David Chase has gotten the band together, and it's turned into a reunion tour.
The writer-director has been on a nationwide search for young, relative unknowns to star in his untitled rock 'n' roll coming-of-age film, and he's found them in John Magaro, Jack Huston and Will Brill. But he's also brought aboard his old "Sopranos" actor, guitarist Steven Van Zandt, to supervise the music for the picture and executive produce.
David Chase has gotten the banding together, and it's turned into a reunion tour.
The writer-director has been on a nationwide search for young, relative unknowns to starring in his untitled rock 'n' roll coming-of-age film, and he's found them in John Magaro, Jack Huston and Will Brill. But he's also brought aboard his old "Sopranos" actor, guitarist Steven Van Zandt, to monitor the medicine for the movie and executive produce.
If you know local music, you know Carmen Marotta. Son of Anthony Marotta, who ownedthe legendary club Tony Mart`s in Somers Point - where Bob Dylan found his band theHawks (later known as The Band), in August 1965 and where rock `n` roll prevailed withthe hottest bands around until the early 1980s when the club closed. It was at the endof the club`s colorful history when parts of the 1983 film Eddie and theCruisers were filmed there.
If you know local music, you know Carmen Marotta. Son of Anthony Marotta, who ownedthe legendary club Tony Mart`s in Somers Point - where Bob Dylan found his band theHawks (later known as The Band), in August 1965 and where rock `n` roll prevailed withthe hottest bands around until the early eighties when the cabaret closed. It was at the endof the club`s colorful history when parts of the 1983 film Eddie and theCruisers were filmed there.
