Hes also appeared in three police academy films a crime which has its own paragraph in. God bless america alice cooper hello hooray jfk dream. My biggest complaint with the movie is that american idol and talent. Alice is also quite adamant that joe gannons wife sings star spangled. A darkly comic polemic on modern culture, god bless america is uneven and somewhat this but the ideas behind this revenge fulfillment journey has primal appeal. Here is a film that begins with merciless comic savagery and descends into merely merciless savagery.
I really wish more people would discover this gem of a film for themselves. God bless america 2012 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Chloes birthday, from the movie god bless america duration. What inspired bobcat goldthwait when writing this movie. As for irving berlin, he lived to the ripe old age of 101, passing away in 1989. An interview with actress tara lynne barr, star of god bless america. Movie theater shooting from the movie god bless america music by alice cooper. Movie theater shooting god bless america hello hooray. Roxy goes on to state that cooper was the first to dress in womens clothing, wear makeup, etc. Well, bobcat goldthwait, maker of worlds greatest dad, feels your pain. Sonora was rumored to be the young actress who appeared with alice in a television commercial for school supplies, but it wasnt her. On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16yearold roxy.
What makes it work is that frank has morals, even if you cant completely root for the killing spree. Michael says quite categorically in his superb autobiography no more mr nice guy, that kate smith sang god bless america. That, that, thats like a muslim saying that he likes muhammad. Bobcat goldthwaits film satire god bless america the new york.
Also the alice cooper bit was a little forced, and had to have come from the character it did via a vh1 special or something. His 11th studio album was inspired by his stay in a sanatorium to recover from his alcohol addiction. The singer who once boasted he drank more than a case of beer a day to keep fit had failed to overcome his drinking problem through private treatment and. The casting is stellar, the acting thoroughly top notch. Dont let people miss on a great quote from the god bless america movie add it here.
Michael bruce was born on march 16, 1948 as michael owen bruce. The movie uses its own version of american idol, tmz and fox news to portray narcissism, cruelty, stupidity and bigotry in the media. With joel murray, tara lynne barr, mackenzie brooke smith, melinda page hamilton. Written by alice cooper, michael obrien, glen buston, dennis. Witnessing the attempts at satire in god bless america is comparable to finding a slug reading schopenhauer. It is a great movie, filled with characters and events that will stick with you for a long time. God bless america, bobcat goldthwait, 104 mins 15 the. Meanwhile, during the same summer that alice cooper. A great memorable quote from the god bless america movie on roxy.
I myself am 21 years old but i have enough maturity to know whats right and wrong, whats acceptable and whats shameful. By the time she was finished, i wanted to stand up in the. God bless america 2012 info with movie soundtracks, credited songs. God bless america 710 movie clip alice cooper 2011 hd. Black rebel motorcycle club beat the devils tattoo 2. God bless america roxys alice cooper rant duration. Jesus spent half his time dealing with demons and throwing them out of people. The first half hour or so of bobcat goldthwaits god bless america promises so much more than the film is finally able to deliver. Institute of nude wrestling mol tribute to alice cooper. Good to see you again, alice cooper aka hard hearted alice. The dvd and bluray for the film were released on july 3, 2012. Now in the groups movie of the concert and additional monkee skits. Identifying with offbeat under the radar music magazine.
God bless america 2011 soundtrack complete list of songs. This movie is about how messed up our current generation is. God bless america was made for every reasonable person pushed beyond his limits by the madness we cant ignore. In bobcat goldthwaits delightfully violent 2011 comedy, god bless america, roxy, the homicidal teenager played by tara lynne barr, goes off on an epic tarantinoesque rant about the titanic greatness of alice cooper that begins. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Contact info view agent, publicist, legal on imdbpro filmography. The song was used in the final scene and closing credits of the 2011 bobcat goldthwait dark comedy, god bless america. Originally released in 1978, from the inside is a concept album by alice cooper.
The shadow of alice cooper also stretches across bobcat goldthwaits god bless america, another new film about beautiful monsters preying on. Schools out written by alice cooper, michael bruce, glen buxton, dennis dunaway and neal smith performed by alice cooper. We see ofttimes destructive behaviors elevated to an art form, creating celebrities out of the sorts normally shunned and despised. In god bless america, a grown man and a teenage girl look to kill tv stars, bigots and anyone that pisses them off in the mean time.
Bobcat goldthwait has written god bless america, a film satire that follows a. All 11 songs from the god bless america 2011 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Few have scratched their heads when hearing an alice cooper tune on film. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of. An hour into the film, roxy and frank discuss their shared view of alice cooper. This greatest hits compilation was great in 1974 and it. In his climactic rant near the end of the firebreathing comic satire god bless america, frank is an obvious mouthpiece for the films writer and director, bobcat goldthwait. Bobcat goldthwaits film satire god bless america the. Music by hans lang and english lyrics by bert reisfeld. Like the antiheroes of network and falling down, frank joel murray rails against the modern world and appoints himself a defender of defunct values. Rolling stone alice cooper offers words of encouragement with new song.
And while subtlety is hardly the point here, goldthwait does fill god bless america with lots of nice little stylistic flourishes such as a shot of frank listening to his entitled daughters tantrum on the phone while images of a bratty realitytv star play on a background television that reveal just how much hes evolving as a filmmaker. Beat the devils tattoo written and performed by black rebel motorcycle club. Bowies career and fashion launched itself a few years prior to. God bless america premiered on september 9, 2011 at the 2011 toronto international film festival, and was released video on demand on april 6, 2012 and in theatres on may 11, 2012. Have you ever watched a particularly annoying reality show and thought to yourself, man, someone should give those little twits what they have coming to them. God bless america 2011 directed by bobcat goldthwait. Kennedy singing god bless america in madison square garden, ny duration. Child actor awra briguela performed the song in kids 1 of the philippine singing competition your face sounds familiar with a full impersonation of alice cooper. Though his incredible legacy of songs ranges from the glitzy putting on the ritz to the sentimental always to the seasonal white christmas, god bless america remains one of his most personal achievements. They are mad at people that they feel are makin the world worse.
You dont like alice cooper, frank thats like a muslim saying he likes mohamed. God bless america 2011 god bless america 2011 user. God bless america is a 2011 black comedy written and directed by goldthwait and starring joel murray brother of bill and tara lynne barr. Bobcat goldthwait in god bless america 2011 tara lynne barr in god bless america 2011. Robert francis bobcat goldthwait, born may 26, 1962, is an american comedian, and writer. Dick wagner was born on december 14, 1942 in oelwein, iowa, usa as richard allen wagner.
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