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Walter Hill
Director -
Ry Cooder
Original Music Composer -
John Fusco
Screenplay -
Tim Zinnemann
Executive Producer -
Pat Romano
Stunt Double -
John Bailey
Director of Photography -
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist -
Marvin March
Set Decoration
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GenerationofSwine 1/12/2023 2:01:52AM
Yeah, who doesn't love Robert Johnson, right? OK, well that's not true, I have friends that are Beatles fans... and the thing about them is that they are pure, unadulterated, pop. And the Stones play the blues. Cream plays the blues, Grand Funk, CCR, even Pearl Jam from time to time. The people that don't like Robert Johnson are pure pop fans. Everyone else listens to the blues. That is what this is, it's a love letter to the blues via the Robert Johnson crossroads legend, the traveling hobo bluesmen of the 1930s, it's a thank you to people like WC Handy and everyone that goes down to Memphis and works their way south just to see where it all started. But, for the pure pop fans, it's just the Karate Kid with a guitar and the kindly instructor with a harmonica. If you're into that kind of thing, it's a movie you'll appreciate, you'll probably even like. But if you're a pure pop guy... it's probably not your thing, but watch it anyways, because you wouldn't even have pop without what this is paying tribute to.
Joe Morton
Scratch's AssistantRalph Macchio
Eugene MartoneJami Gertz
FrancesJason Ross
Jookhouse ManJo Marie Payton
Jookhouse WomanAllan Graf
AlvinDiane Robin
NurseTim Russ
Robert Johnson