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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788819001
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788819003
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 12, 2001
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 66202
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1996
Editorial Review:
Description:
A hilarious rockumentary in the laugh-packed tradition of THIS IS SPINAL TAP -- critics everywhere are howling the praises of HARD CORE LOGO! The punk rock band Hard Core Logo is back -- reunited and hitting the road on a last-gasp tour across the western part of the nation. As magnetic lead singer Joe Dick holds the whole tour together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle come bursting hilariously to the surface! Featuring a memorable appearance by punk rock legend Joey Ramone of The Ramones -- settle in and enjoy this offbeat comedy as it really cranks up the laughs!
Amazon.com:
Hard Core Logo is often compared to This Is Spinal Tap--and for marketing purposes, that makes sense: both are pretend documentaries about rock bands (a self-important heavy metal crew in Spinal Tap, a self-destructing punk mob in Hard Core Logo). But though Hard Core Logo can be cuttingly funny, it's not really a comedy; it's a piercing examination of friendship and betrayal, success and self-hatred, and everything that fueled punk rock. Lead singer Joe Dick (Hugh Dillon) uses false pretenses to convince guitarist Billy Tallent (Callum Keith Rennie) to reform Hard Core Logo for a reunion tour across Canada, followed by a film crew (featuring director Bruce McDonald, whose other films include Roadkill and Highway 61, as himself). Tallent agrees, but only because he expects to be joining a much more successful rock group very shortly and sees this as a favor to Dick. As they travel from town to town, their relationship unravels, as does the psyche of bass player John Oxenberger (John Pyper-Ferguson). The performances are astonishingly genuine; even the oafish drummer Pipefitter (Bernie Coulson) becomes three-dimensional. By the end, you'll believe in them so much as people that the band's disintegration is truly wrenching. A remarkable film, both comic and sad. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Hard Core Logo
Hard Core Logo"Hard Core Logo" is the best rock band mockumentary since "This is Spinal Tap". It is a consistantly intriguing look at the comeback of a hard core punk band trying to make it big long after its heyday. The presence of Callum Keith Rennie, the Canadian actor who comes to us via England, serves to elevate the material and the acting. His style is natural and seamless. His calm belies a past history of violent behavior that he admits once ruled his on stage hard core life. There is a ... Read More
Rating:  - A special two stars here
An evil movie about evil people
who make a mockery of music...
by it appears another set of evil people
with the motivation of putting down the other guys?!
"Who do they think they are?"
to paraphrase one of the "hit" songs
of this imaginary punk rock group.
If there is either wisdom or entertainment
in nasty guys putting down nasty guys,
it escapes me. This movie is really not much...
in dialog, acting, music production or
inspiration. ... Read More
Rating: - This is spinal tap for the Punk fans.
Hugh Dillon from the Headstones and a tour of small venues in Canada prior to 1990... what more could you ask for in a "rockumentry". Watch it and be surprised at how good it really is. Not nearly as silly as Spinal Tap, but same idea on the surface.
Rating: - As many different shades of "brilliant" as there are.
Hard Core Logo (Bruce MacDonald, 1996)
When I finished watching Hard Core Logo, with its insanely brilliant final shot, I realized I'd seen a pretty good movie-- a little slow to get going, and definitely marketed wrong (comparing Hard Core Logo to This Is Spinal Tap is like comparing Shoah to Life Is Beautiful). Two days later, when I was still thinking about all the subtleties of the movie, it occurred to me that I'd seen what may be the most brilliant mockumentary ever created, a movie so ... Read More
Rating: - Hardcore Logo
This movie ranks up there with the other punk rock movies: Romper Stomper, American History X, and SLC Punk. GET IT!!! It was obviously shot on a low budget and a few years back (1996), but that's the way the hardcore scene looked - low budget. Over-production would have killed this movie. It gave a good look at life in small town life and angry youth in North America as it would have looked in the 1980's before this sort of thing was commercialized and exploited by MTV, etc. It also shows some beautiful ... Read More
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