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Don Calfa,
Robert Downey, Jr.,
Woodrow Chambliss,
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Robert Downey,
Robert Downey
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: Not Rated
: Image Entertainment
: Comedies, Cult, Political Satire, Westerns
: 90 min.
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In Greaser's Palace, Alan Arbus plays a zoot-suited character named Jesse, who is not only a Christlike figure, he is Christ. En route to Jerusalem, where he hopes to find work as a "singer-dancer-actor," Jesse finds himself in a dusty western town. At first, he is targeted for extermination by town boss Seaweedhead Greaser (Albert Henderson) but all this changes when he brings Greaser's son Lamy (Michael Sullivan) back from the dead. Jesse's healing powers lead to all sorts of wacked-out complications and, inevitably, a bizarre confrontation with the town looney, exotic dancer Cholera (Luana Anders). A very young Robert Downey Jr. (the son of the director) appears as a Quasimodo-like child. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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| A spoof of Westerns
by MKaliher
May 25, 2008 - 11:55 AM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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Actually, it's a satire of Christianity and what some are now calling "family values," as historically presented in Westerns. And there's nothing subtle about Robert Downey, Sr's presentation. Let's just say that the story gets rolling when a man in a zoot suit, white gloves, spats, and a pink, broad-brimmed hat parachutes out of the sky. He is Jesse, an aspiring actor/singer/dancer bound for Jerusalem, where he hopes to make his performing debut. And the first thing he does is raise a man from the dead. See where this is going?
Although I think it should be shown as part of the curriculum in all seminaries, religious types who use assassination, bombing, and other forms of terrorism as evangelical tools probably won't like it. But I doubt Downey had them in mind as an audience to begin with. It's a very unusual film, to say the least, and very 1970--it's chief quality being its eccentricity and relentless satire. I've never seen another film quite like it, and probably never will. |
| edit out about 1/2 hr to 45 minutes
by rarcher
February 8, 2006 - 7:00 AM PST
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1 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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this movie has some really amusing stuff and seems to try for that kind of joderowsky or arrabal type stream of consciousness / symbolism - but a lot of it just lacks movement and you just end up with all these shots of dudes hanging out in costumes - not real effective at holding my attention, but it might make for some non-intrusive and sometimes amusing background video at a party or something
what the heck is up with toni basil (hey mickey) as the topless indian? weird |
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