We provide the complete list of 2008 movie releases by week of release. With sean connery, nicolas cage, ed harris, john spencer. Drink good rum, nibble fried plantains and jerk wings. Directed by ted bafaloukos this movie tells the story of leroy horsemouth wallace, who has been a drummer in. The rocker is a misfire in most areas, but its not a bad film. It is based on ron jones social experiment the third wave and todd strassers novel, the wave. Comedy movies 2008 every comedy movie coming out in 2008. With demi lovato, joe jonas, meaghan martin, maria canalsbarrera. A great double feature for a night at the beach house this summerstart with harder, finish with rockers. A mildmannered chemist and an excon must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from alcatraz against san francisco. The boat that rocked titled pirate radio in north america is a 2009 british comedy film written and directed by richard curtis with pirate radio in the united kingdom during the 1960s as its setting. We have all the details surrounding this new film starring rainn wilson.
Twenty years after his rock star fantasies are destroyed, just when fish has finally given up all hope, he hears that his nephews high school rock band a. At a music camp for gifted teens, a popular teen idol overhears a girl singing and sets out to find who the talented voice belongs to. Leroy horsemouth wallace is considered, in real life as in the movie rockers, one of jamaicas greatest drummers. With rainn wilson, josh gad, christina applegate, teddy geiger. The movie soundtrack album features a substantial amount of music.
Rent the rocker 2008 starring rainn wilson and josh gad on dvd and bluray. Rockers is a 1978 jamaican film by theodoros bafaloukos. His father, from amherst, nova scotia, canada, is black of black nova scotian descent, and his mother is. As a drummer with the 80s hair band vesuvius, robert fish fishman lived his dream as a rock n roll demigod until his band mates kicked him out. He is the son of ata johnson born feagaimaleata fitisemanu maivia and professional wrestler rocky johnson born wayde douglas bowles. The film is based on mel brooks and buck henrys television series of the same name the film stars steve carell, anne hathaway, dwayne johnson, and alan arkin, with terence stamp, terry crews. The rocker movie simple english wikipedia, the free. The rockers were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of shawn michaels and marty jannetty who teamed from 1985 to 1992. Twenty years later, fish gets a second shot at sitting on the throne of music stardom when his teenage nephews group hires him as the new drummer. Thematically similar to harder, rockers turns out to be an oceans xx style heist movie. The team worked for nwa central states wrestling, the american wrestling association, continental wrestling federation, continental wrestling association and the world wrestling federation. The rocker on dvd january 27, 2009 starring christina applegate, rainn wilson, emma stone, jane lynch. Watch latest hollywood films trailer with your friends and family in.
Robert fish fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate dr. The rocker follows a washedup drummer named fish played by the offices rainn wilson who got screwed and dumped by his old heavy metal band, vesuvius, who have since gone on to fame and glory. Born in poverty, he was brought up by the nuns of alpha school, an institution with a reputation for toughness and for molding musical talents. In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Featuring burning spear, bunny wailer, third world, peter tosh, jacob miller, gregory isaacs, kiddus i, junior murvin, inner circle, the heptones. The dark knight 2008 tamil dubbed movie download download. The film was produced by christian becker for rat pack filmproduktion. Rainn wilson, the talented comedian and actor made celebrity by the role of dwight schrute on nbcs the office, plays robert fishman, fish to. Wolodarsky is best known for his work on writing for the simpsons. The rocker original motion picture soundtrack 2008. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Fish joins his nephews teenpop garage band and hijinks ensue. With a dumb script, cheesy acting, and a borderline pedofileesque plot line, this film is a oneanddone movie.
Wild about movies provides you the most uptodate 2008 movies information online. Several popular reggae artists star in the movie, including leroy horsemouth wallace, burning spear. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of philip seymour hoffman, bill nighy, rhys ifans, nick frost and kenneth branagh. Get smart is a 2008 american action spy comedy film directed by peter segal, written by tom j. Rockers, a jamaican movie from 1978 that was made after the stunning success of the harder they come in 1972, which introduced north americans to reggae music and the rastafarian lifestyle of many jamaicans. Rockers movie intro great scene from the classic late. Horsemouth began playing professionally at age of 15 and struggled many years, first. Stern, who is also the producer of the original series. Find out where the rocker 2008 is streaming, if the rocker 2008 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider.
Everything you need to know about the rocker movie 2008. Memovies is the original 123movies, gostream, gomovies and 123movieshub site domain, you can check on wikipedia. The film stars rainn wilson as a failed musician who goes on tour with his nephews band after one of their songs goes viral. What he doesnt know is that the girl is actually a camp kitchen worker with a fear of being heard. The rocker is robert fish fishman rainn wilson, the drummer for an eighties hair band.
Rent the rocker 2008 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Christina applegate, jeff garlin, josh gad, teddy geiger and emma stone also star. The rocker 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The rocker 2008 20th century fox fox atomic 21 laps entertainment. Rainn wilson the office, six feet under, christina applegate samantha who. The rocker music from the motion picture by the rocker. The movie stars rainn wilson, josh gad, christina applegate, teddy geiger, will arnett, emma stone, and bradley cooper. The rocker 2008 as a drummer with the 80s hair band vesuvius, robert fish fishman lived his dream as a rock n roll demigod until his band mates kicked him out.
Several popular reggae artists star in the movie, including leroy horsemouth wallace, burning spear, gregory isaacs, big youth, dillinger, and. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephews high school rock band. Dwayne douglas johnson, also known as the rock, was born on may 2, 1972 in hayward, california. Click on any of the 2008 movie posters images for complete information about all 2008 movies in theaters, including trailers. The rocker brings the metal to dvd and bluray on january 27th nov 18, 2008. The plot is reminiscent of school of rock, but takes the situation in a different direction, while amplifying the differences between past and present musical styles. The rocker is a 2008 american comedy film directed by peter cattaneo and written by maya forbes and wallace wolodarsky, from a story by ryan jaffe.
Check out the rocker music from the motion picture by the rocker motion picture soundtrack on amazon music. Starring leroy horsemouth wallace and richard dirtyharry hall, rockers is a robin hood style story of oppressed jamaican musicians getting even with the mafia types in the business. The movie features the parenting team of jane lynch and jeff garlin from sleepover and christina applegate really out of character as a somewhat overprotective mom. The rock and roll hall of fame, a zildjian drum kit, the guitar hero video game, toyota corolla, mac laptops, and several camera phones are all featured in the film. Set in 1966, it tells the story of the fictional pirate radio station. The movie is about a drummer who was unceremoniously kicked out of his band and getting a second chance at fame when his nephews high school rock band wants to look for a new drummer. Our list of movies in theaters in 2008 is even more accurate than the imdb database. In 1992, the team had a violent kayfabe breakup that helped propel michaels. Maya forbes, wallace wolodarsky monsters and aliens starring. To be frank, peter cattaneos the rocker has about as much to do with rock and roll as a baby hippopotamus has to do with the battle of verdun. Rockers 2001 making it in the music business in kingston, jamaica, is hard, and nobody knows it better than regularly unemployed drummer horsemouth leroy wallace.