There’s a film being screened at the upcoming Woodstock Film Festival titled “The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll” that features a significant part of its plot on Route 66.
Here’s the film’s Web site, and here’s the synopsis:
A pair of longtime friends channel their talent and passion for music into a cross-country road trip that brings them face to face with their past, present, and future. A world famous musician, whose debut album is a huge hit, retreats to his hometown after his sophomore effort flops.
There he reconnects with his long lost best friend and fellow musician, the son of a punk rock guitar legend, who became a middle school music teacher. The reunion forces the two, to recall their youthful ambitions and reexamine the choices they’ve made. Accompanied by a raucous crew of musicians, they set off on a cathartic journey along historic Route 66 that brings them closer to each other, their history and their destiny.
Here’s the film’s photo gallery, in which I saw Roy’s in Amboy, Calif., and many other scenes from the Mojave Desert.
And, as you’ll see, the film co-stars Peter Fonda. Yes, that Peter Fonda. I guess he was revisiting some spots from his 1969 movie, “Easy Rider.”
The movie also stars Kevin Zegers, Jason Ritter, Taryn Manning, Lauren Holly, Aimee Teegarden and James Ransone. According to Variety, it also features appearances by rocker Billy Morrison and blues legends Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin and Sugar Blue.
“The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll” was written and directed by Scott Rosenbaum. I’m not sure whether it has a distributor at this time.
(Photos courtesy of the Woodstock Film Festival)
Very interesting. I’ve been aware of this film for quite awhile and even thought I was sort of keeping up on it with the IMDb site. But I was unaware of the film’s website and of its Route 66 connection. In July of 2008 I noticed an Airstream RV in front of me as I drove down 7th Avenue in Manhattan. The big vehicle caught my attention and there was some online chatter that talked about filming in New York & New Jersey so I made the connection and have checked up on it at IMDb from time to time. I knew about the Newport Beach Film Festival award and the IMDb entry has some related photos. In fact, it has quite a few photos but none, at least that I see, from Route 66. The film’s website certainly features Route 66 so I’m wondering if this is a recent addition or just something that was below IMDb’s radar. Whatever, I want to see the film and hope it gets to theaters (or DVD) someday.
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