Lu The Actress

@tntracy wrote:

I’ve never heard of this film – has any one else? If you have seen it, is the band’s appearance prominent in the film, or just “in the background”. I’m going to have to see if I can find a copy…

Tnt-You sure know how to start the New Year with this puzzler.
I am totally confused by my “detective” work on this one.

I have now seen 3 movie trailers-Nothing is making much sense.
The movie F.T.W. stands for “F***The World” or “Frank T. Wells” but also was marketed as “The Last Ride”
One trailer is about “choppers” ( motorcycles ), another is about a rodeo and yet a third goes back to 1944 on Turner Classic Movies.

I did see the Carnival Band and Charlie Sexton listed.
I’ve got another 2 hours or so to continue the search before tuning in to The Sugar Bowl.@tntracy wrote:

but it would be too easily researched on the Internet, so…

You gotta be kidding.
lwj

P.S. I did find out that the 1994 movie is “R” rated

@tntracy wrote:

but I’d like to know if it would be worth spending any money on at all (i.e., is Lu’s appearance in the film substantial or not?). I do like Mickey Rourke, however…

Can’t find anything in the way of a video scene with Lu and the Carnival Band -other then “CWOAGR” seems to be the song.

Here is one reviewers comment on the movie.

” QuoteThe license plate on his car reads FTW 187. “187”, of course, is the criminal code for murder. And several years ago, Mickey Rourke made a movie called The Last Ride, which was filmed under the title F**k The World – check the initials. I wonder if this was supposed to be a joke or something intended by the producers or Rourke himself. By the way, The Last Ride, aside from some beautiful cinematography, is an awful movie. I rented it in South Korea while I was teaching there – and it had the original title F**k The World slapped proudly (in English) on the cover.

UPDATE: Morgan McNeely had this to say about it:

“‘FTW’ does mean ‘F**k the World’ but it’s an OLD biker slang thing. As in motorcyclists…the attitude of the one percenters & outlaw bikers…hence ‘FTW’….Rourke hardly invented that phrase & I doubt it is a reference to a movie he made but I believe Rourke is a biker, he rides in several movies…but FTW goes back to the 50’s at least” End Quote

I think we neeed some more help on this one-Perhaps “Drunken Angel” could join the investigation.
Meanwhile Gators / Bearcats are starting soon. ( I’m cheering for Lafayette of course )
lw.
P.S. Just to complicate things further, there is a new children’s type movie just released in 2009 with the same title.

I didn’t know about this -but I think what happened is that for awhile songs that appeared in movies would show in the IMDB database-and it may not be an actual on screen appearance, but i will ask the one who would know.

Yes- she did appear in this movie in the classic “band in the bar” scene. It was filmed in Montana and she happened to be coming thru on tour and the director was a fan so he asked if she could do the scene.

Noticed the movie”Crazy Heart” starring Jeff Bridges has just been released.
Found out that Lucinda’s song “Joy” is on the sound track.
But this article from the NY Times shows her as a “song performer”.

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/454726/Crazy-Heart/credits

The movie has received rave reviews.
lwj

@tntracy wrote:

Not that she actually appears.

I think you are correct-nice to see Lu’s music getting lots of exposure.

This movie is coming to my area soon. Seen the trailers. Just wondering in what scene we hear Lu sing “Joy”
Think I’ll go see it.
@tntracy wrote:

Speaking of recent movies, we went & saw “Avatar” in 3D this weekend. Highly recommended

I just checked my local listings. It is showing in 3D. Tomorrow night for me to purchase a discount ticket as a senior. I notice other theaters only showing it in non-3D at a lesser price. i.e. a $3.00 premium to watch it in 3D. Do you get to keep the glasses?
lwj