souffe

CasaHoobastanka

Alice Cooper Doesn't Live Here Anymore

A Clockwork Jason Orange

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Sheev | 21 August 2009 - 6:38am

Or ...

Hey Dude, Where's My Cars? - One man in a skinny tie searches for lost copy of 'Heartbeat City'. Not with hilarious consequences.

A Hard Day's Knights In White Satin - Following one day in the life of a Masonic Lodge as they make their TV debut singing a medley of showtunes on 'Britain's Got Talent'.

Delaney & Bonnie & Clyde - Bank robberies and impromptu white soul across the Southlands lead to drug abuse, alcoholism, madness, divorce, and murder in this light hearted rom-com.

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Steven C | 21 August 2009 - 8:29am

Or...

Hey Dude, Where's Metallica?

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Patrick Crowther | 21 August 2009 - 8:36am

Right, back to the coalface of idiocy...

Oh What A Lovely GWAR

The Wizzard of Oz

Ween Streets

Saturday Night Feeder

Raging Düül

Bon On The Waterfront

The Last Temptation of Feist

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Patrick Crowther | 21 August 2009 - 8:48am

Must be a plot in these somewhere

Be Here Apocalypse Now
Paths of Glory Estefan
The Sting! The Stewart Copeland! The Andy Summers!

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Cookieboy | 21 August 2009 - 8:45am

The greatest remake of all time?

The story of three fresh-faced Geordie scamps whose ruthless pursuit of world domination through the gift of blue-eyed soul is eventually thwarted when they die in a blizzard whilst transporting the masters of their greatest, unheard album, rumoured to be called 'Rosebud'.

I give you....Citizen Kane Gang.

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Black Type | 21 August 2009 - 9:06am

The King Crimson Tide

A clash of personalities between Captain Robert Fripp and Lieutenant-Commander William Bruford leads to a crisis of command and near mutiny aboard the nuclear missile submarine USS Bible Black.

Accompanied by a soundtrack of challenging 13/8 jazz-rock 'construkts'

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jimmymack | 21 August 2009 - 10:23am

not to mention The Pickettywitches of Eastwick

and Watts Eating Gilbert Grape

A quirky tale of a young Johnny Depp caring for the immaculately dressed but slightly grumpy drummer of the Stones

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jimmymack | 21 August 2009 - 10:35am

The Bicycle Thieves in the Temple

Lance Armstrong seeks sanctuary pursued by a small priest in purple robes

The Sting of Hank Marvin Gardens

An irritating buzz spoils bespectacled twanger's deckchair strum

I Was Not Was a Male War Bride

Slightly confusing update of Cary Grant classic

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Sheev | 21 August 2009 - 10:51am

Reminder to self - *get life*...

Paint Your REO Speedwagon

Raiders of the Lost Black Ark Studios

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Patrick Crowther | 21 August 2009 - 11:55am

Bravo!

I knew there would be a Speedwagon movie out there somewhere.

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Steven C | 21 August 2009 - 2:18pm

Quiet day in the office...

Taste of Honey - Gritty Northern kitchen sink drama starring Rita Tushingham and Rory Gallagher
Annie Hall and Oates - New York and LA based love triangle comedy between Diane Keaton and blue-eyed soul duo
The Mean Streets

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jimmymack | 21 August 2009 - 12:26pm

Pulp Fiction

Jarvis Cocker takes you round his library...and gets medieval on your ass...

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Richie B | 21 August 2009 - 12:53pm

Purple Rain Man

Diminutive bloke is idiot savant/genius.

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Black Type | 21 August 2009 - 1:08pm

The Human League of Gentleman...

...Phil Oakey enlists the help of several pioneers of UK electronica, Vince Clark, Gary Numan, John Foxx and others, in order to infiltrate the infamous,impenetrable Kling Klang studios in darkest Germany, to steal the secrets to pure electronic pop

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Mint | 21 August 2009 - 1:32pm

Johnny Logan's Run...

... a desperate attempt to stay alive and perhaps enjoy even more Eurovision success.

Three Steps To Heaven Can Wait
... a tale of resolute singletons.

Johnny Kidd And The Pirates Of The Caribbean
... an ill-fated bid to survive the dangerous mid-1960s roads of Lancashire.

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honestman | 21 August 2009 - 1:42pm

The House Of Love Actually...

... Guy Chadwick's increasingly desperate efforts to convince people that he really was once in a band.

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honestman | 21 August 2009 - 2:08pm

Or ...

The Modest Mouse That Roared - Aging guitar hero, with suspiciously black hair, bad tan and a blouson jacket, stows away on Heath Robinson inspired moon launch, only to crash land in the middle of someone else's band. Again.

The Quatermassive Attack - Mysterious object falls from space and begins omitting sinister sounds that drive everyone within earshot who's not cool totally insane.

Whiskeytown Galore - American guitar combo find themselves spending 12 months drunk on a remote Hebridean island for tax reasons. With predictably hilarious consequences.

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Steven C | 21 August 2009 - 4:26pm

Oh Mr Portishead!

Will Hay, Moore Marriott and crew get mixed up with a rum crew from round Bristol way

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Sheev | 21 August 2009 - 6:58pm

Where was I?

The Beast with Five Star Fingers

The Creatures from the Black Lagoon

Night of the Living Grateful Dead

Modesty Blaze Bayley

Invasion of the Moby Snatchers

Cat Stevens on a Hot Tin Roof

Breakfast at Biff Byford's

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Patrick Crowther | 21 August 2009 - 6:20pm

Or ...

Invasion of the Molly Hatchets?

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Steven C | 23 August 2009 - 9:34pm

War Movie Mashups...

Where The Eagles Dare
The Desert Fleet Foxes
The Diary of Anne Frank & Walters
Emmy The Great Escape
The Guns of NavarOne True
Voice

Kelly Osbourne's Heroes
The Naked and the Dead Can Dance
Von Ryan Adam's Express
The Heroes of TeleMark E Smith

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Adman | 21 August 2009 - 6:32pm

You've all done very well, as the young Mr Grace used to say

Frank Black Christmas

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Park

Bring Me The Head Of Jerry Garcia

Dr Terrorvision's House Of The Horrors

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Sven Garlic | 21 August 2009 - 6:52pm

Carry On Up The Junction

Sid James gets the hots for Babs from Clapham

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Sheev | 21 August 2009 - 7:08pm

Genius thread...

How about?

Death on the Blue Nile

The Human League of Extraordinary Gentleman

Smells Like Teen Spirited Away

Super Furry Animal House

PJ Harvey for Vendetta

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robram | 21 August 2009 - 7:11pm

Western Mashups

How the Westlife Was Won

High Llamas Noon

Shane. MacGowan.

Pat Garrett and Billy the New Kids on the Block

The Good, the Bad and the Queen and the Ugly

The Man Who Shot Liberty X

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Adman | 21 August 2009 - 7:12pm

High Plains Drifters

Harmony group find themselves in a town called Hell

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Sheev | 21 August 2009 - 7:43pm

Nice!

:-)

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Adman | 21 August 2009 - 8:22pm

Get life, get life, get life...

The Bono Ultimatum

All Quiet Riot on the Western Front

Slade Runner

Korn with the Wind

The Grapes of Wrathchild

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Patrick Crowther | 21 August 2009 - 7:46pm

Running with Scissors Sisters

As if his childhood were not traumatic enough already Augusten Burroughs gets mixed up with camp danceologists

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Sheev | 21 August 2009 - 7:52pm

Or ...

The Mission Impossible - action packed adventure as Wayne Hussey tries to recover stolen master tapes from arch nemesis and master of disguise Tiny Tom Tom Club Cruise.

When Harry Nilsson Met Sally Oldfield - it was pandemonium.

The Lady Ga Ga From Shanghai - naughty nautical noir featuring large transvestite, becalmed and hoping for a tug.

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Steven C | 21 August 2009 - 7:54pm

Horror Mashups

The DracuLas
The Twilight Boyzone
FrankenChrisStein
Richard Hellraiser
Three Dog Nightmare On Elm Street
I know what you did last Donna Summer
The Karen Omen
Egg Friday the 13th
Night of the Living in a Box Dead
Carry On Screaming Jay Hawkins

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Adman | 21 August 2009 - 8:20pm

Arsenic and Old Paper Lace

Cary Grant would rather take poison than hear "Billy Don't Be a Hero" again.

They threaten him further by saying it could be "Arsenic and Old Black Lace"

"No! Not 'Agadoo'..!" He cried

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Sheev | 22 August 2009 - 5:27am

My Dinner With Peter Andre

Two men compare their personal philosophies whilst eating in a New York restaurant. The one favours the good life. His friend seeks spiritual enlightenment by getting married to Katie Price.

Bring Me the "Head" Soundtrack of Alfredo Garcia
Warren Oates's character made the mistake of lending Garcia a highly collectable lp and now he wants it back. It's worth remembering that this film was made before The Monkees' entire back-catalogue was re-issued on cd.

Bob & Carol & Ted Nugent & Alice
Quaint period piece from 1969, when modern bohemians flirted with group therapy and wife swapping. Natalie Wood looks lovely. Ted Nugent looks a bit out of place.

Cleo Laine de 5 a 7
Cleo listens to "PM" whilst preparing the evening meal. Her husband joins her for dinner, then does the washing up whilst Cleo finishes off the crossword.

A Portrait of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince as a Young Man

Moby's Dick

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Robin Clarke | 24 August 2009 - 11:04pm

Ahurrr...Moby's Dick

Thanks for that one. It made me laugh like Beavis (or Butthead, whichever one had the most moronic laugh).

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Austin | 25 August 2009 - 10:14am

Thank you. I am terribly proud of myself.

It's important to have a good laugh every day. Making someone laugh is just as good as helping an old lady across the road, I reckon. Something professional comedians might remember the next time they are on a chat show.

Thank you for reading through the others. I'm going to carry on plugging away at art house movies no-one else has seen (until I can think of another dick joke).

Peter Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Michael Gambon gives a grandstanding performance as the gangster whilst Helen Mirren cuckolds him every ten minutes. Peter Cook, in full "Derek and Clive" mode, hoovers up the stimulants. Peter Greenaway at his most coherent. Contains strong language.

Seance on a Wet Wet Wet Afternoon

Joe Dolce Vita

Tootsie Collins

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Robin Clarke | 25 August 2009 - 9:22pm

The One is out there. And I won't be the one to work it out.

With apologies:
Cat Power On A Hot Tin Roof
Dial M People for Murder
Dumbo Diddley Is A Gunslinger

Whatever Happened to Baby Bird, Jane?

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About S'Express, But Were Afraid To Ask

Jordan, Jesus Christ, Superstar

Paul Young Frankenstein

Courtney Love In The Afternoon

Dr. Hook And The Daleks

Zululu

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Robin Clarke | 26 August 2009 - 6:42pm

Riders Of Destiny's Child

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Norwegian Blue | 21 August 2009 - 10:45pm

Dial M For Pop Muzik

Cabaret Charles
Joan Armatrading Places
North By North West Bruce & Laing
Tango and Johnny Cash
Rambo Diddley
Jurassic Parklife

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Steven C | 22 August 2009 - 7:11am

'Rambo Diddley'...

now that I would pay to see. :-)

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Patrick Crowther | 22 August 2009 - 7:14am

see also...

Cliff Richard Hanger

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ivan | 24 August 2009 - 9:52pm

The Third Ear Man

Them! Van accidentally receives a dosage of radiation and becomes 50ft tall. He's a bit miffed about it.

Hitchcock's The Byrds - jangly 60s group become agressive and violent for no apparent reason and attack Tipi Hedren. Perhaps it was the brown acid.

The Day Manfred Mann's Earth Band Stood Still

The Lost World of Twist

I Was a Teenage Fanclub

Northside by Kanye West

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Sven Garlic | 22 August 2009 - 9:56am

If 6 Degrees of Separation Were Nine

Hendrix adds layers of complication to inter-connectivity theory

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Sheev | 22 August 2009 - 10:52am

There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary Chapin Carpenter - unfortunate hair gel incident has winsome country chanteuse regretting she ever penned her big hit "Come On Come On".

The Naked Gun Club - of interest only to serious Jeffrey Lee Pierce fans, and even then...

Groundhogs Day - hairy rockers wake every morning only to find themselves writing exactly the same 12 bar blues song over and over again. Award winning documentary noted for its unflinching accuracy.

Shaun Ryder of The Dead - Manc rocker terrifies zombie hoardes with his deathly palour and blood shot eyes.

The Magnificent Shed Seven - York rockers save Mexican village from invasion by repelling marauding bandits with painfully dull greatest hits set.

Lawrence of Arabia - Felt frontman destroys Ottoman Empire with the power of his fey, jingly-jangly Velvet Underground-alike back catalogue.

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Andy Lynes | 22 August 2009 - 11:45am

The Madness of King George

Nutty boys find themselves in a time warp to become Georgian Court Troubadours.

Hence "The Liberty of Norton Folgate, Sirrah!"

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Richie B | 22 August 2009 - 10:52am

Jon Lord Of The Rings...

A fellowship of the free peoples of Middle Earth pursue a perilous quest to Mordor to hurl the Purple Lord's misplaced Hammond organ into the Cracks of Doom lest he dominate the world with an endless keyboard solo from the Ancient World...

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Colin H | 22 August 2009 - 11:29am

The Summer Of Sham 69

Bryan Adams pays tribute to a time when Jimmy Pursey was never off Top Of The Pops.

Get Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - a plaintive cry at an awards ceremony in the Phillip Schofield biopic.

ZZ Top Gun - a tale of beards, cars, guitars and naval pilots.

Latin Quartermass And The Pit - troubled times at an Underground extension as work is interrupted by the discovery of masses of abandoned achingly right-on albums from the 1980s.

Betty Blue Mink ...

this could become extremely addictive...

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honestman | 22 August 2009 - 12:17pm

The African Queens of the Stone Age

Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart conspire to sink a German gunboat using thunderous riffs.

Bogey gets a bit miffed when Kate throws overboard his fags, drugs and booze - the loss of his gak even makes him stammer - but he gets over it, and they pull together to beat the Hun.

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nigelthebald | 22 August 2009 - 12:31pm

can I play?

Simply Red Balloon Mick Hucknall has a friend, one day they'll fly away together. (Contains scenes of mild peril)

Clan of the Nick Cave Bear They're just one big happy family! (contains swearing and adult themes)

Billy J Kramer V Kramer They're my little children. No, they're my little children. Who will decide?

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Em | 22 August 2009 - 1:30pm

'Billy J Kramer V Kramer'

Fantastic! Surely the winner so far... :-D

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Colin H | 22 August 2009 - 1:43pm

I'm still sniggering at The

I'm still sniggering at The Wrath of Chaka Khan.

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Andy Lynes | 22 August 2009 - 1:47pm

There's A Box Set ...

Star Trekless Eric
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Chaka Khan
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock's Beard
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Homeward Bound
Star Trek V: The Vinyl Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Big Country

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Steven C | 22 August 2009 - 4:44pm

That Touch of Mink de Ville

Bring Up Babyshambles
I'm No Comsat Angel
Mr Blandings Builds His Crowded House

... all starring Cary Grant Lee Buffalo

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Steven C | 22 August 2009 - 4:33pm

Beyond the Valley of the New York Dolls.

Drugs.Drink. More drugs. More drink, Drugs Again.Drink.Drugs.Drugs.Drink.Drugs.

Then the New York Dolls show up...

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Sheev | 22 August 2009 - 5:06pm

Johnny Hates The Jazz Singer...

... it's not nice

Fun With Dick and Jane Wiedlin - tales of The Go-Gos rider.

Frankie and Johnny Go To Hollywood

Manfred Mann About The House - a South African keyboardist moves in with a couple of 1970s dolly-birds... with hilarious consequences.

The Wedding Present Crashers - no marriage ceremony in Yorkshire is safe from a bunch of indie chancers.

Doctor And The Medics At Large - one-hit-wonder opportunists encounter James Robertston Justice... with hilarious consequences.

Big Momma's Housemartins - an FBI agent dresses up as part of a Hull four-piece indie band to track down a bank robber.

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honestman | 22 August 2009 - 7:38pm

right then...

...I'll see your Manfred Mann About The House and I'll raise you

Robin Sarstedt's Nest Don't order the seafood if your resistance is low...

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Em | 22 August 2009 - 7:47pm

Here goes...

Bedtime for the bonzo dog doo dah band. In which Viv stanshall and co decide on an early night with hilarious consequences...

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Em | 22 August 2009 - 10:13pm

Peter High Noone...

...in which a clean-cut technicolour 60s pop star takes some drugs and suddenly imagines he's having a monochrome disagreement with Gary Cooper played out over a vastly overblown period of time (during which his clean-cut career disappears on the last train outta town)...

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Colin H | 22 August 2009 - 10:46pm

Beats International Velvet

Promising young horserider succeeds against all the odds - in a dub stylee.

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honestman | 22 August 2009 - 11:39pm

Oh

Run Fatboy Slim, Run in which the former Housemartin, er, runs...

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Em | 22 August 2009 - 11:44pm

Coming this fall...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Festival: Harry Potter is transported back to the year 1994, where he is given the task of deciding the running order of Vince Power’s now defunct music festival. Should Ned’s Atomic Dustbin go on before or after Blaggers ITA?

The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drifters: Variations incarnations of the famous doo wop group - The Drifters - attempt to decide once and for all who has the legal right to use the name, by racing garishly painted, souped-up cars through the crowded streets of Tokyo.

My Cousin Vini Reilly: Black comedy set in Aberdeen in the early 1980s. A ten year old boy attempts to win favour at a new school by claiming that his cousin is Vini Reilly from the post-punk band – The Durutti Column.

Interview with The Vampire Weekend: Miserable press junket off-cuts masquerading as a serious interview with the African-influenced New Yorkers. Inexplicably given a limited cinema release.

All Quiet on the Western Front 242: Biopic of Belgian electronic music pioneers - Front 242 - focusing on the time when the band decided to take a break and pursue other interests.

Honey I blew up Kid Rock: Hilarity ensues after an attempt at hunting possum with dynamite goes badly wrong.

Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears The Who! When anthropomorphic elephant, Horton, catches wind of a Who concert, he gives up on his dream of becoming an accountant and embarks on a sex and drugs-fuelled rampage across 1970s America.

How to Lose Guy Chambers in 10 Days: Biopic documenting the deteriorating relationship between Robbie Williams and his song writing collaborator.

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backwards7 | 23 August 2009 - 7:03am

Pat Garrett and Billy Childish

Mumbling, mayhem and moody tracking shots in the Medway delta

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Sheev | 23 August 2009 - 7:03am

Grandmaster Flashdance She's

Grandmaster Flashdance She's a maniac with a message, don't push her 'cos she's close to the edge (Guest starring The Edge as Himself)

and the sequel

Grandmaster Flash Gordon "Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have 14 hours left to record this seminal rap tune"

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Em | 23 August 2009 - 10:41am

The Empire Strikes Bachmann Turner Overdrive

A l-l-long time ago
In a g-g-galaxy far far away...

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Austin | 23 August 2009 - 11:57am

The War Of The Stone Roses

The story of why that long-awaited reunion is still, ahem, awaited.

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World Party - A desperate chase to find the buried royalties of Karl Wallinger.

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honestman | 23 August 2009 - 1:42pm

The Man With The Golden Guns 'n' Roses

Casino Royale Bowley
Octopussy Cat Dolls
Dr. No Doubt
Santogold Finger
Diamonds On My Windshield Are Forever
Live And Let Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Keith Moonraker
The Only Ones Live Twice

Or ...

Carry On Cleo Lane
Carry On Cabby Calloway
Carry On Sergeant Pepper
Carry On Dr. & The Medics
Carry On Dick Dale
Carry On Lovin' Spoonful
Carry On Again Dr. John
Carry On Emmanuella Fitzgerald
Carry On Girls Aloud
Carry On Henry Rollins
Carry On Follow That Sopwith Camel
Carry On Screaming Blue Messiahs
Carry On Matron Ashton
Carry On Cowboy Junkies

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Steven C | 23 August 2009 - 2:26pm

Carry On Henry Rollins

...what a knockabout funfest that one would be.

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Austin | 23 August 2009 - 11:08pm

Blue Velvet Underground -

Blue Velvet Underground - Lou and the team deliver sets from 70's British stand ups, with hilarious results.

The Seventh Seal - so far, six lanky British pop/soul singers have failed to beat Death at a game of chess, but this time its personal.

Some Like It, Hot Chip - will the studio-bound, nerdy kings of electro pop be persauded that some people actually enjoy the fresh air?

Lust for Life - Iggy Pop tries to sell Vincent Van Gogh car insurance.

Man on Wire - 60's Welsh rockers get better aquainted with punk legends.

Burn After Reading - arsonists run amok following annual Berkshire rock festival.

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Andy Lynes | 23 August 2009 - 2:30pm

KC and the Sunshine of the

KC and the Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in which a young man erases the memories of the queen of clubs over and over again.

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Em | 24 August 2009 - 7:40pm

My Life As Three Dog Night

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Sven Garlic | 24 August 2009 - 8:00pm

Or

Pulp Fiction Factory... in which Vincent Vega gets to feel like heaven..
From Russia With Love And Money... Bond and the Russian babe get on the Candy Bar Express
Woodstock... various 60s bands get together to live out the lyrics to Jonis masterpiece.....

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geacher53 | 24 August 2009 - 8:33pm

The Eyes of Laura Mars Volta

Photographer can see into the future while making an unholy din

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Sheev | 24 August 2009 - 8:43pm

Or ...

Driving Miss Jay-Z - a heartwarming morality tale in which cross dressing rapper strikes up unlikely friendship, and shared interest in Victorian undergarments, with little old lady chauffeuse.

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Steven C | 25 August 2009 - 2:52pm

Hannah And Her Twisted Sisters

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Norwegian Blue | 25 August 2009 - 6:47pm

Village of The Damned

Children in idyllic hamlet all start dressing like dracula resembling proto-goths or bleach their hair and wear big fluffy stripey jumpers, much to the alarm of their parents.

Fanny and Alexander - all girl '70s rock band spend a happy christmas in Sweden with fan Alexander, but then it all gets a bit dark and distressing.

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Sven Garlic | 25 August 2009 - 7:00pm

The Avengers Sevenfold

Patrick McNee & Diana Rigg star as The Beast & The Harlot in this late night Channel 4 spin-off.

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Steven C | 25 August 2009 - 7:14pm

Disco inferno

Lady Ga Ga and The Trammps

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Sven Garlic | 26 August 2009 - 7:19pm

I give you ...

An unlikely tale of long distance romance between a shy piano playing boy from Pinner, and an intellectually challenged New York cab driver ... "Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza"

Thank you, and goodnight!

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Steven C | 27 August 2009 - 8:22am

Peters and Amelie

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Beezer | 27 August 2009 - 12:28pm

Pretty Vacant in Pink

Clockwork Orange Juice

Sky Captain Sensible and the World of Tomorrow

Radio Birdman of Alcatraz

Rezillos vs Mothra

Dirty Johnny Rotten Scoundrels

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Gav Leonard | 27 August 2009 - 12:30pm
Beezer | 27 August 2009 - 12:36pm
Beezer | 27 August 2009 - 12:37pm

We Dive at Dawn & Tony Orlando

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Beezer | 27 August 2009 - 12:58pm

can resist no longer

Traffic
Shirley My Bloody Valentine
Diamond Dogs in Space
Mike Scott of the Antarctic
What Bernard Butler Saw
The Divine Comedy of Errors
The Spy Who Came in from the Coldplay
A Man for All Mad Seasons
Days of Thunderclap Newman

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kbhr | 27 August 2009 - 2:26pm

Sherlock Holmes and The Sign of Four Tops

Erudite English prvate dick urges Levi Stubbs to step asde as he performs "Walk Away Renee Zellweger"

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Sheev | 27 August 2009 - 3:39pm

As it's been a while...

Monte Carlo Or Busted - Schoolboy toffs must decide between a life of excess around the Mediterranean... or taking part in a vintage car rally.

The Unbelievable Truth About Cats And Dogs - Yorke junior ponders a new career as a vet.

Funeral For A Friend In Berlin - Harry Palmer travels to Wales to try to spring a rock band into the pop charts.

Dirty Pretty Things To Come - Carl Barat unveils his predictions for the next 100 years.

Jesus Jones Of Montreal - Indie chancers try to revive their career by means of a Canadian passion play rather than trekking around on the revival circuit.

Back To The Planet Of The Apes - After a 2,000-year flight astronauts crash land on to a planet where the dominate sound is squatter rock.

A Taste Of Honeycombs - A grim upbringing for a teenage girl in 1950s northern England and how the only escape is to learn to play the drums and join a band.

On Liquid Golden Pond - Ageing couple are visited by daughter, with much disagreement ensuing about cheesy/naff early 1980s disco bands.

Showaddywaddygirls - When the Teddy Boy look no longer sells any records, who needs clothes at all?

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honestman | 5 September 2009 - 1:31am
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