list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Banger Sisters on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Banger_Sisters/210077/default.aspx Title: The Banger Sisters
Year: 2002
Director: Bob Dolman
Plot: For some folks, the 1960s never really ended, and one woman still cheerfully stuck in the Summer of Love discovers her one-time best friend has left that decade as far behind as humanly possible in this comedy. In the late '60s and early '70s, Suzette (Goldie Hawn) and Vinnie (Susan Sarandon) were two of Southern California's most celebrated groupies. Affectionately nicknamed "The Banger Sisters" by Frank Zappa, best friends Suzette and Vinnie partied hearty with practically every rock star of the era who mattered, and kept a collection of Polaroid snapshots documenting their randy exploits. In 2001, Suzette is still her free-spirited self, and after losing her job as a barmaid at an L.A. rock club, she decides to look up Vinnie, whom she hasn't seen for 20 years. Suzette hits the road for Phoenix, AZ, to pay Vinnie a surprise visit, and en route picks up Harry (Geoffrey Rush), a novelist with writer's block who can't drive and hasn't had sex for a decade. Upon her arrival, Suzette discovers Vinnie isn't quite the same person who used to chase any man with long hair and an electric guitar. Now going by her given name of Lavinia, she's a straight laced social worker with a lawyer for a husband, Raymond (Robin Thomas), and two teenage daughters, Hannah (Erika Christensen) and Ginger (Eva Amurri), none of whom know a thing about her wild and crazy past, and have a pretty hard time imagining Lavinia even attending a rock concert. Eva Amurri comes by her role as Susan Sarandon's daughter naturally enough -- Amurri is Sarandon's daughter in real life. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:39:23 GMTThe Banger Sisters2002Bob DolmanFor some folks, the 1960s never really ended, and one woman still cheerfully stuck in the Summer of Love discovers her one-time best friend has left that decade as far behind as humanly possible in this comedy. In the late '60s and early '70s, Suzette (<a href="/players/P____31138/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Goldie Hawn</a>) and Vinnie (<a href="/players/P____63158/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Susan Sarandon</a>) were two of Southern California's most celebrated groupies. Affectionately nicknamed "The Banger Sisters" by <a href="/players/P___117838/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Frank Zappa</a>, best friends Suzette and Vinnie partied hearty with practically every rock star of the era who mattered, and kept a collection of Polaroid snapshots documenting their randy exploits. In 2001, Suzette is still her free-spirited self, and after losing her job as a barmaid at an L.A. rock club, she decides to look up Vinnie, whom she hasn't seen for 20 years. Suzette hits the road for Phoenix, AZ, to pay Vinnie a surprise visit, and en route picks up Harry (<a href="/players/P___151418/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Geoffrey Rush</a>), a novelist with writer's block who can't drive and hasn't had sex for a decade. Upon her arrival, Suzette discovers Vinnie isn't quite the same person who used to chase any man with long hair and an electric guitar. Now going by her given name of Lavinia, she's a straight laced social worker with a lawyer for a husband, Raymond (<a href="/players/P____70629/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robin Thomas</a>), and two teenage daughters, Hannah (<a href="/players/P___230317/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Erika Christensen</a>) and Ginger (<a href="/players/P___341338/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Eva Amurri</a>), none of whom know a thing about her wild and crazy past, and have a pretty hard time imagining Lavinia even attending a rock concert. <a href="/players/P___341338/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Eva Amurri</a> comes by her role as <a href="/players/P____63158/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Susan Sarandon</a>'s daughter naturally enough -- Amurri is Sarandon's daughter in real life. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide232http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t25591czz4v.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Banger_Sisters/210077/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/2/1/24621.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 2/1/2008 3:01:41 PM
Body: Fox Searchlight sent out a press release this morning “announcing” that Juno has crossed the $100 million mark domestically, and with it, they laid bare their entire strategy for giving this film a platform release and selling is as a “crossover success story” before the film was ever released. Juno was opened like an indie in order to make this press release possible. If it they had just opened it like other films that appeal to the same demographic and fit into the same vague genre??????Superbad, for example??????and it still took twice as long to hit $100 million, even though its star quotient is much higher and its marketing campaign was arguably more aggressive, then that wouldn’t have been news. But make it look like it’s beating the odds, like it’s making history by playing on more screens than The Banger Sisters and making more money than Sideways (as if ANYONE remembers the last time a movie about/for 45 year-olds made more money than a movie about/for 16 year-olds)??????now that’s a story! In short: I think a draft of this press release was written in September, and details and dates were changed after the Oscar nominations. That is all. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina
]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:01:41 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog2/1/2008 3:01:41 PMFox Searchlight sent out a press release this morning “announcing” that Juno has crossed the $100 million mark domestically, and with it, they laid bare their entire strategy for giving this film a platform release and selling is as a “crossover success story” before the film was ever released. Juno was opened like an indie in order to make this press release possible. If it they had just opened it like other films that appeal to the same demographic and fit into the same vague genre??????Superbad, for example??????and it still took twice as long to hit $100 million, even though its star quotient is much higher and its marketing campaign was arguably more aggressive, then that wouldn’t have been news. But make it look like it’s beating the odds, like it’s making history by playing on more screens than The Banger Sisters and making more money than Sideways (as if ANYONE remembers the last time a movie about/for 45 year-olds made more money than a movie about/for 16 year-olds)??????now that’s a story! In short: I think a draft of this press release was written in September, and details and dates were changed after the Oscar nominations. That is all. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/2/1/24620.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/1/2008 3:01:25 PM
Body: Fox Searchlight sent out a press release this morning “announcing” that Juno has crossed the $100 million mark domestically, and with it, they laid bare their entire strategy for giving this film a platform release and selling is as a “crossover success story” before the film was ever released. Juno was opened like an indie in order to make this press release possible. If it they had just opened it like other films that appeal to the same demographic and fit into the same vague genre??????Superbad, for example??????and it still took twice as long to hit $100 million, even though its star quotient is much higher and its marketing campaign was arguably more aggressive, then that wouldn’t have been news. But make it look like it’s beating the odds, like it’s making history by playing on more screens than The Banger Sisters and making more money than Sideways (as if ANYONE remembers the last time a movie about/for 45 year-olds made more money than a movie about/for 16 year-olds)??????now that’s a story! In short: I think a draft of this press release was written in September, and details and dates were changed after the Oscar nominations. That is all. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:01:25 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/1/2008 3:01:25 PMFox Searchlight sent out a press release this morning “announcing” that Juno has crossed the $100 million mark domestically, and with it, they laid bare their entire strategy for giving this film a platform release and selling is as a “crossover success story” before the film was ever released. Juno was opened like an indie in order to make this press release possible. If it they had just opened it like other films that appeal to the same demographic and fit into the same vague genre??????Superbad, for example??????and it still took twice as long to hit $100 million, even though its star quotient is much higher and its marketing campaign was arguably more aggressive, then that wouldn’t have been news. But make it look like it’s beating the odds, like it’s making history by playing on more screens than The Banger Sisters and making more money than Sideways (as if ANYONE remembers the last time a movie about/for 45 year-olds made more money than a movie about/for 16 year-olds)??????now that’s a story! In short: I think a draft of this press release was written in September, and details and dates were changed after the Oscar nominations. That is all. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2007/3/7/6124.aspx Post By: JimBell
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Post Date: 3/7/2007 2:26:00 AM
Body: The Banger Sisters, which I endured on television, is a terrible movie. Sure Goldie Hawn and Sigourney Weaver can really act, but they have nothing to work with. Plot: Two chicks used to bang rockers, and the one who has continued along those lines descends on the other who has become the beige wife of a successful lawyer and the harrassed mother of two teenage daughters. Predictably, the up-tight mother finds her true self by getting a spikey hair-do, wearing tight silver pants, and generally partying. Theme: As the daughter who is a valedictorian sums up, whether you succeed or fail, be true to yourself. Characters: Not one is believable, except maybe the older daughter. Cinematography: Unremarkable. Soundtrack: Surprisingly pathetic given the theme of rock and roll groupies. Direction: The ending is so hokey, straining so hard to be meaningful, that it contravenes the parameters established by the semi-comic premise of the movie. Jim Bell
]]>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:26:00 GMTJimBellJimBell Blog3/7/2007 2:26:00 AM The Banger Sisters, which I endured on television, is a terrible movie. Sure Goldie Hawn and Sigourney Weaver can really act, but they have nothing to work with. Plot: Two chicks used to bang rockers, and the one who has continued along those lines descends on the other who has become the beige wife of a successful lawyer and the harrassed mother of two teenage daughters. Predictably, the up-tight mother finds her true self by getting a spikey hair-do, wearing tight silver pants, and generally partying. Theme: As the daughter who is a valedictorian sums up, whether you succeed or fail, be true to yourself. Characters: Not one is believable, except maybe the older daughter. Cinematography: Unremarkable. Soundtrack: Surprisingly pathetic given the theme of rock and roll groupies. Direction: The ending is so hokey, straining so hard to be meaningful, that it contravenes the parameters established by the semi-comic premise of the movie. Jim Bell http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/friendship/MemberTagFilms.aspxfriendship
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