The weird story of neil youngs human highway features tim burton, alex cox, david lynch, and a whole bunch of indie directors owe quite a bit to neil youngs weird little musical comedy. Documentary covering neil youngs october 22, 1978 concert performance at the cow palace. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Several scenes from the movie appeared on the devo music video collections were all devo and the complete truth about devolution, and were edited to appear as one continuous video for the song worried man. More recently, neil appeared in the 2003 movie greendale, a film he wrote and directed alongside his album of the same name. It will be paired with his 1979 concert movie rust. Youngs slapdash style, which suggests a roger corman movie crossed with dinner theater. However, an assortment of bizare characters and weird events such as spaceships flying around gets in his way. Human highway 1982 cast and crew goofy gasstation attendants neil young, russ tamblyn face disaster every day from a nearby nuclear power plant. Russ tamblyn and neil young in human highway 1982 human highway 1982. The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, he also has spent more than 30 years performing with the. Tho the directors cut left me disappointed yes better quality image and sound,however the cadence and mystery of the original was replaced by an overcast of radio disc jocks doing an annoying play by play not to unlike phil rizzutos monologue on dashboard lights.
Neil young to star in movie directed by girlfriend daryl. Neil youngs insane 1982 film human highway takes on a new. An evening with neil young will be tonight, monday, february 29 at select theatres. I come down from the misty mountain i got lost on the human highway take my head refreshing fountain take my eyes from what theyve seen take my head and change my mind.
But then, as neil was freeforming this movie, he started asking us to be in other scenes. The film is fullframe which is what was the standard for the time 1982. Since his early solo albums and those with his backing band crazy horse, young has been prolific, recording. Its hard to defend human highway, neil youngs debut nondocumentary directorial effort, as a good movie. Neil young jam out with devo for his 82 film human highway. Sally kirkland has filed a lawsuit against dennis hopper and neil young, relating to an incident which had occurred five years previously. Human highway is a 1982 american comedy film starring and codirected by neil young under his pseudonym bernard shakey. My copy of human highway bluray arrived sunday from amazon. Its an unfocused satire of incompatible subjects, it abruptly abandons its plot to become a straight up art film for 20 minutes before returning to the story to resolve it incoherently, it has a cast of professional actors giving career. Young also made a cameo in the 1987 adam rudolph movie made in heaven, playing a truck driver.
I realise that it is a neil young and not a devo film but devo was a major part of the film and literally all of the promotional materials for the movie over the years including the vhs. Human highway is a 1982 comedy film starring and codirected by neil young under his pseudonym bernard shakey. A movie so strange that it barely saw the light of dayuntil now. Neil young performs human highways at the farm aid concert in seattle, washington on september 18, 2004. After the bands breakup, young became a solo performer. But with the benefit of hindsight and shifts in pop culture in the last couple of decades, much of human highway now feels warm and funny where it once looked disastrously undisciplined. Neil young human highway directors cut 2016, bluray. Click here to stream streaming human highway full movie on netflix us. Young agreed, and the end product was comes a time. Youngs slapdash style, which suggests a roger corman movie.
Raised in canada, he first became wellknown as a guitarist and occasional vocalist for the band buffalo springfield. All three previously appeared together in the last movie 1971. Human highway directors cut trailer festival 2014 youtube. Rocker neil young headlines this socially conscious comedy about people living in fear beside a nuclear power plant. Neil young is one of the most respected and prolific rockfolk guitarists of the late 20th century. Included is a collaborative performance of hey hey, my my into the black by devo and young with booji boy singing lead vocals and young playing lead guitar.
I come down from the crooked mansion i went lookin for the d. Neil young, devo human highway a film by neil young. Human highway 1982 watch full movie online netflix us. Youngs anarchic comedy set in a town about to blow, is all of that. Young made with his costar dean stockwell, is set at a highway gas station and diner shortly before the end of the world.
The 1982 film human highway by neil young portrays the earths last day following a nuclear holocaust. Original vhs version from the film, 1982 human highway. Backbeat d bernard shakey usa, 1982 neil youngs rare, bizarre. Getting lost again on neil youngs human highway while still riding the wave of what could possibly have been the greatest run of recorded music in rock and roll history, neil young decided to make a movie. With neil young, ralph molina, frank pancho sampedro, billy talbot. Human highway 1982 directed by dean stockwell, neil. Neil young talks human highway and set janitor kevin costner at tiff. Neil young human highways live at farm aid 2004 youtube. Rare human highway film poster click photo to enlarge heres a rare human highway by neil young film poster via steve cross in wichita, kansas.
Farm aid was started by willie nelson, neil young and john mellencamp in 1985 to keep. Youngs acting debut came in 1982 when he played lionel switchfrankie fontaine in human highway, a movie he also directed. Neil youngs human highway finally hits theaters decades. With neil young, russ tamblyn, dean stockwell, dennis hopper. Neil percival young oc om born november 12, 1945 is a canadianborn singersongwriter, multiinstrumentalist and self described activist. Check out human highway by neil young on amazon music. Dean stockwell codirected the film and acted along with russ tamblyn, dennis hopper, and the band devo.
A series of vignettes referencing the south and a commentary on religion as opiate. Although it is a csny album that has 100% crosby, 100% nash, 83% stills and 66% young, human highway is a road that now can be taken at all. Deniss hopper, russ tamblyn and dean stockwell also appear, but the highlight. Neil youngs human highway to get nationwide theatrical. Neil youngs 1982 comic mess of a feature left many faithful fans baffled and was otherwise unappreciated at the time of its release. See it for the live footage of buffalo springfield and csny. See a rare neil young doubleheader tonight in movie. One of the wilder visions neil young ever had, human highway is an anarchic satire conceived in the cauldron of cold war america. Neil youngs 1982 film human highway is a comedy, a hallucination. One of the most ludicrous moments of neil youngs career saw the singer direct a terrible film titled human highway. Lionel dreams of becoming a professional musician, and idolizes frankie. Get the best deals on neil young memorabilia when you shop the largest online selection at.
Two songs look out for my love and lotta love were backed by crazy horse. Neil young releasing human highway on dvd page 4 steve. Neil youngs surreal 1982 comedy human highway will finally get a nationwide theatrical release on february 29th. Take my head and change my mind how could people get so unkind. With buffalo springfield, david crosby, graham nash, stephen stills. Young was born in toronto, but he moved to the family home of winnipeg as a child, which is where his music career began.
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