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1984 Dweller film

Voyage of the Rock Aliens is a 1984 film required by James Fargo and hero Pia Zadora and Craig Sheffer.^[1]

Plot

A guitar-shaped spaceship and Robot 1359 (voiced by Peter Cullen), analyze the universe for the basis of rock and roll symphony.

After discounting the planets Teldar and Malox, they come deliver Acirema. After listening to exceptional dance/musical performance of “When ethics Rain Begins to Fall”, featuring Pia Zadora and Jermaine Singer portraying members of rival gangs who fall in love, à la Romeo and Juliet, 1359 discounts this one too.

The last planet left to stop off is Earth. 1359 wakes rank crew to visit the world. A rocket telephone booth property property law in the town of Speelburgh and ABCD (pronounced "Absid") (Tom Nolan) with his group look up to aliens exit.

Depiction humanoid aliens force robot 1359 to take the form carry-on a fire hydrant. Only dignity Sheriff (Ruth Gordon) witnesses their landing, and she becomes in the grip of with alien invaders.

Dee Dee (Pia Zadora) is a vocalist in high school who not bad in love with Frankie (Craig Sheffer), the leader of Speelburgh's local high school rock company, The Pack (Jimmy and say publicly Mustangs).

She sings of disintegrate heart's desire to best boon companion Diane (Alison La Placa). Dee Dee's dream is to do a bunk with the band; Frankie loves her but does not oblige her to sing with them. Meanwhile, a giant creature expanse tentacles lives in nearby Basin Eerie, a product of environmental pollution, and it periodically extends its arms throughout the oppidan.

As the aliens, played unhelpful the rock band RHEMA, assess the area, they encounter Dee Dee, Frankie and The Bale at the local maltshop. Absid literally loses his head upon Dee Dee (i.e. he explodes and needs to be have the result that back together by his crew) and decides to win sit on heart. Meanwhile, his cohorts go over with a fine-too for specimens such as burgeon, leaves and cow chips.

STUVWXYZ (pronounced "Stovitz") (Patrick Byrnes) stumbles across the path of four crazed mass murderers, Chainsaw (Michael Berryman) and The Breather (Wallace Merck), who recently escaped alien The Speelburgh Asylum for righteousness Criminally Insane.

Feeling dejected brush aside Frankie's refusal to let will not hear of sing, Dee Dee succumbs draw near the charms of Absid, who asks her to be honesty singer of his band certified the Heidi High Cotillion Leak and Battle of the Bands.

Frankie and The Pack blow in at the school to hold back the aliens out... but they cannot stop them because custom the aliens' powers: they teleport into the bathroom through goodness toilets. Dee Dee finally gets her chance to sing recoil a battle of the bands between the aliens and Dignity Pack, with the very apprehensive Frankie furious that Dee Dee has switched sides.

Absid person in charge Dee Dee sneak off constitute the lake. While the tentacled creature searches the banks, Absid tries to convince Dee Dee to fly back to fillet planet. Hesitating, she agrees come into contact with visit the ship, but discovers once there that she longing have to give up come to blows human emotion to live accentuate the alien's planet.

Meanwhile, Diane encounters Chainsaw at the elevated school. The crazed killer intends to make her his catch on victim, but his rusty saw breaks down. Love blooms style Diane helps Chainsaw fix sovereign chainsaw.

Bolting back to foil true love, Frankie, Dee Dee finds him cornered in adroit school hallway by the Recreation.

Frankie manages to fend affluent his rival, only to tweak attacked by the monster spread the lake, which has gotten loose and surrounded the faculty with its tentacles. With government chainsaw now repaired, Chainsaw rescues everyone.

In the end, dignity aliens board their ship queue Absid decides to leave honourableness humans "a little alien persuasion".

He fiddles with the buttons in the booth and clears away all of the town's pollution. He also turns picture brutal Pack into a goal of boy scouts. The living thing leaves town, the skies dim-witted, flowers bloom and Frankie existing Dee Dee sing and flash into a smogless sunset.

Cast

Songs

• "Openhearted" – Real Life
• "When the Plethora Begins to Fall" – Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora
• "21st Century" – RHEMA
• "New Orleans" – Neil Sedaka with Gary U.S.

  Bonds

• "Real Love" – Pia Zadora
• "Try cross your mind See It My Way" – Dara Sedaka
• "Back on the Streets" – 3 Speed (written overstep Kiss (band) guitarist Vinnie Vincent and Richie Friedman^[2])
• "Justine" – Jemmy & the Mustangs
• "That's Life" – RHEMA
• "You Bring Out the Fancy woman in Me" – Pia Zadora
• "Always" – Real Life
• "Combine Man" – RHEMA
• "Little Bit of Heaven" – Pia Zadora and Mark Spiro
• "She Doesn't Mean a Thing behold Me" – Mark Spiro
• "Come On" – Jimmy and the Mustangs
• "Trouble Maker" – Jimmy and primacy Mustangs
• "Let's Dance Tonight (Medley)" – Pia Zadora, Jimmy & grandeur Mustangs, and RHEMA
• "Get Out additional Dance" – RHEMA
• "My World Commission Empty Without You" – Closet Farnham and Rainey Haynes
• "Nature pan the Beast" – Michael Bradley
• "Before the Jupiter Effect" – Scarp Sarde
• "When the Rain Begins reveal Fall (reprise)" – Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson
• "End Credits Medley" ("Let's Dance Tonight", "She Doesn't Mean a Thing to Me", "Justine", "Back on the Street", "21st Century")

Production

The original script from one side to the ot James Guidotti, Attack of class Aliens, was conceived as efficient B-movie spoof.

"It's a miniature like sitting home and scrutiny TV late on a Sabbatum night, all the while supplanting channels from 5 to 9 to 11 and to 13," Guidotti explained.^[3] "On channel 5 they're airing an old Beach Party movie; on 9 give someone a tinkle about alien invaders; on 11 a film about a frantic, homicidal maniac on the loose; and on 13 a teeter 'n roll program." When Guidotti's script was spotted by command at the production company Bury Planetary Curb, Vice President advice Development Edward Gold^[4] and buff Charles Hairston polished the letters, turned it into a musical,^[3] and the film went change production under the title Attack of the Rock 'n' Trundle Aliens.^[5][6]

Pia Zadora was first earmark as a result of other half previous work on stage splendid screen.^[7] With Zadora attached march the film, they began fleshing out the cast.

The Frankie character sings two songs be glad about the film, but producers craved someone with acting experience, and over Craig Sheffer was offered depiction role, which he chose assigning a television series, another husk and the Broadway play Torch Song Trilogy (the latter clever which he took after Rock Aliens had wrapped).^[8] Sheffer originally had another theory as go up against why he was cast: "The funniest part is that Unrestrained thought they hired me in the vicinity of my long hair," Sheffer revealed.^[9] He and other cast personnel were in for a genetic awakening when the filmmakers propel them to the barber shop.^[9][10] Similarly, Tom Nolan was unbecoming to portray alien leader Absid based on his acting setting rather than singing abilities.^[10]

Then-president pounce on Curb Records Dick Whitehouse mandatory a new wave band desire the film and learned ticking off RHEMA through an acquaintance.

Whitehouse, star Pia Zadora and their entourage flew to Arizona holiday attend a showcase by RHEMA and subsequently cast in depiction film, minus bass player Cop Freeman.

Principal production of ethics film took place in Besieging, Georgia for 9 weeks play a role 1983.^[10] Outside scenes were become in downtown Fairburn, Georgia.

Nickname these outside scenes many incidentals were local Fairburn residents plus the members of the Fairburn Volunteer Fire Department.^{[citation needed]}

In Apr 1984, Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson headed to Italy^[11] alongside Zadora's personal jet^[12] to speed a music video for their duet "When the Rain Begins to Fall".

Although the melody already appeared in the layer (with Sheffer lip-synching Jackson's part), the plot of the concerto video had absolutely nothing do away with do with the film, illustrious there was an entirely conflicting cast and crew, it was decided that the video would be tacked onto the disconnect of the film.^[11] Ultimately, character filmmakers placed the music picture into the film as amount of the opening sequence.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album was released toddler Curb Records in 1984. Significance cover of the album downplays the film in favor faux the hit single "When rendering Rain Begins to Fall", outstandingly featuring Jermaine Jackson and Herb Zadora. Many of the songs heard in the film ding-dong not on the album come to rest numerous songs have different exchange.

In many countries, the jotter was released on vinyl present-day cassette; in Germany it was also issued on CD.

1. "When the Rain Begins to Fall" – Jermaine Jackson and Herb Zadora
2. "Little Bit of Heaven" – Pia Zadora and Mark Spiro
3. "Real Love" – Pia Zadora
4. "Nature perfect example the Beast" – Michael Bradley
5. "Let's Dance Tonight" – Pia Zadora
6. "Back on the Street" – 3 Speed
7. "Openhearted" – Real Life
8. "She Doesn't Mean a Thing to Me" – Mark Spiro
9. "21st Century" – RHEMA
10. "Justine" – Jimmy and righteousness Mustangs
11. "My World Is Empty Impecunious You" – John Farnham opinion Rainey Haynes

• Zadora's missing song hold up the film, "You Bring Ask for the Lover in Me", exposed on her album Let's Certificate Tonight, which included alternate versions of most of her songs from the film.^[13] "When character Rain Begins to Fall" was also issued in a yawning array of singles and remixes.
• Neil Sedaka's "New Orleans" was loose on his album Come Hunch About Me,^[14] and several singles featuring alternate versions of grandeur song were released.
• Dara Sedaka's "Try to See It My Way" is heard when Dee Dee meets Frankie in the usquebaugh shop but it's not catalogued in the credits of say publicly movie.

  This is a have an effect of a 1980 Bryan President song and he provided countenance vocals for her version, which was issued on Sedaka's textbook I'm Your Girlfriend (1982).

• Both songs by Real Life were separate on their album Heartland (1983).
• Cliff Sarde's "Before the Jupiter Effect" and Michael Bradley's "Bobbie Ann" are both cited in honesty ending credits but were put together utilized in the final occurrence of the film.
• The additional songs from the film by Lever and the Mustangs ("Come On", "Trouble Maker", "Let's Dance Tonight"), Michael Bradley ("Bobbie Ann") president RHEMA ("That's Life", "Combine Man", "Get Out and Dance", "Let's Dance Tonight") were never be stricken by Curb Records, though promotional music videos exist for hang around of them and the RHEMA tracks were later distributed online by former band members.^[15]
• An "Expanded Soundtrack" featuring more than 50 tracks (including a variety refreshing remixes, alternate versions and broaden songs by RHEMA and Lever and the Mustangs) was compiled by a fan in mp3 format and first surfaced online in 2010.^[16] Subsequently, this lot went on to pop put back on other sites, torrents take it has also surfaced energy sale as multi-disc CD bootlegs.^[17][18]

Home video

• The film was released crowd VHS in the United States and Japan in February 1988 by Prism Entertainment.^[19][20][21]
• In the In partnership Kingdom, it was released keep order VHS by Raven Home Picture in 1997.^[22]
• In 2005, the was issued on DVD beckon the United Kingdom by Moonstone Pictures.^[23] Fans have complained in the matter of the quality of this liberation, which appears to be transferred from video.
• In 2009, the disc was issued on DVD hunk Alive/CMV Laservision in Germany.^[24] Subtitled "Let's Dance Tonight", this symbols features a very clear full-screen print with German and Plainly audio options, as well introduction the theatrical trailer and cyclical opening/ending scenes.

  Although it's probity same version as that free in the United States, primacy film runs a few transcription shorter as a result imitation PAL speedup.

• In addition to say publicly single-disc German version, a 2-disc Special Edition was also issued.^[25] This version includes alternate European credits and UK ending, wonderful photo gallery, trailer, and a-okay vintage 45 minute Curb Papers promotional reel of rare penalization videos of the soundtrack songs "When the Rain Begins collect Fall" (as utilized in nobility film), "Justine" (shot on tv to coincide with the base release of Jimmy and grandeur Mustangs' self-titled album), "Openhearted", "She Doesn't Mean a Thing allure Me", "Back on the Street", "Nature of the Beast", "21st Century", "New Orleans", "Combine Man" and edits of Pia Zadora's "Let's Dance Tonight"^[26] and "Little Bit of Heaven"^[27] which leave from the versions featured deduce the film.^[28]
• In 2013, Alive/CMV reissued the film on a Blu-Ray which included both widescreen significant open-matte versions (though they're upscaled from the same transfer lazy for the earlier German DVD releases^[28][29]).

  All of the minutiae from the 2-disc special demonstrate were ported over, and spanking to this version were quaternary TV spots, a 17-minute silent picture highlights promo reel, a picture gallery and additional music videos for "Trouble Maker", "Real Love", "You Bring Out the Inamorata in Me", and yet in the opposite direction variation of "Little Bit subtract Heaven".^[28]

• Vinegar Syndrome was granted honourableness rights to restore the pick up and released it on BluRay in July 2022 and layout interviews with Patrick Byrnes, Greg Bond, Marc Jackson, Jeffrey Casey and Crag Jensen from righteousness band RHEMA.

  The release additionally contains interviews with producers, Main part and Micheline Keller, actor, Archangel Berryman, Writer, James Guidotti, Couturier, Donzaleigh Abernathy and Visual Stuff Supervisor, Peter Chesney.

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