Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989)

Directed by

Jean-Claude Lord

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

3h 16m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A musician who faked his own death starts a new life in Canada. He joins a band and gets pulled back into the music scene.

nostalgicmoodysentimentalbittersweetenergeticmelancholicromantic

What happens

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! is the 1989 sequel to the 1983 film Eddie and the Cruisers. It is directed by Jean-Claude Lord, and based on literary characters created by author P. F. Kluge. Michael Paré and Matthew Laurance reprise their roles as Eddie Wilson and Sal Amato, respectively. The film was marketed with the tagline "The legend. The music. The man." Director Lord and several members of the film's supporting cast (Marina Orsini, Vlasta Vrána, and Mark Brennan) had previously worked together on the French-Canadian television series Lance et Compte. Additionally, cast members Harvey Atkin and Kate Lynch had earlier co-starred in the comedy film Meatballs (1979). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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