Roadie (film)

Roadie
Directed by	Alan Rudolph
Produced by	Zalman King Carolyn Pfeiffer John E. Pommer
Written by	Big Boy Medlin Michael Ventura Zalman King Alan Rudolph
Starring	Meat Loaf Kaki Hunter Don Cornelius Gailard Sartain Art Carney
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	June 13, 1980
Running time	105 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Roadie is a 1980 film directed by Alan Rudolph about a truck driver who becomes a roadie for a traveling rock and roll show. The film stars Meat Loaf and marks his first starring role in a film. There are also cameo appearances by musicians such as Peter Frampton, Roy Orbison and Hank Williams Jr., and supporting roles played by Alice Cooper and the members of Blondie. The film was marketed with the tagline "Bands make it rock...Roadies make it roll." There is also a 2011 film with the same name.^[1]

The Cast

• Meat Loaf – Travis W. Redfish
• Kaki Hunter – Lola Bouilliabase
• Art Carney – Corpus C. Redfish
• Gailard Sartain – B.B. Muldoon
• Rhonda Bates – Alice Poo
• Joe Spano – Ace
• Richard Marion – George
• Sonny Carl Davis – Bird (as Sonny Davis)
• Hamilton Camp – Grady
• Don Cornelius – Mohammed Johnson
• Alice Cooper – Himself
• Alvin Crow – Himself
• Rick Crow – Asleep At The Wheel
• Smoothie – The Pleasant Valley Boys
• D.K. Little – The Pleasant Valley Boys
• Pete Finney – The Pleasant Valley Boys
• Tiny McFarland – The Pleasant Valley Boys
• Roger Crabtree – The Pleasant Valley Boys
• Chris O'Connell – Asleep at the Wheel
• Bobby Black – Asleep at the Wheel
• Pat Ryan – Asleep at the Wheel
• Daniel Levin – Asleep at the Wheel
• John Nicholas – Asleep At The Wheel
• Francis Christina – Asleep At The Wheel
• Dean DeMerritt – Asleep At The Wheel
• Deborah Harry – Herself (Blondie)
• Chris Stein – Himself (Blondie)
• Clem Burke – Himself (Blondie)
• Jimmy Destri – Himself (Blondie)
• Nigel Harrison – Himself (Blondie)
• Frank Infante – Himself (Blondie)
• Roy Orbison – Himself
• Hank Williams, Jr. – Himself
• Ginger Varney – Weather Girl
• Al Mays – Mohammed's Bodyguard
• Cindy Wills – Prom Queen
• Allan Graf – Tiny
• Merle Kilgore – Himself
• Jack Elliott – Himself (as Ramblin' Jack Elliott)
• Hector Britt – Hank
• Larry Lindsey – Jerry
• Conrad E. Palmisano – First Cop in Chase (as Conrad Palmisano)
• Tim Chitwood – Second Cop
• Bobby Sargent – Third Cop
• Rick Seaman – Fourth Cop
• Lenore Woodward – Little Old Lady
• Terry Wills – First Narc
• Chuck Bulot – Second Narc
• Helena Hurmann – Manager
• Marcy Hanson – Groupie
• Carole McClellan – Sheriff
• Rudy Ortiz – Soundman
• Bruce Patron – Blondie Road Manager
• William Hanna – Tire Salesman
• James Lewis – Lil Pete
• Ray Benson – Himself
• Richard Portnow – First New York Wino
• Anthony Casertano – Second New York Wino
• Sheryl Cooper – Herself
• Joe Gannon – Spittle Manager
• Jesse Frederick – Alice Cooper Roadie
• Larry Marshall – Second Roadie
• Rick Brunt – Third Roadie
• Eric Gardner – Concert Promoter
• Fred Mandel – Alice Cooper Band
• Davey Johnstone – Alice Cooper Band
• Roger Powell – Alice Cooper Band
• Kasim Sulton – Alice Cooper Band
• John Wilcox – Alice Cooper Band
• Kerry Craig – The Bama Band
• Joe Hamilton – The Bama Band
• Warren Keith – The Bama Band
• Charles Smith – The Bama Band
• Dale Stratton – The Bama Band

Home Media

On August 20, 2013, Shout! Factory released Roadie on Blu-ray.^[2]

References

External links

• Roadie (1980) at the Internet Movie Database (link for this arictle)
• Roadie at the TCM Movie Database
• Roadie at allmovie
• Roadie at Rotten Tomatoes