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One Trick Pony

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R,1hr 38min

Genre:

Drama

Release:

1980

Director:

Robert M. Young

Starring:

Paul Simon, Blair Brown, Rip Torn ...more

Synopsis: The struggle of a has-been singer to work his way back up the charts is the focus of this drama by Robert M. Young with screenplay and music by Paul Simon. Simon plays Jonah, a once-popular singer who now opens for punk rock bands. In the ten years since he had a hit song, Jonah's wife has divorced him, but he still sees his young son as often as he can. With his record company on his back to come up with something that sells, Jonah begins to compromise his own talent when he listens to the advice ... Full Synopsis

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	Mark Deming, AMG Review If first-time screenwriter Paul Simon hasn't insisted upon casting first-time leading man Paul Simon in the film One Trick Pony, the results would have probably been a bit more impressive, but as it is the movie is an under-appreciated look at the music industry and one man's struggle to keep his life together, both as a husband and an artist. Simon isn't exactly bad as Jonah, a one-hit wonder whose ... Full Review

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	Paul Simon Jonah Blair Brown Marion Rip Torn Walter Fox Joan Hackett Lonnie Fox

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