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Radio America

USA 2015
produced by
Christopher Showerman, Clint Morris, Aliza Washabaugh, Chris Durand, James C. Showerman (executive), Greg Kappy (executive) for ShorrisFilm
directed by Christopher Showerman
starring Jacob Motsinger, Christopher Alice, Kristi Engelmann, Wayne Bastrup, Xander Jeanneret, Read MacGuirtose, Jeff Bold, Cheryl Rodes, Peter Le Bas, Christopher Showerman, Tristan Price, Maxwell Chase, Kaitlyn Serna, Robert Ebinger, Eric Keitel, J. Kristopher, Kevin Flood, Kenneth Page, Aliza Washabaugh, Cindy Bloom, Chad Landers (voice), Edward Joyce, Chris Borges, Austin Borges, Kyle Adam, Colin Mika, Shannon Marie Welch, Natasha Kopp, Eric Simoes, Ralph Cooper, Trevor Downie, Terrance Stewart, Nathan Caywood, Anthony Specchio, Ray Diaz, Sara Munson, Kira Brannlund, Esther Kiss, Dean Cameron (voice), Jennifer Bangs (voice, as Jennifer Boswell), ,Mimi Chen (voice), John Deignan
written by Christopher Showerman, music by Patrick Morganelli

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Eric (Jacob Motsinger) and Dave (Christopher Alice) are two country bumpkins who always have always dreamt of being rock musicians, but while they have been jamming with one another on their crappy guitars for years now, they never thought about taking it to the next level ... until their best friend Jane (Kristi Engelmann) enters them into a band contest and pretty much forces them to make something of themselves - and while they don't win the contest, they do attract the attention of a bigtime producer (Christopher Showerman), who grants them some studiotime - but also introduces them to the serious side of the business, making it clear to them that their music and even their creativity doesn't belong to them any longer, and that they are not a band half as much as they're just a product that needs to sell rather than excel at making music. Not that they like it, but Jane's pushing them very hard, being a key motor of their success - and then Dave and Jane startb going steady, and that's much to the dismay of Eric, who has long been secretly in love with Jane. Still their friendship can weather this. Then Eric and Dave go on tour, and their producer convinces Jane not to join them to not create a rift between the guys ... and Eric and Dave soon enjoy the rock'n'roll lifestyle, with alcohol, drugs ... and groupies of course - and of course, Jane surprises Dave in bed with a groupie when making a surprise visit, and she breaks it off immediately, leaving Dave crushed. So the feeling in the band is rather down, even if Jane can't stop loving Dave from afar - but he doesn't know that ... and then the tourbus crashes, and Dave dies on the site, while Eric, who wasn't on the bus that day, is left to pick up the pieces ... but it seems whatever he touches he makes things worse, and almost succeeds in making Jane hate him - but will there be light at the end of the tunnle?

 

As imaginary movies about the movie business go, this one's a very decent effort, as it doesn't just fall into clichés and caricatures (though they're there) but has actual heart, a story with a very distinctive beginning, middle and end, big drama but also humour in the right places. And add to that some very decent performances, and a handful of tunes that might be very middle-of-the-road but are catchy enough so one can conceive they would become hits and that have one tapping, and you've got yourself a pretty cool movie.

 

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