After 20 years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Testagros returns to his hometown to life with his ailing mother. Complications arise when he falls for an old friend, who is now married to his longtime nemesis.
Acting
Ron Eldard commits to Jimmy's delusion with painful precision.
Direction
Cuesta finds poetry in Queens strip malls and cramped kitchens.
Director
Michael Cuesta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ron Eldard spent weeks shadowing actual Blue Oyster Cult crew members to nail the specific blend of road-weariness and residual cool.
The film quietly subverts the 'returning hero' trope by making Jimmy's hometown victory purely imaginary—everyone remembers him as the loser who left, not the rocker who returned.
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