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The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
Canada 2005
produced by Nicholas Tabarrok, Bryan Gliserman (executive), Palmer West (executive) for Darius Films
directed by Michael Mabbott
starring Matt Murphy, Lyriq Bent, Natalie Radford, Adrian Morningstar, Tim Post, Barbara Radecki, Jason Spevack, Beatriz Yuste, Andy Marshall, Jeff McDonald, Thomas Michael, Dahla MacKenna, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Ronnie Hawkins, Levon Helm, Phil Kaufman, Randy Butcher, George Stroumboulopoulos, Michael Stevens, Rob Bowman
written by Michael Mabbott, music by Matt Murphy, Michael Mabbott
review by Dale Pierce
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This film is so strange it has all the makings of becoming a cult
classic someplace down the road. Producer Nicholas Tabarrok wanted to
get away from his stereotype as "Christian film producer" due
to his work in cooperation with Cloud
Ten Films, and this certainly
does it. Sex, drugs, Rock and Roll, and of course, Kris Kristofferson,
guarantee to do the trick.
Silly, weird, even a bit warped, this is one peculiar ride from start
to finish. Picture This Is Spinal Tap with shitkickers rather than
outright madeup rock stars and you get the drift.
Guy Terrifico is a rockabilly type who rises to stardom due to an
unusual series of mishaps, only to crash and burn just as fast as he
arrives. From holding court in his bar in Canada, to a disasterous
series of events in Nashville, including getting knocked flat by Merle
Haggard, showing up drunk on national tv and just making an utter fool
of himself, his life is a rollercoaster ride. His antics turn him into a
disgrace in the eyes of some and a twisted antihero to others, but then,
at the height of the controversy, he is shot and killed on stage, or is
he?
He is placed dying in a car, but driven off into oblivion by one of his
staffers. Then the myth overrides the man.
Years later, a new album is released and the question burns: Is
Terrifico really alive or has something resurfaced from the world
beyond?
Matt Murphy, foremost a musician rather than actor, was somewhat of a
risk to cast in the starring role, but he handles it perfectly. He takes
the absolutely ridiculous and makes it believable. There's no doubt some
jackasses will actually see this thing and fail to realize it is a mockumentary rather than a documentary and it is all b.s.
Haggard, Kristofferson and others speak of Terrifico as a real person
and make this all sound all the more convincing. The concept, so far
fetched from the onset, sounds almost credible by the time the film
concludes.
This film is worth seeing simply because it is so peculiar. Not a horror
film, like most vehicles reviewed here, but weird enough to fit in
someplace as one of those projects bound to build a following of weirdos
and cultists as time goes on. Early indications are it has already
started.
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review © by Dale Pierce
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