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{{Infobox Film| name = Repo Man| image = Repo-Man-Poster.jpg| image_size =| caption = Theatrical release poster| director =
Alex Cox
[Peter McCarthy
[Harry Dean Stanton| cinematography = [Robby Müller| distributor = [Universal Studios| released = March 2,
1984| budget = [United States dollar1.5 million| gross = $3,750,080| preceded_by =| followed_by =| website =| amg_id = 1:40959| imdb_id = 0087995-->
Repo Man is a 1984 in film cult film directed by
Alex Cox. It was produced by Jonathan Wacks and Peter McCarthy, with executive producer
Michael Nesmith, and stars Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton.
Plot
Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez), an alienation young
punk rocker living in mid-1980s Los Angeles, California, is fired from his menial, supermarket stock
clerk job for talking back to his boss. Shortly afterwards, he finds out that his Cannabis (drug)-smoking, ex-hippie parents have donated his entire savings account to a popular, but sleazy, Televangelism. Leaving home and broke, Otto gets a job almost by accident with the disingenuously named "Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation," a small-time automobile
repossession agency, where he is mentored by Bud (
Harry Dean Stanton) a seasoned repo man who teaches the often hazardous profession.
Otto soon learns that "the life of a Repo Man is always intense." He enjoys the drug use, real-life car chases, and good pay. His old punk rock lifestyle seems boring by comparison. He begins to develop a rapport with his fellow Repo Men as well.
Soon, Bud, Otto and competing repo men all over town are searching for a 1964
Chevrolet Malibu from
New Mexico, ludicrously overvalued at $20,000; this vehicle, unknown to them, contains something mysterious and dangerously powerful in its trunk, also sought by a strange female FBI agent, Agent Rogersz (
Susan Barnes (Actress)) and her staff. The film draws on the experiences of Alex Cox, who worked briefly as a repo man in Los Angeles, but soon deviates into the surreal with
Extraterrestrial life, the Central Intelligence Agency, televangelism, punk rocker thieves and other strange characters and situations, all amid a long string of hilarious
running gags and almost-impossible coincidences.
Cast
- Jennifer Balgobin as Debbi
- Olivia Barash as Leila
- Susan Barnes (actress) as Agent Rogersz
- Harry Dean Stanton as Bud
- Emilio Estevez as Otto Maddox
- Tom Finnegan as Oly
- Richard Foronjy as Otto Plettschner
- Fox Harris as J. Frank Parnell
- Helen Martin as Mrs. Parks
- Vonetta McGee as Marlene
- Sy Richardson as Lite
- Dick Rude as Duke, Punk
- Miguel Sandoval as Archie
- Zander Schloss as Kevin the Nerd
- Eddie Velez as Napoleon 'Napo' Rodríguez
- Tracey Walter as Miller
- Del Zamora as Lagarto Rodrigues
Awards
1985 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (Saturn Awards)
Soundtrack
{{Infobox Album | | Name = Repo Man (Original Soundtrack)
| Type = Soundtrack
| Artist = Various Artists
| Cover = Repo Man CD cover.jpg
| Background = gainsboro
| Released = 1984
| Recorded =
| Genre = [Soundtrack
| Length = 37:20
| Label = [Music Corporation of America
| Producer =
| Reviews =
|
| Last album =
| This album =
| Next album =
-->The soundtrack features now-classic
punk rock tracks by Black Flag (band), the
Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Iggy Pop and others. Producer
Mike Nesmith has a small cameo role (a mock TV commercial taken from his video production
Elephant Parts).
It was meant to capture an angry spirit and features a collection of punk bands of the time.
"Repo Man" performed by Iggy Pop – 5:11
"TV Party" performed by Black Flag (band) – 3:50
"Institutionalized" performed by Suicidal Tendencies – 3:49
"Coup d'Etat" performed by The Circle Jerks – 1:59
"El Clavo y la Cruz" performed by The Plugz – 2:56
"Pablo Picasso" performed by Burning Sensations – 4:01
"Let's Have a War" performed by Fear (band) – 2:29
"When the Shit Hits the Fan" performed by The Circle Jerks – 3:11
"Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)" performed by The Plugz – 1:46
"Bad Man" performed by Juicy Bananas – 4:59
"Reel Ten" performed by The Plugz – 3:09
External links
- Repo Man page on Alex Cox website
-
- Repo Man Film tribute to the film
{{Infobox Film| name = Repo Man| image = Repo-Man-Poster.jpg| image_size =| caption = Theatrical release poster| director = Alex Cox
[Peter McCarthy
[Harry Dean Stanton| cinematography = [Robby Müller| distributor = [Universal Studios| released = March 2, 1984| budget = [United States dollar1.5 million| gross = $3,750,080| preceded_by =| followed_by =| website =| amg_id = 1:40959| imdb_id = 0087995-->
Repo Man is a
1984 in film cult film directed by
Alex Cox. It was produced by
Jonathan Wacks and
Peter McCarthy, with executive producer Michael Nesmith, and stars Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton.
Plot
Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez), an
alienation young
punk rocker living in mid-1980s
Los Angeles, California, is fired from his menial, supermarket stock clerk job for talking back to his boss. Shortly afterwards, he finds out that his Cannabis (drug)-smoking, ex-
hippie parents have donated his entire savings account to a popular, but sleazy, Televangelism. Leaving home and broke, Otto gets a job almost by accident with the disingenuously named "Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation," a small-time automobile
repossession agency, where he is mentored by Bud (
Harry Dean Stanton) a seasoned repo man who teaches the often hazardous profession.
Otto soon learns that "the life of a Repo Man is always intense." He enjoys the drug use, real-life car chases, and good pay. His old punk rock lifestyle seems boring by comparison. He begins to develop a rapport with his fellow Repo Men as well.
Soon, Bud, Otto and competing repo men all over town are searching for a 1964
Chevrolet Malibu from
New Mexico, ludicrously overvalued at $20,000; this vehicle, unknown to them, contains something mysterious and dangerously powerful in its trunk, also sought by a strange female FBI agent, Agent Rogersz (
Susan Barnes (Actress)) and her staff. The film draws on the experiences of Alex Cox, who worked briefly as a repo man in Los Angeles, but soon deviates into the surreal with
Extraterrestrial life, the
Central Intelligence Agency, televangelism, punk rocker thieves and other strange characters and situations, all amid a long string of hilarious
running gags and almost-impossible coincidences.
Cast
Awards
1985 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (Saturn Awards)
Soundtrack
{{Infobox Album | | Name = Repo Man (Original Soundtrack)
| Type = Soundtrack
| Artist = Various Artists
| Cover = Repo Man CD cover.jpg
| Background = gainsboro
| Released = 1984
| Recorded =
| Genre = [Soundtrack
| Length = 37:20
| Label = [Music Corporation of America
| Producer =
| Reviews =
|
| Last album =
| This album =
| Next album =
-->The soundtrack features now-classic punk rock tracks by Black Flag (band), the Circle Jerks,
Suicidal Tendencies, Iggy Pop and others. Producer
Mike Nesmith has a small cameo role (a mock TV commercial taken from his video production
Elephant Parts).
It was meant to capture an angry spirit and features a collection of punk bands of the time.
"Repo Man" performed by Iggy Pop – 5:11
"TV Party" performed by Black Flag (band) – 3:50
"Institutionalized" performed by Suicidal Tendencies – 3:49
"Coup d'Etat" performed by The Circle Jerks – 1:59
"El Clavo y la Cruz" performed by The Plugz – 2:56
"Pablo Picasso" performed by Burning Sensations – 4:01
"Let's Have a War" performed by Fear (band) – 2:29
"When the Shit Hits the Fan" performed by The Circle Jerks – 3:11
"Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)" performed by The Plugz – 1:46
"Bad Man" performed by Juicy Bananas – 4:59
"Reel Ten" performed by The Plugz – 3:09
External links
- Repo Man page on Alex Cox website
-
- Repo Man Film tribute to the film