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Total Recall: Walk Hard While My Biopic Gently Weeps
Opening acts: This is Spinal Tap, Fear of a Black Hat, Sweet and Lowdown
by Tim Ryan and Alex Vo | December 19, 2007
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On Friday, you'll finally be able to see John C. Reilly take center stage. He'll be playing Dewey Cox in Walk Hard (94 percent on the Tomatometer), an absurdist spoof on troubled musicians and the Hollywood biopics that their life stories spawn, and for this week's Total Recall, RT takes a look at some of the memorable fictional troubadours that have crooned the silver screen.

It doesn't take a Grammy winner to see why actors are drawn to biopics. Good actors make a living playing made-up characters, but it takes a great one to convince a crowd of millions that they can emulate the mannerisms, speech patterns, and attitude of a musical legend. Plus, said great actor gets to sing, play an instrument, go through a "dark period," and then get saved or die a gnarly death. Pull all of this off and critics will dish out the praise. There might even be a gold statuette waiting in the wings come February. Gee, all that attention wouldn't go to an actor's head, would it?


Walk Hard: Meet the Beatles.

While acting calisthenics and musical artist movies go hand in hand, spoof humor enters the equation just as easily. We can mention films and groups like A Hard Day's Night (100 percent), The Rutles (88 percent), and The Monkees, but let's jump forward to 1984. The year's headliner: the loudest (and funniest) band in the world, Spinal Tap!

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NoirZombi
NoirZombi writes:
on Dec 19 2007 06:16 PM

This movie looks hilarious, I cannot wait.

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rsav1976
rsav1976 writes:
on Dec 20 2007 08:04 AM

It actually looks pretty bad from the first 10 minutes I watched online. I hope that was the movie's low point, because I barely laughed at all, and I usually laugh at everything that Apatow touches.

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dahluzz
dahluzz writes:
on Dec 20 2007 09:47 AM

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agreed, the first 10 minutes were trying way too hard. but now it's getting good reviews and a golden globe nom for best actor? what the H? i mean, i want it to be good, but if i go and then it turns out to suck I will be furious. this one will need some good old fashioned word-of-mouth to get me in the theater.

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