Crossroads overview

Crossroads

Synopsis:

A passion for blues music is evident in this drama based on a contest-winning script by former blues musician John Fusco -- and featuring one of the decade's best-received motion picture soundtracks, written and performed by Ry Cooder. Eugene Martone Ralph Macchio is a classically trained guitarist who desperately wants to locate a long-lost blues song. At a Harlem nursing home, Eugene finds Willie Brown (Joe Seneca), a legendary blues man who may be able to help him. Eugene becomes part of the master guitarist's scheme to reclaim his soul from the Devil, which he sold in exchange for musical greatness at a rural crossroads many decades before.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Walter Hill
  • Studio: Mark Carliner Productions, Delphi IV Productions, Columbia Pictures
  • Year: 1986
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: New York City, NY, Julliard School, New York City, NY, Harlem, New York City, NY
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color, Color and B&W
  • Release: 1986 03 14 (USA)

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