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Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day (2013)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists - some celebratory, some conflicted, but all inspired by what dad does and doesn't do. Here's a mixture of songs that celebrate and probe the emotional complexities generated by the sometime head of the household. Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics, Suggs and the Blockheads, Neil Young, James Brown, Pigbag and even Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter Kelly put in an appearance, making a cracking compilation for Father's Day.
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Buckle Up (2023)
Character: Self
The story of ex-banger racer Jack Elger who has to honor his brothers gambling debt by picking up a rare diamond necklace from an Arab prince off the coast of Cornwall and bring it back to London before he his killed. The trick is to stay alive as they race through the streets of London's Westend dodging bullets in the process.
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Identity Crisis (1989)
Character: Thrift Shop Man
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
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Only You (1992)
Character: Self
Dumped by his fiancée, Clifford Godfrey goes on vacation anyway where he ends up torn between a sober party girl and his travel agent.
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Pathos: Segreta Inquietudine (1988)
Character: Bookmaker
A photographer's model is found murdered, sparking a police investigation that targets her ex-boyfriend. As more models die and murder videos surface, the true identity of the killer becomes uncertain.
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Downtown '81 (2001)
Character: Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
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Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Character: West Coast Video Employee Passaic
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
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Cattive ragazze (1992)
Character: Self
Alma is a career woman hunted by her mother-in-law who wants to kill her. Marylin is a former prisoner who wants revenge on her ex-boyfriend. He is sent as a "gift" to Alma for her birthday. She falls in love with him and ends up being pursued by Marylin. The man is killed, and Alma "buys" another.
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The Forbidden Dance (1990)
Character: Kid Creole
A princess in the Amazon rain forests tries to fight a conglomerate threatening the forests by going to Los Angeles. There she links up with a rich kid who tells her that she must get on television to succeed with her mission. Quick as a wink, the two come up with the idea of winning a lambada dance contest.
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L'Écume des jours (2013)
Character: Duke Ellington
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
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