The Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Rodney Bingenheimer, David Bowie, Gwen Stefani, Coldplay, Courtney Love
Producer: Chris Carter, Greg Little, Tommy Perna
Composer: Anthony Marinelli
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 17, 2004
DVD Features:
- Region [unknown]
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - 1. George Hickenlooper - Director
- 2. Rodney Bingenheimer - Star, Chris Carter - Producer
- Featurettes - 1. A ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND- THE STORY
- 2. Behind Rodney Bingenheimer
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Reviews
A film that critiques our obsession with celebrity while simultaneously exploiting it.
By the end, I felt neither happy nor sad for Rodney. I enjoyed being in his presence for 90 minutes, but I can't exactly agree that he has a magnetic personality.
Hickenlooper is admittedly not an obsessive rock 'n' roll fan, which is an advantage and a problem. He's able to see the subterranean L.A. demimonde through fresh eyes ...
If Hickenlooper’s wistful documentary starts with a short subject, heavier concerns drum in the background.
Has a commercial reach that goes beyond local hero worship thanks in part to an all-star lineup of interviewees, including Cher, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Gwen Stefani and Courtney Love, to name just a few confirmed Rod-heads.
...a nostalgic merry-go-round. It's quaint, charming, and often entrancing. You're riding the best horse on the ride. And the music couldn't be better.
Fans of rock music will likely be enthralled by the movie's look at various musical movements.
[The movie,] by exploiting its subject's celebrity contacts, runs counter to the unassuming way Bingenheimer cultivated those contacts over the years.
Worth seeing because its odd, self-effacing subject is satisfying by reason of his very emptiness, and more than a little pathetic.
Captures Bingenheimer in all his celeb-fondling glory. But it's a forlorn sight, one the film doesn't turn away from as it arcs from giddy inclusion to lonely pathos.
Bingenheimer seems to have outlived his usefulness. Yet, his life stands as a testament to the idea that an average-looking bloke with a can-do attitude and a dream in his heart can rub shoulders with the folks the rest of us only get to read about.
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