The only problem is that the plot meanders when nobody is singing. And that's OK, because the actors are having a lot of fun, and the production values of the musical numbers are slick and high-spirited. There isn't an original idea in the screenplay by Justin Theroux and Chris D'Arienzo, based on an Off-Broadway hit. She leads a group of protesters across the street from the Bourbon Room, while Dennis and Lonny look grimly out the window. In this case, the politician is Mayor Whitman ( Bryan Cranston), who gets all of his instructions from his domineering wife, Patricia ( Catherine Zeta-Jones). Frankie, Annette and the gang were always having a great time down at the beach when some stuffy local politician decided to run them out of town as a campaign tactic. If you are of a certain age, you may remember them. Adam Shankman's "Rock of Ages" not only has a high-profile cast, but they never seem to be slumming they play their roles with great intensity and earnestness, which is really the only way to do satire.Ī subplot is recycled directly out of old "Beach Party" musicals. If you're tracking those names, you're perhaps impressed. The person on the other end of the line is usually a venal music manager named Paul Gill ( Paul Giamatti), who claims he will save the club by supplying his legendary client Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) for a one-night farewell concert. His only confidante is a weathered rocker named Lonny (Russell Brand), whose primary function is to lean over him during phone calls and frantically tell him what to say. Dennis Dupree (Alec Baldwin), its owner, is desperate because he owes back taxes and will have to close the doors at any moment. They're sweet and likable, but for me, the better story involves the fate of the club, the Bourbon Room. Has ever a romance in a musical been otherwise? Of course their mistake is repaired and (spoiler!) they're back together at the end. Of course they break up because of a tragic misunderstanding. Of course they have heartfelt conversations while standing behind the "Hollywood" sign. But their romance and their musical aspirations are threatened by trying to stay true to their musical visions, changing musical tastes, and by Stacee himself.Of course they also fall in love. As Drew and Sherrie's romance blossoms, other romances around them blossom as well. But Patricia is hiding a secret from her past as to the reason for her extreme fervor in getting rid of the Bourbon.
His Christian fundamentalist wife Patricia Whitmore is leading the on the ground campaign in this area, she who is determined to shut down the Bourbon. Another problem for the Bourbon is that Mayor Mike Whitmore is taking a tough stance on what he sees as bad societal influences like rock music. Rumors are that Stacee is leaving Arsenal after their next gig to go solo, Rolling Stones reporter Constance Sack who wants to get the true story as to the reason.
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Dennis and Lonny, who are having financial difficulties, are able to convince rock star Stacee Jaxx, the perpetually stoned front man for the band Arsenal who got his first break performing at the Bourbon, to perform for free at a benefit concert at the club.
Despite Dennis Dupree, the Bourbon's owner/manager, not liking to hire people like Drew or Sherrie - someone who has musical aspirations - as service staff, Drew is able to convince Dennis and his assistant Lonny to hire Sherrie as a server, Drew and Sherrie who have a blossoming mutual attraction. The two meet as Drew helps Sherrie with a situation when she first arrives in town. She is just like Drew Boley was when he first arrived in Hollywood, he, now the Hollywood veteran, who works as a bar back at the Bourbon Club, known as the center of the rock scene in town and the place where many of the biggest acts in rock got their big break. Naive Sherrie Christian has just arrived in Hollywood from Tulsa looking to become a rock star.
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