Eddie and the Cruisers
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Eddie and the Cruisers

Year:
Duration:
95 min
Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Music
IMDB rate:
6.8
Director:
Martin Davidson
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1983-09-23
Filming Locations: Highlands, New Jersey, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $1,444,886 (USA) (25 September 1983)
Gross: $4,685,097 (USA) (13 November 1983)
Cast
Actor
Character
Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger
Eddie and the Cruisers
Michael Paré
Eddie Wilson
Joe Pantoliano
Doc Robbins
Matthew Laurance
Sal Amato
Helen Schneider
Joann Carlino
David Wilson
Kenny Hopkins
Michael 'Tunes' Antunes
Wendell Newton
Ellen Barkin
Maggie Foley
Kenny Vance
Lew Elson
John Stockwell
Keith Livingston
Joe Cates
Lois
Barry Sand
Barry Siegel
Vebe Borge
Gerry Rivers
Howard Johnson
Wendell's Replacement
Joey Balin
Eddie's Replacement
Bruce Brown
M.C. at El Marko
Robin Karfo
Joann's Replacement
Rufus Harley
Wendell's Replacement #2
Louis D'Esposito
Guitar Player at El Marko
Michael Toland
Kenny's Replacement
Bob Garrett
Frank's Replacement
Joanne Collins
Piano Player at El Marko
John Hagy
Patron In The Bar (uncredited)
Bob Kirsh
Student (uncredited)
Roberto Lombardi
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Raymond Mamrak
Student (uncredited)
Frank Patton
Bartender (uncredited)
Lori Scolaro
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Richard Southard
College Student (uncredited)
Christopher Stryker
Student (uncredited)
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Trivia
The Fender Stratocaster guitar used by Michael Paré as Eddie Wilson in the concert scenes formerly belonged to John Lyon, a technical consultant for the film. Lyon is better known as Southside Johnny, leader of the New Jersey shore band the Asbury Jukes, and longtime friend and frequent collaborator of Bruce Springsteen.
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Tony Mart's was an actual place in New Jersey from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The building was demolished in the early 1980s, and a new building now stands on a different area of the property.
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The interiors for the radio station at which Doc Robbins (Joe Pantoliano) works were done in the main studio of what was then WMID-AM, Atlantic City (1340 kHz).
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Goofs
When Eddie ends the song, "Wild Summer Nights", we see him take his guitar off and place it to the side. But in the next shot, showing Eddie from the rear, the guitar is back on, as he waves to the crowd.
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When Frank is lying in bed, you can see the shadow of the camera moving across his chest as it moves closer.
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When Eddie and Joanne are shown driving into the Lincoln Tunnel, it is supposed to be 1964, yet a pictographic "steep grade" warning sign (a picture of a truck headed down a triangular shape) is seen mounted on the entrance to the tunnel. Pictographic warning signs were not in use on United States roads in 1964; rather a sign warning "Steep Grade" in text would have been posted.
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Quotes
Joann Carlino: There were so many things I wanted say to him, so many things I wanted to ask. But, Eddie and I, we had a deal, we never talked about the future; we thought the present was so fine, why ruin it by planning ahead. But, as Eddie drove off, I knew, I knew it then, it wasn't going to be any future. In the morning, they told me that Eddie was gone, and they hadn't found his body.
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Doc Robbins: [about Eddie's album] There's nothing can't be fixed, am I right?
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Frank Ridgeway: Can I help you guys?
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Faq
Q
Whatever happened to Helen Schneider?
A
Helen Schneider (who played Joann Carlino) left the film industry in the early eighties, after she moved to Germany. She went on to have an illustrious career there, becoming a best selling jazz and pop artist, appearing in many big budget stage productions and making several appearences on German television. She is still quite big in Germany to this day.
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Photos from cast
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