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Roadside Prophets

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Roadside Prophets
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R,1hr 36min
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1992
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Image Entertainment
Synopsis: Screenwriter/electrician Abbe Wool makes her directorial debut with the offbeat road movie Roadside Prophets. Brooding factory worker Joe (X front man John Doe) takes a road trip in order to scatter the ashes of his co-worker Dave Coleman (David Anthony Marshall). Riding his vintage Harley Davidson, Joe leaves Los Angeles and heads for a small Nevada town called El Dorado to fulfill Dave's final wish. His journey is complicated by a small fry named Sam (the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz), a wannabe ... Full Synopsis
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Heavily influenced by the style and themes of countercultural staples like Easy Rider and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Roadside Prophets is decent-enough entertainment. This hipster road movie has three things going wrong for it right away: It's coming straight out of the self-indulgent early '90s, it features rock stars as leading men, and most of the other characters are just celebrity ... Full Review
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