Crossroads

Crossroads

  • Director: Walter Hill
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 14, 1986
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Crossroads - Pakt mit dem Teufel
  • "Crossroads" is an American feature film released in 1986, directed by Walter Hill, starring Ralph George Macchio and Joe Seneca.
    The film tells the story of a white youth Eugene Madon looking for the lost song of the legendary black blues singer Robert Johnson.

    Details

    • Release date March 14, 1986
    • Filming locations Natchez, Mississippi, USA
    • Production companies Columbia Pictures

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $5,839,031

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $2,071,680

    Gross worldwide

    $5,839,031

    Movie reviews

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    • By Margarita 2022-11-17 03:17:34

      robert johnson at the crossroads and

      The devil's deal is actually an old legend in Mississippi. Legend has it that this guy who lived only 27 years and was called "the most important blues musician of all time" by eric clapton, came to a crossroad near Dockery Plantation by himself at midnight and met a big black man by chance. (Devil), this big guy took his piano, played a few tunes and exchanged it with johnson, so he got a mysterious power that enabled him to play distinctive blues music, and at the price the devil wanted Gone...

    • By Cleora 2022-09-07 11:00:33

      It's interesting

      This is a movie about guitar, a good footnote to blues and blues music.
         I was obsessed with a guitar a long time ago. Although I can’t play or own a guitar, I just simply like it. I can simply play some single-string tones with a friend’s guitar. I have collected a large number of videos of guitar masters. I am ashamed. I can't even call the name, but my face is familiar. I've seen the last climax of this movie before. It is the clip of the actor and Steve Vai playing guitar. It is...

    • By Rico 2022-05-05 06:01:02

      The Bluesman

      What I like is Bruce's deep melancholy and long aftertaste of self-harm.
      It’s been a few years since I watched this movie. When I was still in college, I sat at my desk alone and watched it on the computer. I don’t know why, but there were a few tears hanging in my eyes. I liked the gray hair. The old Bruce also likes this passionate and dreamy little Eugene, a guitar, and simple effects. With the advancement of his dreams, young may be his greatest capital and wealth. The heavy American...

    • By Deanna 2022-05-05 06:01:02

      For those who really love blues

      This film is full of deep affection for blues,
      whether it is the obsessive pursuit of the 30th song of the album recorded before the death of Robert Johnson, or even abandoning his eugene marton majoring in classical guitar at the Juilliard School
      or to Mississippi. The land has almost paranoid love "blinddog" willie brown
      or even those musicians (including Wille)
      who trade for the blues and the devil (including Wille). They are all crazy for the blues. This
      film is a...

    • By Gina 2022-05-05 06:01:02

      A few small details

      ·Steve Vai played the devil, guitarist Jack Butler, but in fact both guitars were played by Steve Vai.
      ·After Guitar dual ended, Eugene played a song "Big Bad Moon" by Joe Satriani? no. It sounds a bit like it. "Big Bad Moon" was written in 1989, and the film was shot in 1986.
      ·Most of the last few songs are modified from Paganini's fifth Caprice. Steve Vai perfectly copied Paganini's wild eyes and figure.
      · Ralph Macchio took a CBS Fender made in the 70s, but the logo on the...

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    • By Guido 2023-09-10 16:21:43

      Maybe you will like blues music after watching...

    • By Loyce 2023-08-27 17:08:43

      Legend has it that there are BBKING and...

    • By Lane 2023-08-26 16:54:20

      It's the part of the show...you can...

    • By Lottie 2023-08-20 08:57:28

      There are many surprises: Karate Kid's first supporting role is always brilliant; Walter Hill, in addition to Alien, also produced such a good film. "Ain't no song. Never was a number 30, you have to get do it for...

    • By Hester 2023-08-19 04:21:21

      The plot is silly, the music is...

    Movie plot

    Born on Long Island, the white young Eugene Madong (Ralph George Macchio Ralph Macchio) has a high talent for playing classical guitar, but he loves blues and blues so much, especially for the legendary black blues singer Robert Johnson Tim Russ (played by Tim Russ) is fascinated. It is said that Johnson had recorded 30 songs during his lifetime, but only the first 29 have survived. In order to find the lost song, he went to find...
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    Movie quotes

    • Willie Brown: Lots of towns... Lots of songs... Lots of women... Good times... Bad times... Only thing I wanted anyone to say is... 'He could really play... He was good'.

    • Eugene Martone: Where and when for this thing?

      Scratch: Ohh, I can get us there real quick... Jack Butler's gonna like you.

    • Eugene Martone: You know Willie, I came down here to learn a lost song, not to get slapped in the face by an 80-year-old man! I find out I gotta become "King of the Hobos" I can go broke...

      Willie Brown: [interrupting him angrily] I'm sorry your life turned out so 'HARD', Eugene! But I got my own business to tend to down here, and I don't mean for you to slow me down.

      Eugene Martone: Business? What business?

      Willie Brown: Personal business. And given your attitude, you got no reason to know what.

      Eugene Martone: My attitude? What the hell's the matter with MY attitude, I have a great attitude!

      Willie Brown: You got your mind made up about how everything works. How you gonna learn anything new when you KNOW everything already?

      [picks up Eugene's old, scratched acoustic guitar]

      Willie Brown: Look at this old guitar here you been squeakin' on. I bet you saw this thing in a music store and bought it just because you thought it was beat up! Well you got it all wrong. Muddy Waters invented electricity.