Movie Info

One the strangest musical curiosities of the 1980s, Roadie stars Meat Loaf as a good ol' Texas boy who turns himself into the world's greatest ...(read more...) roadie to win the heart of a teen-age groupie (Kaki Hunter). She, however, is obsessed with Alice Cooper, just one of the musical guest stars in this rock & roll road movie farce. Meat Loaf single-handedly saves concerts by Hank Williams Jr. and Roy Orbison (who duet on "The Eyes of Texas") and Blondie (who crank up "Ring of Fire") as well. Directed by Alan Rudolph, from a slapdash story he co-wrote with producer Zalman King (which surely qualifies as one of the most unlikely creative partnerships in film history), this high-energy cinematic jam is a raucous, disjointed goof. But only the comedy is played out of key. The music rocks. --Sean Axmaker

Director: Alan Rudolph

MPAA: PG

Running Time: 105 min.

Release Date: Jun 13, 1980

Cast: Alice Cooper, Art Carney, Blondie, Don Cornelius, Gailard Sartain, Hank Williams Jr., Joe Spano, Kaki Hunter, Meat Loaf, Rhonda Bates, Richard Marion, Roy Orbison