Starring: John Magaro, Jack Huston, James Gandolfini, Bella Heathcote
Rating: R for pervasive language, some drug use and sexual content
Run Time: 1 hour, 52 minutes
Synopsis: Set during the mid-1960's, Doug (Magaro) and his friends put together a band to try and make it big like. All the while they must deal with in-band jealousies and decisions, girl problems and parents that just don't understand.
REVIEW
Andrew: Hello readers! The other night Sarah and I were privy to an advance screening of a film called Not Fade Away that was written and directed by David Chase, best known for being the creator of the hit HBO series The Sopranos. Starring John Magaro (My Soul to Take), Jack Huston (HBO’s Boardwalk Empire) and James Gandolfini (Killing Them Softly), this was a film that we didn’t know a whole lot about going into it. We only really saw a poster for it when we were in New York City on Christmas Day, we saw who it was directed by and it sort of piqued our interest.
Turns out it’s about a group
of young guys in 1960’s New Jersey who start a band trying to go big, and the
trials and tribulations of band dynamics, dealing with love, dealing with
family and so on. It focuses mostly on Magaro’s character, Doug, the band's drummer and back-up
vocalist, and Huston’s Gene, the lead singer and lead guitarist.
We legitimately didn't even know those basics going in to it. We went in relatively green, I'd say. But now that we’ve seen it, Sarah, what did you think of Not
Fade Away?
