Repo chick is a 2009 american comedy film written and directed by alex cox. Actress actress jaclyn jonet from the film repo chick poses for a portrait session on the excelsior terrace during the 66th venice film festival on september 8, 2009 in venice, italy. Actress actress jaclyn jonet from the film repo chick poses. Extensive use of green screen makes for much more visual innovation and the results are obvious. A non sequel to alex coxs 1984 classic repo man, the crazily plotted and deliberately garish repo chick only serves to provide further. Mar 22, 20 15 directors unceremoniously fired or replaced on a movie. Once the novelty wears off, the film immediately wears thin. It is another installment in the repo genre as cox explains in the 27 minutes documentary better than money, included as a fascinating extra here. Im among those who was intrigued by the prospect of repo chick, alex coxs sortasequel to his 1984 cult favorite repo man.
Repo chick a spoiled heiress goes into the repossession biz and stumbles onto antigolf vegan terrorists in helmer alex coxs goofy comedy. This is the official theatrical trailer for the film repo chick, being played in theatres now. I was 30 by the time i saw it for the first time, and i loved it so much, i began to regret not having seen it at age 18, when it could have carried a great deal of my teenage sensibilities. Well a 1 click addon is pretty self explanatory really, its one that when you click on the link you want it simply plays it.
Straight to hell is a 1987 independent actioncomedy film directed by alex cox and starring sy richardson, joe strummer frontman of the clash, dick rude, and courtney love. But last year he started work on something called repo chick. Forgotten friday flick repo man harry dean stanton. Climb aboard the electrifying repo express for one of the most original and exhilarating rides around. The weirdest things you never knew about the making of repo man. Theres an energy behind repo chick that you dont always get from major studio releases, and this helps balance out the lowbudget warts the film carries. Repo chick interview with eric levin from tippet studios. All blazing trailers videos include links to purchase the films where applicable.
Repo man would be a hard debut for any director to outshine. Yes people i am as stunned as you are, but repo chick is not the epic misstep that the film s trailer made it out to be, in fact quite the opposite. While the execution is bit dodgy from shot to shot, the visual ambition keeps repo chick alive for the opening act. Because thanks to a wonderful relationship with collateral image, who did the million and one special effects backgrounds for repo chick, and most of that film s model stuff, i did have access to just those violent and perverse technologies. Buy products related to repo business products and see what customers say about repo business products on free delivery possible on eligible purchases. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in repossessing a mysteriousand otherworldlychevy malibu. The weirdest things you never knew about the making of. For me the 1984 film repo man is like a live action underground comic, or graphic novel. Repo menstarring jude law and forest whitakeris hitting theaters on friday. Tombstone rashomon is a 2017 western film directed by alex cox and starring adam newberry and eric schumacher. Its a film with nearly zero body fat, in a league with star wars or the monty python movies in its abundance of quotable lines. Toys, models, cgi, all these elements are available creative. Alex tells how he gets his little plastic ho scale people. Repo man garnered widespread praise upon its release, and is widely considered to be one of the best films of 1984.
Repo man one of the most quotable, funny comedies ever is an impossible standard to match and, not surprisingly, repo chick falls far short of its predecessors twisted genius. Repo chick 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. As a repo chick, wealthy badgirl pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in. Repo chick will unfold against the backdrop of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the us, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high. It deserves the full mystery science theater 3000 treatment. Rosanna arquette, angela sarafyan, xander berkeley, karen black, miguel sandoval, frances bay, regizor. The film also features cameos by dennis hopper, grace jones, elvis costello, edward tudorpole, kathy burke, and jim jarmusch. In 1984, a european producer approached cox about directing a film based on the tragic tale of british punk rocker sid vicious and the american girlfriendgroupie he is speculated to have murdered, nancy spungen. Repo man auteurs repo chick nonsequel threatened by repo. Mr nice the movie is the life story of howard marks, an elite welsh. In the future, theres a biotech company that hires repo men to hunt down and repossess peoples organs provided to them by said company after they default on their. The role that del zamora is up for, is in the same ballpark as this character. The story behind alex coxs repo chick is more interesting than the movie itself.
The criterion collection released a bluray version which claims to contain, among other extras, the complete cleanedup television version of the film, prepared by cox. Alex coxs gorgeously bugnuts punkrock 1984 scifi odyssey repo man entered my life at a late date. Ive just gotten started on kodi and so far im starting with 1channel, 123 movies, concert archive, metalvideo, icefilms, and crunchyroll. On 14 december 2010, an extended cut of the film, titled straight to hell returns, was released on dvd, featuring additional footage and digitally enhanced picture quality. Repo man is one of those rare north american terms that im happy to admit is cooler than any uk british equivalent, only second on my list of favourites to skip tracer, a name given to those who hunt down absent debtors and that has also been used as the title of a film. The hero is a repo man whose job is to violently reclaim his companys property artificial organs, which includes maiming and sometimes murdering people. To further the incongruity he was also a massive fan of spaghetti westerns, somewhat politically engaged and had studied alongside such key proponents of the l. Felperin deems the film a patchy, occasionally amusing mess, what you would get if michael moore directed an episode of nick jr.
Corral in tombstone, arizona territory from multiple differing perspectives in the style of akira kurosawas 1950 film rashomon. Rolling stones cameron crowe wrote this 1982 classic about a bunch of high school seniors enduring. Its countless little extrasmillers shaman dance, the clucking agents, the ubiquitous and sponsored air freshenersreward repeat viewings. Though it would take until 1999 for repo man to recoup its investment, the film s pop culture chops made cox a talent to watch. Like coxs first feature, repo man, it centers on the repossession trade and a mysterious vehicle with a large reward. With jaclyn jonet, miguel sandoval, del zamora, alex feldman. On the basis of this trailer it would seem that alex coxs repo chick is less a sequel to his wellaged cult fave repo man as it is a strange, postmodern collage that simply uses the repo. If youre a good little film geek, then you saw alex coxs repo man years ago. Looking to make a quick score, she fixates on a missing train with a one million dollar bounty. Walker was both a box office and critical failure upon its initial release, and even though its not hard to see why viewers expecting a historic drama played straight, by cox of all directors, will be sorely disappointed, it certainly deserves to be rediscovered by a whole new audience.
Whenever our client del zamora, has an audition, we will post some of his previous work, that is relevant to the roles he is up for. Jun 03, 2009 movie director alex cox is making a new movie called repo chick using my train layout for the miniature scenes for his passenger train. It is the second of coxs microfeatures, produced for a very low budget and given very little theatrical distribution. Jan, 2011 repo chick looks cheap and textureless as a result, but in a fitting way. Discover what genre repo chick, 2009, directed by alex cox, with rosanna arquette, karen black, chloe webb, belongs at turner classic movies. This is del zamora, starring as lorenzo in the indie feature film, repo chick, directed by alex cox repo man.
Rebellion movement as charles burnett and julie dash. Repo man was surely destined to be a complete oneoff. Repo man auteurs repo chick nonsequel threatened by repo men. Band members of the pogues, amazulu, and the circle jerks are also featured in the film. Cooking up a world of financial ruin, government corruption, and celebutante worship, cox has plenty on his mind with repo chick. Eric melin eric is the editorinchief of and writes the screen stealers column for the pitch. Woerner 2010 is an interview with the director, miguel. Jaclyn jonet, miguel sandoval, del zamora, rosanna arquette, danny arroyo, alex cox. Aug 31, 2009 on the set of repo chick eric and alex talk rubber band budget filmed and directed by kim ryan. I already have subs to crunchyroll, hulu, prime, and netflix. While trying to get it back, pixxi meets two professional repo men. Tmdb is currently used by millions of people every month and with their powerful api, it is also used by many popular media centers like kodi to retrieve movie metadata, posters and fanart to enrich the users experience.
I was put on the same blacklist back in 1988, when i spent universals money on making a film in nicaragua. Mcpheeters 2009 is an interview with cox with additional information on repo men and repo chick. Climb aboard the electrifying repoexpress for one of the most original and exhilarating rides around. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Repo man cinema and media studies oxford bibliographies. Repo chick may not consistently entertain but its a wildly unique, artful vision by a director who is so unafraid to take risks that he continues to be a relevant force in outsider cinema. Repo chick looks cheap and textureless as a result, but in a fitting way. It is the second of coxs microfeatures, produced for a very low. Trained up in the business, she soon develops a solid reputation as the nastiest repo chick in town, tasked. Return of the man behind repo man an interview with filmmaker alex cox. Top five 1 click addons for movies and tv best for kodi. An interview with alex cox, the man behind repo man, sid. Parents need to know that repo men is a violent, gory scifi action film set in a dystopian future, and not to be confused with the movies repo man 1984 or repo.
Repo chick is much more so, in a brilliant artistic way. The alien stuff is easy to sell via visual storytelling, complete with grim bits the skeleton flesh stripping light from the trunk gag is awesome. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Actress actress jaclyn jonet from the film repo chick. As a genre science fiction film, not to mention an allusive pop cultural playground like its notnamesake, repo men has not received the attention it deserves from fans or critics.
Repo chick dvd directed by alex cox with jaclyn jonet, miguel sandoval, del zamora, rosanna arquette and. This version of the film, under the collaboration of alex cox, was also screened at several cinemas as part of a midnight movie theatrical run. Repo chick 2011 blah blah blah gay not just a movie. Repo chick 2009 alex cox synopsis, characteristics. Video archive for the film repo chick, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2010. Repo chick will unfold against the backdrop of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the us, where repossessions of homes. The mid80s cult classic featuring emilio estevez, a very. There are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is. Dec 01, 2008 this brings us to the newest film, repo chick. American laundromat records released a repo man soundtrack tribute cd in september, 2012.
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