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]]> http://ambival.net/movies/bubba-ho-tep#comment-665 Ambival.net » Movies » Crossroads [1986] Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:42:46 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=248#comment-665 [...] Loved this movie. There’s something Bubba Ho-Tep ish about it, though it never quite goes as supernatural as some of its plot synopses suggest. The movie picks up the legend that blues man Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil (funny I was just reminded of this story a week or so ago on Bob Dylan’s “Theme Time Radio Hour” show), and embellishes it Johnson’s friend, harmonica player Willie Brown, also made a similar pact at the eponymous crossroads. Ralph Macchio plays a Juilliard student from Long Island who busts Brown out of his secure nursing home, home in return to learn the lost 30th song by Johnson. Brown has other things on his mind … like telling the Devil’s henchman that his deal is off – and the whole thing ends with a guitar duel in hell. I don’t often try to put plot summaries into my reviews, but that one felt worth including, lol [...] [...] Loved this movie. There’s something Bubba Ho-Tep ish about it, though it never quite goes as supernatural as some of its plot synopses suggest. The movie picks up the legend that blues man Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil (funny I was just reminded of this story a week or so ago on Bob Dylan’s “Theme Time Radio Hour” show), and embellishes it Johnson’s friend, harmonica player Willie Brown, also made a similar pact at the eponymous crossroads. Ralph Macchio plays a Juilliard student from Long Island who busts Brown out of his secure nursing home, home in return to learn the lost 30th song by Johnson. Brown has other things on his mind … like telling the Devil’s henchman that his deal is off – and the whole thing ends with a guitar duel in hell. I don’t often try to put plot summaries into my reviews, but that one felt worth including, lol [...]

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