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Reflection on Life and Choices
Main cast
] - Joann Carlino
[[w:Helen Schneider|Helen Schneider]
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Reflecting on Life and Choices
Main cast
] - Sal Amato
[[w:Matthew Laurance|Matthew Laurance]
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Reflections on Dreams and Reality
Main cast
] - Maggie Foley
[[w:Ellen Barkin|Ellen Barkin]
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Struggling with Loss and Performance Expectations
Eddie Wilson
The other day, I buried one of my best friends. He was the best sax player I ever heard. And they tell me I gotta come up here and entertain you people now. I don't think I'll be able to do that.
[to the audience, a few days after Wendell Newton's death; walks off the stage]
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Eddie and the Cruisers Arrive in Town
Frank Ridgeway
Can I help you guys?
Sal Amato
Yeah, tell Tony Eddie and the Cruisers are here.
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The Desire for Lasting Music
Eddie Wilson
Joann was telling me you write music, thinks that might be good. I can give you a try. What I want is songs that echo. The stuff we're doing now is like somebody's bedsheets. Spread em out, soil em, ship em out to laundry, you know? But our songs... I want to be able to fold ourselves up in them forever. You understand? That's the most you'll ever get out of me, Wordman, ever.
[to Frank; Frank nods]
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The Search for Identity and Belonging
Main cast
] - Eddie Wilson
[[w:Michael Pare|Michael Pare]
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Reflections on life and music choices
Main cast
] - Kenny Hopkins
[[w:David Wilson|David Wilson]
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The Search for Truth and Identity
Main cast
] - Doc Robbins
[[w:Joe Pantoliano|Joe Pantoliano]
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Reflections on Eddie Wilson's Impact and Legacy
Maggie Foley
A Season in Hell", a spiritual and confessional autobiography. Arthur Rimbaud was a genius, his writings were a quest. A search for perfection, an attempt to find total freedom. At the age of nineteen, Arthur Rimbaud commited suicide, not of the flesh, but of the mind and the soul. It means he never wrote another word, and disappeared off the face of the earth. He was not seen nor heard from again for nearly twenty years, until he reappeared in a hospital within Marseille on his deathbed.
Maggie Foley
The innocence of the 50s was over and so was rock and roll as we knew it. We were entering a new age, an age of confusion, an age of passion, of commitment. Eddie Wilson saw it coming. "Season in Hell" is the total innovation for its time. It was a signal a greatness yet to come. Eddie Wilson was a step ahead of us and I don't think we've caught up with him yet. Eddie's been dead for almost 18 years, but his music is as alive today as the day he recorded it. For me and for everyone who listens to music, Eddie Wilson lives and always will.
[On the bridge Eddie wrecked on]
Joann Carlino
There were so many things I wanted to say to him, so many questions 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 gonna be any future. In the morning, they told me that Eddie was gone, and they hadn't found his body.
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Mysterious Car Sparks Unsettling Memories
Joann Carlino
Frank, I know you're gonna think I'm crazy. But I have to tell you something. Last night, there was a car sitting in my driveway: a 57 Chevy, just like Eddie's.
Frank Ridgeway
Joann, that car was destroyed in the accident, remember?
Joann Carlino
I know, but whoever it was, must have seen me looking out the window. He blinked his headlights high, then low, then high again, just like Eddie.
Frank Ridgeway
It can't be. It can't be him.
Joann Carlino
Well, who then? Who?
Frank Ridgeway
It's not Eddie. Now, whoever it is that's watching you is looking to cash in on those tapes. But it is not Eddie.
Joann Carlino
Frank, I know where those tapes are. After the accident, I had to say goodbye in my own way. I went to Satin Records, got the tapes, and drove back to Palace Depression.
Frank Ridgeway
Take me there.
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Exploring the Allure of the Dark Side
Eddie Wilson
The dark side is calling now, nothing is real / She'll never know just how I feel / From out of a shadow, she walks like a dream / Makes me feel crazy, makes me feel so mean / Ain't nothing gonna save you from a love that is blind / Slip to the dark side across that line / On the dark side, oh yeah / On the dark side, oh yeah
[singing]
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Conflict Over Creative Aspirations and Reality
Doc Robbins
Damn it. What the hell are you doing?
Lew Eisen
I've heard enough. Tell him to just relax.
Doc Robbins
There's nothing can't be fixed, am I right?
[about Eddie's album]
Lew Eisen
This won't fix, this is a disaster. You want to be a poet? Try Greenwich Village.
[to Eddie]
Doc Robbins
Listen, Lew, another couple of weeks. We've been working for months.
Lew Eisen
Doc, take six weeks. I still wouldn't know what to do with it.
Eddie Wilson
You want to know what you can do with it? I'll tell you what you can do with it, you son of a bitch!
[angrily to Lew, with Sal and Kenny holding him back]
Lew Eisen
Hey! I put up ten grand, and I expect something for my money. This is what I've waiting a year for? A bunch of jerk-offs making weird sounds? You're not gonna see a red penny!
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Motivations Behind the Music and Tapes
Frank Ridgeway
Why did you do this?
Doc Robbins
Shortcuts, kid. I never could do things the easy way.
Frank Ridgeway
Doc, why this little game and the car business?
Doc Robbins
I figured Joann had the tapes, I knew she wasn't gonna give them to me. Maybe you, Wordman, maybe if she'd give them to you.
Joann Carlino
What would you do if you had the tapes, Doc?
Doc Robbins
Try me, just try me. I have it made. For once in my life, I'd bring home a winner... I'd like that.
Joann Carlino
I once asked Eddie why he kept you around. You know what he said? He said, "Doc's a dreamer, and the world needs dreamers.
Doc Robbins
He was the only real friend I ever had.
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Nerves Before a College Performance
Sal Amato
Hey, Wordman, this shindig tonight. How are we suppose to dress?
Frank Ridgeway
Hey, wait a minute. What is the big deal? We've played at colleges before.
Eddie Wilson
Yeah, sure, we played at "St. Something" down in Delaware and "Fairly Ridiculous" up in Madison, but we ain't never played at no finishing school like this. This is a mistake, we don't belong here. These people are different.
Frank Ridgeway
I'm telling you they're gonna eat us up. They're just a bunch of college kids, no better than you...
Eddie Wilson
Hey! I didn't say better, I said different. You oughta remember that.
[interrupting]
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Striving for Greatness Amidst Doubt and Disagreement
Doc Robbins
Are you crazy? We had the money in our hands and you blew it. You blew it!
[to Eddie; Eddie pushes him far back]
Sal Amato
Eddie, you're wrong! You're wrong! Now listen to me, I love you. I've known you longer than anyone else. But you're wrong. They want "On the Dark Side"! Why are we giving them some damn opera? I don't even know what you're after!
Eddie Wilson
I want something great. I want something that nobody's ever done before!
Sal Amato
Why? We ain't great. We're just some guys from Jersey.
Eddie Wilson
If you can't be great, than there's no sense in ever playing music again, Sal.
Sal Amato
Blame this on you. It was you! We were doing good till you came along. And you got us all screwed up!
[to Frank]
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Missing Tapes and Forgotten Memories
Sal Amato
You know what she really wanted to talk about? Those old tapes: "Season in Hell". She said something about them being missing, and wanted to know if I knew where they were.
[about Maggie]
Frank Ridgeway
What did you tell her?
Sal Amato
I told her I don't have a clue. For all I care, they could a gone down with Eddie. You understand?
Frank Ridgeway
Sally, you were on those tapes too.
Sal Amato
If they find those tapes, what's in it for me, huh? I just about broke my fingers trying to play that stuff.
Frank Ridgeway
Well, if it must be worth money, somebody's wanting to pay for them.
Sal Amato
But we ain't gonna see a dime from that. They'll find a way to screw us, they always do. Guys like you and me, they strike oil under your garden and all you get is dead tomatoes.
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Questioning Eddie's Influence and Existence
Maggie Foley
Frank, how much influence did Rimbaud have on Eddie?
Frank Ridgeway
Looking for a ghost?
Maggie Foley
Maybe.
[smiles knowingly]
Frank Ridgeway
You don't really think Eddie's still alive, do you?
Maggie Foley
I guess not. But what about the coincindence of "Season in Hell"? Frank what happened to those tapes?
Frank Ridgeway
Hey, look, it didn't work. The record company hated it, they never released the album.
Maggie Foley
Frank, I want to get a hold of those tapes and play them on my show. Let's let them be heard, and let the people decide whether their any good.
Frank Ridgeway
I don't know where they are. Honest, we'd like to find them as much as you would.
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Celebrating the Illusion of Greatness
Eddie Wilson
You actually believe that you could build a castle out of a bunch of junk. What a crock. Holy shit. What a phony. Here we are, guys. Right where we belong. You got your Edsels,... Norges,... Dumonts... and Eddie Wilson. Together at last, creating our own incredible monument to nothing! Here's to nothing, fellas! Here's to nothing!
[looks at the mirror; smashes the mirror; shouts and claps his hands]
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The Search for Lost Dreams and Identity
Main cast
] - Frank Ridgeway
[[w:Tom Berenger|Tom Berenger]
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Disagreement Over Song Tempo
Eddie Wilson
Let's get on with the music. 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4. Hold it, hold it! Wait a minute, wait a minute!
[getting ready to practice "Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes"; starts the song]
Sal Amato
What the matter?
Eddie Wilson
What's the matter, where you racing to, where's the fire?
Sal Amato
No fire. That's the way the song was written, it goes that way: upbeat. What's the problem?
Eddie Wilson
The problem is I'm just saying words. You know, you got to give me a little room so people will know what I'm singing about.
Sal Amato
Hey, you lose the beat, people miss a step, we want them to dance.
Eddie Wilson
Lose a beat, miss a step. What a you a moron, Sal?
Sam Amato
Do you believe this guy?
Eddie Wilson
Look, Sal, I like your stuff. But it just ain't what I was looking for. You understand?
Sal Amato
Forget it, you had your mind made up before you ever started. So what am I knocking myself out for?
Eddie Wilson
Look, I don't want to argue with you, Sal. Do you want to get another opinion on the subject?
Sal Amato
No! Forget it.
Eddie Wilson
Joann, what do you think?
Sal Amato
What are you asking her for?
Eddie Wilson
Why not ask her, she's got brain?
Sal Amato
I don't know anything? She knows, huh? Everybody you bring into this band is an expert, except Sally. Sally's just a dumb guinea, right?
Eddie Wilson
You dumb guinea. Hey, kid, come here.
[looking at Frank]
Frank Ridgeway
Who, me?
Eddie Wilson
Yeah, you, come here.
Eddie Wilson
Now, you heard what we're talking about. What do you think?
Frank Ridgeway
I think he's right, I think it needs a caesura.
[agreeing with Eddie]
Eddie Wilson
See, my way with a caesurian.
[pointing to himself]
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The Weight of Lost Dreams
Main cast
Michael "Tunes" Antunes - Wendell Newton
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Reflections on Identity and Legacy
Main cast
] - Keith Livingston
[[John Stockwell]
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