as the "Singles" soundtrack he wrote two songs for went platinum, but I'm still guessing 24 out of 25 average music "fans" couldn't pick him out of a police lineup. However, since he's still collecting royalties off it, I'm guessing his relative lack of fame doesn't really upset him.
I just watched this for the first time in almost 20 years, and was rewarded with a decent (if understated) viewing experience. This movie sat on a shelf for 18 months until Warner Brothers finally released it in Sept. of '92, and were rewarded with a modest hit. By that point, the Seattle music scene had exploded, with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains all huge national acts. In retrospect, the movie may have been a bigger hit if it would have focused primarily on all of the emerging bands instead of quirky "twenty-somethings", but then it wouldn't have been called "Singles", right.
Once again, I'm not going to discuss the plot, as it's been hashed over several times here. Let's just say that if you want to see what the origins of grunge and its club scene looked like, this is a great place to start.
P.S.-of all the great actor cameos everyone has talked about in this movie (Stoltz, Giamatti, Burton, Horton, Garber, Piven, Pullman, Skerritt, and even Cameron Crowe himself), the one that freaked me out the most was Christopher Masterson playing Steve at age 10. Being that he was probably in the 5th grade when he shot his scenes, I wonder if he can remember any of it today.
P.S.S.-Bridget...COME BACK!!!!!!
I just watched this for the first time in almost 20 years, and was rewarded with a decent (if understated) viewing experience. This movie sat on a shelf for 18 months until Warner Brothers finally released it in Sept. of '92, and were rewarded with a modest hit. By that point, the Seattle music scene had exploded, with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains all huge national acts. In retrospect, the movie may have been a bigger hit if it would have focused primarily on all of the emerging bands instead of quirky "twenty-somethings", but then it wouldn't have been called "Singles", right.
Once again, I'm not going to discuss the plot, as it's been hashed over several times here. Let's just say that if you want to see what the origins of grunge and its club scene looked like, this is a great place to start.
P.S.-of all the great actor cameos everyone has talked about in this movie (Stoltz, Giamatti, Burton, Horton, Garber, Piven, Pullman, Skerritt, and even Cameron Crowe himself), the one that freaked me out the most was Christopher Masterson playing Steve at age 10. Being that he was probably in the 5th grade when he shot his scenes, I wonder if he can remember any of it today.
P.S.S.-Bridget...COME BACK!!!!!!