Shredder orpheus 1990 skateboarder named orpheus and friends go to hell to stop television signals that are brainwashing america. This gonzo rarity was originally released by the nowcult, vhsonly action international pictures. Nathan phillips, writing for the movie elite said, shredder orpheus is a love letter to independent artistry and 80s counterculture that is, frankly, missing or underrepresented in todays social climate, and if it were possible to be nostalgic about the future, it would be via the attitudes present in the future as seen in shredder. Unreleased soundtrack vinyl includes full length dvd of the original movie. Set in a drab, postapocalyptic urban war zone, shredder orpheus recreates the classical greek tale of orpheus and eurydice for a more modern audience. The myth of orpheus and eurydice is brought to a dystopian future in which skateborders oppose hades and persephones cable network. Rockstar orpheus mcginely descends into the underworld armed with a skateboard and a futuristic guitar to save the world from mindcontrolling television signals. It makes its local debut october 31 at the neptune. In this film, a rock stars wife is in danger and he must travel through hell on a skateboard in order to rescue her and stop a. Shredder orpheus is an amusing and critically acclaimed film that cleverly combines skate pop music, dark humor and skateboarding action into a. A trailer for shredder orpheus by robert r mcginley.
Orpheus journey to the underworld is reworked as a postapocalyptic skate rockopera in this 1989 cult classic. Vinyl lp pressing of this previously unreleased soundtrack including a bonus dvd edition of the original movie. I rented a copy from peaches records in the udistrict and dubbed it, my copy is pretty bad, but a quick look around the web. The locally produced shredder orpheus is a prize winning skateboard version of the orpheus myth, directed by and starring robert mcginley. Oh, yeah, thats right, the luminous mariana karr wears a sweetass sweater throughout this movie. Shredder orpheus is a valiant effort, but its also proof that you cant simply adapt a story. While the film essentially retells the story of orpheus and eurydice.
Orpheus is a skateboarding guitar playera shredder that shreds and his band is the shredders. Shredder orpheus 1990 punkrock star orpheus robert mcginley seeks eurydice megan murphy in a future world of bad tv and shredded memories. The 17 music cues weave together a blend of barkers hypnotic synthesizer compositions with blistering skate rock tunes featuring virtuosic guitar work by dennis rea. Overview of shredder orpheus, 1990, directed by robert mcginley, with stephen j bernstein, robert mcginley, megan murphy, at turner classic movies. Shedder orpheus might drive snotty fans of black orpheus into a frenzy, but teens will definitely dig it.
Category fantasy films catalog with a lot of fantasy movies. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and cult film films with plots about supernatural, danger, hell, deadly, demon, supernatural power and blood mostly in horror genres. Shredder orpheus original 1989 soundtrack light in the. Classical mythology and 80s attitude collide in shredder orpheus, a punktastic odyssey from robert mcginley and action international pictures. His song can also rescue his beloved euredice from the underworld, under one condition orpheus must reach the land of the living before looking to see if his love is following him. Armed with a futuristic guitar and a paranormal skateboard, orpheus descends a parking garage to hell and makes his way onto the live broadcast stage. Shredder orpheus is a movie i have a great affinity for. When becoming members of the site, you could use the full range of functions and enjoy the most exciting films. A trailer for the action international pictures movie shredder orpheus 1990 starring. I first saw it about 15 years ago after picking it up at a closing video store. This is an extremely hard to find movie from 1990, a skateboarding action adventure film that features some top legends. The all time worst low budget action movie supergun look at this comical pos whats going on here see full image.
All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others. Skateboarder named orpheus and friends go to hell to stop television signals that are brainwashing america. Roland barker shredder orpheus original soundtrack. Watch full movies online free movies online 123movies free online movies full gomovies putlocker. It sat on my shelf for months before i slipped it in the vcr and had my mind blown. Punk rocker orpheus robert mcginley seeks eurydice megan murphy in future hell. Recently, i was able to disable the cerbrus security system at the ebn and am using this opportunity to. The late 80s were a wonderful time for out of control italian schlock, i honestly dig a lot of it as much as if not more than some of the more accepted 70s gialli and other classics. Well i am publishing this to let you know that downloading ambrosia not to mention watching ambrosia the full movie streaming for free is straightforward. More movies should have severed heads in washing machines. Shredder orpheus features many seattle performance luminaries including seattle poetperformance artist steven jesse bernstein sub pop, and robert mcginley in the title role. Music by roland barker ministry, revolting cocks, blackouts and bill rieflin. Shredder orpheus extremely rare skateboarding movie vhs out of print. Mcginley is orpheus, of greek myth, here recast as postapocalyptic skatepunk messiah.
Pat lawrence centre for alternative medicine sponsored advertising. Barker, roland shredder orpheus original soundtrack. Orpheus can enchant everyone with his music, even animals and plants. Shredder orpheus a skaterock adventure of the deadly kind. The film, like i said, opens in london, england, but story begins in london, england. In fact, it was marianas sweater that beckoned me to watch this film in the first place. It follows the basic storyline of the greek myth of orpheus and eurydice.
Watch online shredder orpheus 1990 full movie putlocker123, download shredder orpheus putlocker123 stream shredder orpheus movie in hd 720p1080p. With robert mcginley, megan murphy, steven jesse bernstein, linda severt. By signing up for a membership web site you can observe well known stars such as sahar biniaz, heather doerksen, camyar chai, pauline egan online with the best quality on the market. Shredder orpheus 1989 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Director, writer and star robert mcginleys shredder orpheus may be a. Shredder orpheus 1990 the gentlemens blog to midnite. The film starts by showing the media shy catherine talking to a reporter in london, england, and when she begins to tell him her amazing story, it actually begins in an amazonian courtroom, where we see a catherine on trial for a double homicide. Shredder orpheus was a movie filmed in seattle, starring mostly northwest actors, released in 1990. Autographed by director shredder orpheus original 1989. Shredder orpheus is a 1990 film that has later become a cult classic. Robert mcginley, megan murphy, giancarlo scandiuzzi and john billingsley. Action international pictures remains the most unfairly unheralded dtv distributor of some of the best and weirdest action movies of the 80s and 90s. Shredding is the subtle art of using ones skateboard to tear a path of gnarly tricks and bodacious bustamoves wherever one would go, a parking garage for example.
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