Directed by:
Lou AdlerScreenplay:
Nancy DowdCinematography:
Bruce SurteesCast:
Diane Lane, Ray Winstone, Peter Donat, Laura Dern, Christine Lahti, Brent Spiner, Janet Wright, Elizabeth Daily, Debbie Rochon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook (more)Plots(1)
Corinne Burns (Diane Lane) is a typical frustrated teenager living in a nowhere town until she catches punk band the Looters. Bewitched by the whole punk scene, she and her fledgling band, the Stains, join the tour, and in no time at all become media magnets. The band forms a rabid following of young girls, while Corrine begins a relationship with Looters singer Billy (Ray Winstone). As the Stains get bigger and bigger, however, Corinne’s ambition gets the better of her. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains, never received a formal theatrical release and was only seen on late-night cable, poor-quality bootlegs, or on rare occasions at film festivals. Yet somehow this 1981 film about a trio of misfit teenage girls who start a punk band went on to inspire a generation of female rockers. (Via Vision Entertainment)
(more)Cast
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