Heartbreakers (1984 film)

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Heartbreakers
Heartbreakers FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed by Bobby Roth
Written byBobby Roth
Produced byBobby Roth
Bob Weis
Starring Peter Coyote
Nick Mancuso
Carole Laure
Max Gail
Carol Wayne
Kathryn Harrold
Cinematography Michael Ballhaus
Edited by John Carnochan
Music by Tangerine Dream
Production
company
Jethro Films Production
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date
  • September 28, 1984 (1984-09-28)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$148,750 [1]

Heartbreakers is a 1984 American drama film starring Peter Coyote and Nick Mancuso. It was written and directed by Bobby Roth. The film was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. [2]

Contents

Plot

Two friends in their mid 30s, Blue (Coyote) and Eli (Mancuso), each arrive at crossroads in their lives. Blue is a painter specializing in fetishistic portraits of women, usually selling his images to porn magazines. Eli's father wants him to take over the family's undergarment business that has been paying for Eli's playboy lifestyle in the fast-paced and decadent Los Angeles of the 1980s.

Blue is given an opportunity to have his work featured in gallery showing as legitimate art if he can create enough new pieces to fill out a show. His sexy busty model (Carol Wayne) has a crush on Blue, and to please him even appears willing to participate in a threesome including Eli.

An ex-flame, Cyd (Kathryn Harrold), brings out the jealous worst in Blue now that she is seeing an artist rival of his (Max Gail). Blue's self-destructive behavior also puts at risk his relationship with Liliane (Carole Laure), the manager of an art gallery about to exhibit his work.

Cast

Production

The character of Blue was loosely based on real-life artist Robert Blue.

Behind the Scenes

This would be Carol Wayne's final film appearance before she died under mysterious circumstances on vacation in Manzanillo, Mexico just months after the film's release.

Soundtrack

Heartbreakers
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Soundtrack album by
ReleasedApril 1985
Recorded1985
Genre Electronic music
Length38:10
Label Virgin
Producer Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream albums chronology
Poland
(1984)
Heartbreakers
(1985)
Le Parc
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Heartbreakers (1985) is the twenty-fifth major release and seventh soundtrack album by the German band Tangerine Dream. [4] It was released in April 1985 by Virgin Records.

Track listing

All music is composed by Tangerine Dream

No.TitleLength
1."Heartbreakers"2:30
2."Footbridge to Heaven"3:00
3."Twilight Painter"4:12
4."Gemini"3:28
5."Rain in N.Y. City"3:23
6."Pastime"3:00
7."The Loser"3:17
8."Breathing the Night Away"2:25
9."Desire"5:38
10."Thorny Affair"3:10
11."Daybreak"4:07
Total length:38:10

Personnel

Reception

The film received a mixed to positive critical reception. Heartbreakers holds an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on ten reviews. [5]

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