Rock Star

Synopsis: Chris Cole was born to rock. His longtime girlfriend Emily believes his talent could take him all the way - but Chris worships at the altar of Bobby Beers, the fiery frontman for heavy metal legends Steel Dragon. By day, Chris still lives at home with his parents and spends his days repairing copy machines. But when Chris takes the stage, fronting Pennsylvania's premiere Steel Dragon tribute band, all of that disappears. Chris Cole is Bobby Beers - mesmerizing audiences with his perfect imitation of Beers' electrifying vocals. The night his bandmates boot him out of the group, Chris is devastated - until an unexpected phone call changes his life forever: He, Chris Cole, has been tapped to replace Bobby Beers as the lead singer of Steel Dragon. In an instant, Chris rockets to the dizzying heights of sudden stardom, rising from devotee to icon, from rock fan to rock god - the wanna-be who got to be. So what happens when an average guy gets everything he wants - and discovers it's not eno
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Stephen Herek
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
54
R
Year:
2001
105 min
1,574 Views


Those days were amazing.

Being a kid, you know, what else was I|to do but to live the Dragon?

I'd study the music note for note.|I read every interview.

Copied every outfit, every move,|you know, every look.

My pursuit ofperfection|was relentless,

The music deserved that,

All right, ladies, Spread them,

Rob, you're not nailing the squeal.

I have no idea|what you're talking about.

Check it out.

Play it like that.

That's it.|That's a ping, not a squeal.

-Sounds just like the tape, man.|-No. Raunchier.

Again, please.

That was great. Thank you.

From the top.

Hold on!

Hey, Jeremy, no.

What are you doing?|You know what this is?

LuDricator, signed by all five|band members with the original cover.

Look. Jorgen's name is misspelled.|It should be an "E."

You know how much I can get for it?

Peace to you too, dude.|Try it like this.

Mom?|Mom, isn't my room off-limits?

I'm sorry, Chris.|Oh, what were you doing?

-How are you?|-Good. How's Willard?

-He's fine. You look nice.|-Thank you.

Here, hold on.|You got a smudge.

-Bye. Gotta run.|-Bye. Love you.

Love you too. Bye.

I need more power! I want more!

Come on, come on.

Nina and Samantha!

Hey, Chris.

-Coming to my show in a week?|-Of course.

-Want to hand out fliers?|-Absolutely.

-You guys look awesome.|-Bye.

We're a band called Blood Pollution...

...a Steel Dragon tribute band,|the best in Pittsburgh.

Thank you.

I wrote this one for someone|who ripped out my heart.

And put it through a bloody blender!

That's right.

This one's for IKim, who makes me|want to stand up and shout.

Em, I'll be right back, okay?

Excuse me.

You think I could have one?

Not without a blowj*b and a sex|change, pal. But have a nice day.

-Come on, girls. This way.|-See you, Chris.

Oh, that was awesome!

That was the heaviest|since Columbus in '77.

Heavier than the Demented tour.

-I ask you, did they not rock?|-They totally rocked.

Guys.

What the...?

Come on.

Oh, I thought I smelled p*ssy.

Look who's here.

-If it isn't Yoko Ono and the Fag Five.|-What are you doing?

Making sure nobody sees|some cut-rate copy band.

Cut-rate? This dude can't|even tune his own guitar.

-You could work on your lip-synch.|-I don't lip-synch.

Be doing everyone a favor if you did.

You could get the outfit right.

Boots from the Wasted tour|and a cheap Twistedjacket.

You are so fully wrong, cocksmoker.|This is official issue.

The actual vest Bobby wore|on the Twisted tour.

My dad bought it from someone|who knows them.

Sorry, but your dad got ripped.

The lapels should be blue,|there's no green in the embroidery.

As a matter of fact,|can anybody here honestly say...

...they've ever seen Bobby Beers|with a jacket with red lapels?

-No, I can't.|-I don't think so.

You can make me his pants.

Or did she already rip out|the Dodge seats?

No. First tell me what you put there|to make people think you're a guy.

-This is all me, baby.|-You and a few ballet slippers.

-You want a piece of me?|-No, I'm good.

-Want to see how a real man--|-Don't touch her.

-Let go of my cape.|-Let go of my cape!

Get your ass out of bed.

Get out of here.

-Let's go. Get up.|-Get out of here.

Move it.

Where you hiding|your stash these days?

Get out! I didn't do anything.

That's the problem.|You never do anything.

-Get out of here, pig!|-God-- F***ing--

Come on!

Mom! Mom!

Jeez, boys. Quit. Break it up.|Chris, give him a break. Come on.

-Stop it!|-Tell him to get out!

-Used to be my room.|-Not anymore!

Because I moved out when I was 18.

-We're having breakfast.|-IKeep him out!

Get ready for work.|Will you go downstairs?

-IKeep him out!|-All right, he's gone.

So you arrested Mervin|for drunk driving?

He was parked on|the Brennemans' lawn.

Claims he was going out for ice cream.|Same story.

-Chris, so how was the show?|-It was fine.

-The freaks were out in force.|-Why weren't you busting heads?

-Female officers handle that crowd.|-You want to go?

-Come on.|-Saved again. Should take her to work.

-Good one.|-Did they do "Black Babylon"?

They haven't played that|since Osaka in '75.

-That is pathetic that you know.|-I love that song.

Okay, genius,|who's buried in Grant's tomb?

It's twisted that you're still living|at home, stealing Ma's makeup.

Who's buried in Grant's tomb?

How much longer will you|put up with this?

The rock star fantasy thing is|something you grow out of at 14.

If I get lucky, I'll get to grow up|and listen to Air Supply like you.

What's wrong with Air Supply?

Nothing, if you're|from the Village People.

You know what the sickest thing|is about you?

It's that you don't have|any fantasies of your own.

You fantasize about|being somebody else.

Wearing somebody else's clothes.|Singing somebody else's songs.

It's pathetic.

-Get a haircut.|-Okay, Satan's allegiant.

Have a good one, son.

-You didn't eat.|-Later. I love you guys.

Love you too.

-I love you.|-You do this every time.

I question his sexuality, Ma. I do.

Here's the procedure, so it won't|happen again. Don't stick a pen in.

I'll give you a simple|one-two-three procedure.

It's 1 -2-3.|Pop that down, push this.

Pull back on this lever, free up|the jam and you can access--

Is there something wrong?

Is that mascara?

-I'm in a band. Okay?|-Oh, okay.

Can you follow the 1 -2-3|without sticking a pen in there?

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Bye-bye.

Sorry about that.

When's Marci getting back?

She and Rob went to see Wham!|Won't be back for a while.

Wham!? Oh, God.

George Michael's a wuss.|I'm gonna give Rob sh*t for it.

He'll want to cover that.

All right, you.

Okay, now just relax.

-Is it numb?|-I think so.

Feel that?

-Sure you want to do this?|-Yeah, Bobby did it last week.

-I love you, babe.|-I love you.

Okay, don't look. Don't look.

-God, that had to hurt.|-Yes, it does. Oh, God.

You want to do the other one?

No. You want to do yours?

-Maybe.|-Come on. Let's do yours.

Testing, testing. One, two.

-No way!|-That's right. That's my boy.

All right, ladies,|who had the weenies?

Do I have too much foundation on?

I keep putting this sh*t on|till I want to f*** myself.

-Hey, Rob, you wearing underwear?|-No.

Rob.

You know the drill. No panties.

-Get up.|-I am not freezing my balls--

Just stand up and drop it.

-I'm not taking it off.|-Come on.

If you want, take them off.|I am not taking off--

Your woman's an animal!

All right!

Before we get too into this party.

-I love you!|-Love you too.

Before we get too deep into this party,|I want to thank IKey Steel...

...for letting us use their place|of business to pay tribute...

...to the metal created by|none other than Steel Dragon!

And a special thanks|to my brother, Joe...

...who gave me my first Dragon|record because he hated it.

And to my parents, because they|let me play it as loud as I wanted!

-That's my boy!|-That's my baby!

Because they rock!

Now, this next tune...

...l'd like to dedicate to someone|who, when I first met...

...ripped my heart out|and put it through a bloody blender.

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