A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.
Acting
Meat Loaf's genuine warmth anchors the nonsense.
Cinematography
Glorious sweaty concert footage of actual 1980 tours.
Costume
Travis's belt buckle collection deserves its own credit.
Director
Alan Rudolph
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Alan Rudolph later became a respected indie auteur; this was his studio-mandated 'commercial' film that flopped anyway.
Features live performances from Blondie, Alice Cooper, and Hank Williams Jr. — the concert footage is documentary-level valuable now.
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