Jersey boys / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a GK Films production ; a Malpaso production ; screenplay and musical book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 3000059441 | Warner Home VideoWAR415984002 | Warner Bros Ent. Canada Inc.Language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]Distributor: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video Description: 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Music, Bob Gaudio ; lyrics, Bob Crewe ; editor, Joel Cox ; director of photography, Tom Stern.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Adapted from the 2006 Tony Winner for Best Musical, this bittersweet saga dramatizes the rise and fall of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - one of the key pop groups of the early '60s, responsible for such iconic hits as "Sherry," "Walk Like a Man" and "Big Girls Don't Cry." The story opens in New Jersey, where young Francesco Castelluccio (John Lloyd Young) and his buddies face a narrow window of future career options. Their possible paths include show business on one hand and organized crime on the other, embodied by the slightly menacing yet avuncular kingpin, Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo (Christopher Walken), who runs the neighborhood and keeps an eye on them. The boys begin to nurture dreams of becoming musical stars, goals that seem far out of reach until they invite Francesco to perform with them in their band, then rename him Frankie Valli; his unique falsetto vocals captivate the girls in the audience, which provides a sign of things to come. The young hopefuls sign a contract at the Brill Building and begin doing backup vocals for record producer Bob Crewe (Mike Doyle), but experience frustration when Crewe drags his feet on recording them as a solo act. Later, the performers name themselves The Four Seasons after feeling inspired by an unusual source. They add songwriter-musician Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen) and the equation is complete; Crewe hears Gaudio's composition "Sherry," decides to double-track Valli's voice, and helps create a national sensation. Later, however, certain difficulties begin to take their toll on the band - including financial problems, inner rivalries and tensions between the bandmates, and Valli's long periods on the road away from his wife and daughters. Clint Eastwood directs, from a screenplay by the co-authors of the original musical, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
DVD release of the 2014 motion picture.
Special feature: "Oh, what a night" to remember featurette.
Title from container.
Music, Bob Gaudio ; lyrics, Bob Crewe ; editor, Joel Cox ; director of photography, Tom Stern.
Christopher Walken, Steve Schirripa, Vincent Piazza, John Lloyd Young, Michael Lomenda, Erich Bergen.
The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
MPAA rating: R; for language throughout.
DVD, dual-layer format, region 1, widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Surround.
Closed-captioned (SDH).
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.