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CBGB New Movie Poster and Trailer
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- Published: Friday, 23 August 2013 07:57
CBGB, the famed New York nightclub is getting a big screen adaptation and well-known stars are glamming up for their rock n' roll make-over as some of the iconic leaders of the punk rock scene. Preview the new movie poster and trailer which stars the likes of Malin Akerman as Debbie Harry, Harry Potter's Rupert Grint, Ashley Greene, Johnny Galecki and Alan Rickman as CBGB founder Hilly Kristal.
Others starring in CBGB the movie include Stana Katic (Castle), Justin Bartha, Freddy Rodriguez and Bradley Whitford (Saving Mr. Banks). Bands such as Blondie, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, The Talking Heads, Patti Smith, The Police and Bruce Springsteen Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers are some of the famous bands that came through this club.
We're hoping this recreation of the punk rock scene at the iconic New York nightclub will be on par with another movie based on a new era of music, 24 Hour Party People, which chronicled the Manchester music scene with Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan).
CBGB opens in movie theaters October 11, 2013.
OFFICIAL MOVIE SYNOPSIS:
CBGB looks at New York’s dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 originally as a home for “country, bluegrass and blues” (thus the club’s name) and which showcased cutting-edge bands through its closing in 2006. The Talking Heads, Patti Smith, The Ramones, Blondie, The Dead Boys, Bad Brains, Green Day, Soul Asylum, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, Everclear, George Thorogood, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, The Black Crowes, The Flaming Lips, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The B-52s, The Runaways, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tool and The Wallflowers are just some of the thousands of bands that played the club over the years.
In 1973, after two bankruptcies and an acrimonious divorce, the ever-determined Hilly Kristal (ALAN RICKMAN) borrowed money to buy the Palace Bar, a watering hole for the indigent of what was then New York's seething skid row. Hilly had a dream. He wanted to give a stage to live musicians, albeit Country, Bluegrass and Blues musicians. Thus the acronym CBGB.
When it proved impossible to book the likes of Conway Twitty on The Bowery, Hilly opened his doors to local talent. The bands that came were primitive and unrehearsed, but by giving them a stage, Hilly gave them a forum in which to grow. Variously angry, nihilistic, political and raw, this music was a radical departure from the disco and ultra studio produced rock of the times. It was fundamentally DIY.
Audiences responded to the egalitarian nature of the CBGB bands. It was an antidote to the harsh socio-political times. Nixon was impeached. New York was on the verge of bankruptcy. Ford was refusing to bail the city out.
But the music did not have a name until Punk Magazine was established in the Connecticut basement of the parents of a young illustrator named John Holmstrom (JOSH ZUCKERMAN) who gave a signature look to the movement. Filled with irreverence and irony, the magazine lent a kind of aberrant formality to the downtown music scene.
Punk was born. And the world of music was changed forever.
Starring:
Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Justin Bartha, Richard de Klerk, Johnny Galecki, Ashley Greene, Rupert Grint, Taylor Hawkins, Stana Katic, Donal Logue, Joel David Moore, Freddy Rodriguez, Mickey Sumner, Bradley Whitford.