A sleazy
tale of sex, cocaine and a disco airplane. A rock star from the '60s
attempts to make a comeback but is challenged by a disco idol and his
unscrupulous manager. Fabian - yes, the teen idol from the fifties -
plays former pop singer Richie Desmond who attempts a comeback in the
disco era, but he and his manager Brian get bamboozled by corrupt club
owner/music entrepreneur Cybil Michaels. She tricks Richie into a contract
that forces him to be an "opening act" for her new disco star
Tommy Aspen to celebrate the grand opening of her new discothèque
airplane. [Right, a flying disco! see pic below, left]
There
are so many things to like in this horribly bad movie! It seems like
the obvious culmination of too much cocaine and music biz excess. Of
course, Fabian (this time hiding behind a beard) is miserably miscast
as Richie Desmond, as he sings a collection of songs that don't even
closely resemble disco. But he IS fun to watch
and seems to realize that he's a-fish-out-of-water in this picture,
thus adding to its over-all charm. He's teamed up with [American
Top 40 host] Casey Kasem who plays his inept manager, spending the
entire movie dispersing coke and trying to get laid. [They also starred
together in the previous SOUL
HUSTLER.]
Michael
Blodgett, best known to genre fans for his Lance Rock role in Beyond
the Valley of the Dolls [and the subsequent VELVET
VAMPIRE] is disco star Tommy Aspen. This was his final movie.
Mr Blodgett quit acting and became a successful novelist. He wrote the
bestselling novels Captain Blood, Hero and Terror, and
The White Raven before his death from a heart attack at age 68,
November 2007.
An
American film in English language; fullscreen, uncut 92 minutes;
DVD encoded for WORLD FORMAT NTSC, playable on any American machine.
Extras include selected trailers.
Nudity/Drugs/Violence/Sexual Themes
For Mature Audiences
