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Dudes (1987)
Released By: Live Home Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Live Home Video
Genre: Action-Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Language: English
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Cast: Catherine Mary Stewart, Daniel Roebuck, Flea, Jon Cryer, Lee Ving
Published ID: 2175
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Plot: Penelope Spheeris, director of the infamous documentary The Decline of Western Civilization may well have given the world its first punk-rock Western in the form of Dudes, a sort of Suburbia meets High Noon meets Deliverance. Three East Coast punks (Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck, and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) opt to leave behind the filth and gloom of New York City to become modern-day pioneers on the trail to California; that is, until a gang of redneck road warrior-types led by Lee Ving (of the punk band Fear) waylay the trio and kill Flea in a fashion brutal enough to justify the inevitable retribution. After their pleas to the local sheriff fall on deaf ears, Cryer and Roebuck decide instead to follow the law of the West and serve their own brand of justice as what appear to be a bondage-oriented cowboy and a squirrel on steroids. While the plot seems contrived and asinine, the violence often gratuitous, and the characters paper-thin, Spheeris nonetheless manages to create a likeable and highly watchable -- if often silly -- film. Cryer and Roebuck do the best they can with the material, Ving plays an adequately loathsome villain, and Flea lends a glimpse of his acting ability by offering a convincing portrayal of a dead body. Nowhere near being the time capsule that is The Decline of Western Civilization, Dudes still offers some insight into the punk subculture of the '80s. Spheeris later directed the hugely successful Wayne's World as well as The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
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No Problems
Added 5/25/2009

No problems from this seller. Got my movie on time to give to my sister for Christmas.
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A Punk Rock Western? That's An Original Idea!!!!
Added 5/18/2005

This movie is about 3 young guys who are jaded by New York Life and decide to head to California in the hope of a better life. Along the way they are accostd by a group of thugs and one of them is killed. Not getting any help from the authorities John Cryer decides to track down these cutthroats himself together with his friend named 'Biscuit". They are aided in this attempt by Catherine Mary Stewward who plays Cryer's Love Interest. What a lucky guy!!!It is not often that you see a punk rock Western movie. This movie has glorious vistas shot in Wyoming and a very likeable cast and I suspect that it just might be a "Cult Classic" given time. I hope so.
3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
You'll either love it or fall asleep within 30 minutes
Added 8/31/2004

First off, I must say that I think Penelope Spheeris is the worst plague ever unleashed on the punk world. That being said she did document some good music in Decline of Western Civilization, though a bit sensationalized. Her true life, grittyness is about as genuine as Andy Warhol's hair color and Pamela Anderson's boobs.Case in point, "Suburbia", an over the top, glorified look a punk rock squatters. Not real punks, but her own fairy tale version of punks.

Hence, the Penelope Spheeris direction can put you to sleep within 30 minutes. If you manage to stay awake you will find a film that had potential but was ruined by its director and one of its key actors, the overacting Flea (Red Hot Chilly Peppers).

But punk fans will appreciate Lee Ving's (Fear) parts as well as appearance by the Vandals. By a used copy for under $2 and you can't go wrong. Cheaper than a rental. Every punk should watch this once. Not twice. Just once!

For a fun punk related movie I would recommend "Repo Man" over this. Also "Urgh! A Music War" blows away "Decline" in genuinely caprturing the countercultural music movements of new wave and punk, though it does not embrace hardcore the way "Decline" does.

1 out of 4 people found this helpful.
So awful it's good!
Added 7/29/2003

This is one of the best bad movies ever made. It's so disturbingly awful and yet somehow endearing. What more can you say of a movie with Dared-Elvis? It's a work of inspired madness. I'm surprised that it's not a cult hit of the likes of Rocky Horror Picture Show or Plan 9 From Outer Space.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Punks Gone West
Added 7/24/2001

Big city punk rock headbangers head southwest on a road trip for a change of scenery to spend the money one of them got in a personal injury lawsuit. While camping by the roadside the guy with the broken arm gets murdered by a gang of psycho rednecks who prey on Mexican migrants. When the cops won't do anything for them, they take the matters into their own hands pursuing the bad guys through throngs of moronic tourists, rodeos and ghost towns with the help of the mysterious cowboy chick who happens to be a transplanted big city divourcee. Shot on location in Wyoming the film is refreshing for its satire as well as its genuine-looking scenery from the skull numbing punk club in the big city to the guy getting gored by the bull during the rodeo. One of the best little films to come out of the eighties.
7 out of 8 people found this helpful.
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