The Idolmaker
The Idolmaker

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1959. Twenty-seven year old Vinnie Vacarri works as a waiter at his older brother Mario's upscale Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, but much to Mario's chagrin, Vinnie lets work at the restaurant slide whenever opportunities arise to achieve his dream of being in the music business. Along with his best friend and music partner, pianist Gino Pilato, Vinnie writes songs, and believes he has everything but the most important thing to make it big, namely the look, he most self-cons... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Idolmaker:

Ray Sharkey
Peter Gallagher
Joe Pantoliano
Paul Land
JoJo D'Amore
Maureen McCormick

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1959. Twenty-seven year old Vinnie Vacarri works as a waiter at his older brother Mario's upscale Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, but much to Mario's chagrin, Vinnie lets work at the restaurant slide whenever opportunities arise to achieve his dream of being in the music business. Along with his best friend and music partner, pianist Gino Pilato, Vinnie writes songs, and believes he has everything but the most important thing to make it big, namely the look, he most self-conscious about his receding hairline. As such, he and Gino are looking for someone to perform their songs on their own terms. He thinks he's found the person in his friend Tomaso DeLorusso, a saxophonist who has been struggling himself in the club scene to find his niche. With Gino largely staying in the background, Vinnie begins a professional association with Tomaso, who he reinvents as rock singer Tommy Dee, this the beginning of Vinnie's foray into talent manager, he knowing the look and sound he wants, with his acts being the conduit to realize his own dreams of music business success. He also believes a sixteen year old shy busboy at Mario's restaurant named Guido Bevaloqua has the look to make it big, Guido who Vinnie transforms into Caesare. Along the way, Vinnie has convince others into his vision for the transformations to succeed, such people as Brenda Roberts, the editor of Teen Scene magazine. Ultimately both Vinnie and his acts get lost in their own personal issues, Tommy Dee and Caesare wanting primarily the trappings of fame forgetting how they got there, and Vinnie sacrificing his and everyone else's lives to achieve his visions that he could not achieve on his own.

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Chicago Sun-Times - 8/10 by Roger EbertIt is a well-crafted movie that works, that entertains, and that pulls us through its pretty standard material with the magnetism of the Ray Sharkey performance.
Film Threat - 8/10 by Brad LaidmanWho thought that New Kids On the Block would turn out to be the most influential group of the ’90s? Anyone who was paying attention to history, of course. That’s why The Idolmaker is so fascinating. Based on the guy who gave us Fabian and Frankie, it understands the inevitable pattern that repeats itself time and time again.
Newsweek - 7/10 by Jack KrollThe movie’s two main aims—to blow the lid off the music business and to exalt some of the unsung heroes of American pop culture—are somewhat contradictory, and haven’t been worked into a polished narrative.
The New York Times - 7/10 by Janet MaslinThe Idolmaker is a modest, interesting, well-acted movie, more lively than it is exciting.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 7/10 by Emanuel LevyTaylor Hackford showed his skills as a commercial director with his very first picture.
The New Yorker - 6/10 by Pauline KaelTaylor Hackford directed, with occasional sharp, manic bursts, but the film is sluggish and sloppy overall, burdened with a dismally redundant plot line.
The Dissolve - 6/10 by Noel MurrayThe movie's two main aims -- to blow the lid off the music business and to exalt some of the unsung heroes of American pop culture -- are somewhat contradictory, and haven't been worked into a polished narrative.
User Review - 10/10 by JulieThis is one of my all time favorite movies. The story line is moving and the music is a real pick me up. You cant watch this and not get addicted to the tunes in it. Now I want to go watch it again!
User Review - 10/10 by Scott GI love watcing this movie. But I don't have it. I did have it but lost it. Love to have this movie again.
User Review - 10/10 by Willard Li love this movie , i would really like to get the soundtrack.. if anyone has it ..please

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