Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits
You think you've got problems.... Third-rate lounge singer Johnny Slade can't seem to catch a break. Even though he's put out a slew of albums (with titles like It's Not About the Pizza and Soda Fountain of Love), he finds himself playing empty dives night after night. That is, until he's hired by the mysterious “Mr. Samantha,” who sets him up as the headliner in one of the hottest nightclubs in town. The catch is that every night Johnny has to sing one of Samantha's new (and terrible) songs. To Johnny's chagrin these songs become huge hits, propelling him to stardom. As his popularity rises, however, Johnny notices a strange correlation between the songs and the crime reports in the morning paper. John Fiore, well-known to Sopranos fans, fits the role of Johnny Slade like a glove in Larry Blamire's (The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, MVFF 2001) hilariously campy indie feature that raises the bar for the mob satire genre. — K. Clement
Director: Larry Blamire
Producer: John Fiore, Francis Margaglione
Screenwriter: Larry Blamire
Cinematographer: Patrick Ruth
Editor: Bill Byrn Russell
Cast: John Fiore, Vincent Curatola, Richard Portnow, Frank Santorelli, Red Peters, Jennifer Blaire
Print Source: Johnny Slade Productions
9 Isabella St
Stoneham, MA, 02180
Tel: 781.367.4563
Email: jfiore007@comcast.net
Official Website: www.johnnyslade.com
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