Hit that like button and feel free to post anything you like related to the movie. Repo men is a science fiction actionthriller film directed by miguel sapochnik, and starring jude law and forest whitaker and was based on the novel the repossession mambo by eric garcia which you can find here. Apr 16, 20 buds repo code, delivered to his protege over lines of speed, spells out the professions internalized honor in sharp distinction to the absurd, topdown rules of ottos supermarket career. Original theatrical trailer to the 1984 punk cult classic repo man. It is the first movie i know about that combines 1 punk teenagers, 2 automobile repossessors, and 3 aliens from outer space.
Repo man 1 hours and 32 minutes movie 1984 frustrated punk rocker otto quits his supermarket job after slugging a coworker, and is later dumped by his girlfriend at a party. Alex coxs screenplay for the cult classic repo man cinephilia. With harry dean stanton, emilio estevez, tracey walter, olivia barash. Later, the repo man miller explains to otto that the world is overlaid with a lattice of coincidence. Writer and director alex cox made his featurelength debut with 1984s repo man, a social satire on the banality of modernity starring harry dean stanton and emilio estevez. It stars harry dean stanton and emilio estevez, with tracey walter, olivia barash, sy richardson, vonetta mcgee, fox harris and dick rude among the supporting cast. Repo man is one of those movies that slips through the cracks and gives us all a little weirdo fun. He is then confronted with the opportunity to become a repo man.
Especially the effects and dialogue eloquently capture the zeitgeist of the era. Repomaneditor prieger, ericheditor narici, louisarranger durdilly, louistranslator scores published by choudens scores from the gaylord music. Mar 24, 2010 the grocery store scene from the movie repo man. Repo bears little similarity to no help wanted other than the concept of the repossessor and also the animosity and violence aimed toward that person. In many ways, repo man has a lot in common with another cult film from 1984, the adventures of buckaroo banzai. The soundtrack features songs by various punk rock bands such as the plugz, black flag, the circle jerks, suicidal tendencies, iggy pop and others. Repo man 1984 original theatrical trailer in hd youtube. Repo man came out 30 years ago, but it remains one of the weirdest, and most beloved, cult movies of all time. A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the cia, and a most wanted 64 chevy. The line, of course, comes from alex cox s punk statementofintent repo man and since this blog is inspired by cox s tv show moviedrome, it seems only apt.
The weirdest things you never knew about the making of repo. Both films are surreal and slightly cartoonish, and both films feel as if theyre about to implode at any moment, which for their ardent fans is part of the fun. The repo code repo man 410 movie clip 1984 hd duration. Repo man is a bold, punchy 80s comedy that shows us detached youth in a time without identity beyond the corporate. After discovering his parents have donated his college fund to a televangelist, he joins the repossession agency helping hand acceptance corporation as an apprentice repo man. The film score was created by tito larriva, steven hufsteter, charlie quintana and tony marsico of the plugz. Especially the effects and dialogue eloquently capture the zeitgeist of. Repo man is the soundtrack album to the eponymous 1984 film, repo man. Encoded using the time consuming 2 pass, 10 bit color at 6000 kbps, from a bluray source, for the highest quality possible. Vehicle repossession is a recession proof business with fast payoff. During the montage of cons in the season one finale of better call saul, marco is heard saying kid, help me get my wifes car out of this bad neighbourhood. Repo man garnered widespread praise upon its release, and is widely considered to be one of the best films of 1984. Repo man posits that sarcasm and a refusal to make the machinery of vile conservative governments work are far more important than godliness, which is as true in 2015 as it was in 1984 and as it will be in a hundred years.
Repo man is a 1984 comedyscience fiction movie starring emilio estevez and harry dean stanton. The prospect of a new job and meeting a girl drastically changes ottos life. A young punk recruited by a car repossession agency finds. Repo man is a fun ride up from the moment when you bought your ticket. Otto maddox, a punk rocker, is having a bad day when he is offered some money to drive a car. Scenes or lines removed in the tv version are enclosed in s, while dialogue in s replaces whatever came immediately before it. In 2010, stanton appeared in an episode of the tv series chuck, reprising his role from the 1984 film repo man. Young punk otto becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car. Edge city, aka sleep is for sissies, is director alex coxs first movie. Requirement three of the authentic cult film had certainly been met.
A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, alex coxs singular scifi comedy stars the always captivating harry dean stanton as a weathered repo man in a desolate. Alex coxs screenplay for the cult classic repo man. Learn how to get started, get work, find people and get paid. The remote repo man as auto lenders reach out to those with poor credit, they are increasingly using starter interruption devices, technology that allows them to remotely disable a car, to spur. Repo man 1984 criterion in 1080p, encoded with x265 in hevc and aac 1. This is the kind of movie that baffles hollywood, because it isnt made from any known formula and doesnt follow the rules. Music from the original motion picture soundtrack music. Alex cox is cinemas great wayward genius who has continued to make films against the odds and on ever decreasing budgets. Repo man 1984 is a mix of science fiction and comedy that takes place in california. Its snarky attitude made it cult classic in 1984, but it endures because few movies since have made blaming society look like so much fun.
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish. The strange plot is beautifully offkilter in the slightest of ways and. Circle jerkswhen the shit hits the fan from repo man soundtrack. Changes found in the us tv version are shown in this color. Jun 16, 2011 a down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the cia, and a most.
Iggy pop, black flag, suicidal tendencies, the plugz, juicy bananas, circle jerks, burning sensations, fear repo man. Gallery of 11 movie poster and cover images for repo man 1984. The movie is about the life of a repo man, a person who steals cars legally from people who do not pay for them. But how did this genresmashing comedy, about a punk kid who starts repossessing cars. The weirdest things you never knew about the making of repo man. Repo man is a 1984 american science fiction black comedy film written and directed by alex cox in his directorial debut. Nov 26, 2018 repo man plural repo men a man employed by a finance company or similar lender to repossess property which is the security for a loan or subject of a lease and where payments have not been made by the borrowerlessor at agreed times i. A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the cia, and a most. In this movie you can find that ugly stetic, nihilistic breath and the wasted youth of the young people who crashes to the capitalistic jaws of a system understood by few. Before repo man, there was alex coxs mindbending student film edge city. A punker emilio estevez must repo a chevy malibu whose trunk glows. Repo man soundtrack from 1984, composed by various artists.
Repo man 1984 monroe county public library, indiana. Released by mca in 1984 containing music from repo man 1984. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in repossessing a mysteriousand otherworldlychevy malibu. Wandering the streets in frustration, he is recruited in the repossession of a car by a repo agent. The world of repo man is a strange and dark place with just a touch of science fiction. Its a great episode and it may have been the inspiration for repo man, an influential cult classic from 1984. Repo man music from the original motion picture soundtrack. Released 1984, repo man stars emilio estevez, harry dean stanton, tracey walter, olivia barash the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of 75 out of 100 on. Which is the same line of dialogue spoken by harry dean stantons character bud in repo man when he cons emilio estevez into helping repo a car. Walking it like he talks it, the fun of repo man is in how it deliberately flouts film conventions, concocting a world thats strange and irreverent but still looks and feels a lot like our own. In this easy to understand guide youll learn every angle of the business from a career repo man. The bizarre scififantasy comedy blends punk rock, dead aliens, government conspiracies. Repo man is set in edge city which is a generic, rundown, and finically depressed city in somewhere, usa.
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