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PAYDAY
MGM
35 years ago, I was probably one
of the few people who actually saw
this film in the theatre, and I think it
played for a week or two and was
gone like it never arrived.
And it did not appear too often
later-it at all-on all night TV skeds,
either, so this is the first time I have
seen it again since 1973.
Well, I thought the flick was
amazing over 3 decades ago, and I
still do now in 2008.
This was Rip Torn at his absolute
sleaziest, misogynist, real-life like
best and why there was no Oscar
nom for him, I'll never know.
Torn totally morphs into the
character of B-list country crooner
and drug/booze addled hell raiser
and sex fiend, Maury Dann, in a
performance so brutally honest,
some may find it slightly creepy.
Torn's Dann always seems to have
that sweat on the brow like
another villain from the early 70s,
Richard Nixon, and the same
perpetual 5 o'clock shadow as well.
Directed by Daryl Duke in the
country music belt in the
southeastern United States, this is
a low budget tour de force that
today could only be made by a
small Indie production house.
Also of major note is the debut
performance of Elayne Heilveil,
who plays a little old young
country girl who has fled her local
dime store employ for a taste of
the groupie trade with Dan and his
motley band and entourage.
The back of the Caddy scene
where Dann has nookie with his
new sex toy whilst his current
steady girlfriend naps, is worth the
price of admission, alone.
Way ahead of it's time in reflecting
on the sliminess of the underbelly
of the music biz, the film is to my
mind a must-see for those who
lived through the era, and even
those who did not have that good
fortune to now be so jaded.
Extras include an informative
director's commentary and original
theatrical trailer.
MGM
35 years ago, I was probably one
of the few people who actually saw
this film in the theatre, and I think it
played for a week or two and was
gone like it never arrived.
And it did not appear too often
later-it at all-on all night TV skeds,
either, so this is the first time I have
seen it again since 1973.
Well, I thought the flick was
amazing over 3 decades ago, and I
still do now in 2008.
This was Rip Torn at his absolute
sleaziest, misogynist, real-life like
best and why there was no Oscar
nom for him, I'll never know.
Torn totally morphs into the
character of B-list country crooner
and drug/booze addled hell raiser
and sex fiend, Maury Dann, in a
performance so brutally honest,
some may find it slightly creepy.
Torn's Dann always seems to have
that sweat on the brow like
another villain from the early 70s,
Richard Nixon, and the same
perpetual 5 o'clock shadow as well.
Directed by Daryl Duke in the
country music belt in the
southeastern United States, this is
a low budget tour de force that
today could only be made by a
small Indie production house.
Also of major note is the debut
performance of Elayne Heilveil,
who plays a little old young
country girl who has fled her local
dime store employ for a taste of
the groupie trade with Dan and his
motley band and entourage.
The back of the Caddy scene
where Dann has nookie with his
new sex toy whilst his current
steady girlfriend naps, is worth the
price of admission, alone.
Way ahead of it's time in reflecting
on the sliminess of the underbelly
of the music biz, the film is to my
mind a must-see for those who
lived through the era, and even
those who did not have that good
fortune to now be so jaded.
Extras include an informative
director's commentary and original
theatrical trailer.
