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Actor: Art Bergmann, Bernie Coulson, Dan Fazzio, Hugh Dillon, Jeremy Bishop (II)DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
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Movie Review: Hard Core Logo
Summary: 5 Stars
Hard Core Logo"Hard Core Logo" is the best rock band mockumentary since "This is Spinal Tap". It is a consistantly intriguing look at the comeback of a hard core punk band trying to make it big long after its heyday. The presence of Callum Keith Rennie, the Canadian actor who comes to us via England, serves to elevate the material and the acting. His style is natural and seamless. His calm belies a past history of violent behavior that he admits once ruled his on stage hard core life. There is a brilliantly subtle subtext, which I will not reveal. It causes a shock at the end that I will not spoil, but it will knock your socks off. Beware, there is a lot of loud punk rock music. I recommend it to movie fans, independent movie fans, as well as punk music fans. The acting will surprise you. Callum Keith Rennie studied for weeks in a crash course to make his guitar playing believable. Everything about this mockumentary is believable, which is the highest praise.
Summary of Hard Core Logo
A hilarious rockumentary in the laugh-packed tradition of THIS IS SPINAL TAP -- critics everywhere are howling the praises of HARD CORE LOGO! The punk rock band Hard Core Logo is back -- reunited and hitting the road on a last-gasp tour across the western part of the nation. As magnetic lead singer Joe Dick holds the whole tour together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle come bursting hilariously to the surface! Featuring a memorable appearance by punk rock legend Joey Ramone of The Ramones -- settle in and enjoy this offbeat comedy as it really cranks up the laughs!Hard Core Logo is often compared to This Is Spinal Tap--and for marketing purposes, that makes sense: both are pretend documentaries about rock bands (a self-important heavy metal crew in Spinal Tap, a self-destructing punk mob in Hard Core Logo). But though Hard Core Logo can be cuttingly funny, it's not really a comedy; it's a piercing examination of friendship and betrayal, success and self-hatred, and everything that fueled punk rock. Lead singer Joe Dick (Hugh Dillon) uses false pretenses to convince guitarist Billy Tallent (Callum Keith Rennie) to reform Hard Core Logo for a reunion tour across Canada, followed by a film crew (featuring director Bruce McDonald, whose other films include Roadkill and Highway 61, as himself). Tallent agrees, but only because he expects to be joining a much more successful rock group very shortly and sees this as a favor to Dick. As they travel from town to town, their relationship unravels, as does the psyche of bass player John Oxenberger (John Pyper-Ferguson). The performances are astonishingly genuine; even the oafish drummer Pipefitter (Bernie Coulson) becomes three-dimensional. By the end, you'll believe in them so much as people that the band's disintegration is truly wrenching. A remarkable film, both comic and sad. --Bret Fetzer
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