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Released
1980 · FILM

One-Trick Pony

Rock & roll will give you some laughs but it won't do you any favors.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
98 min
ComedyDramaMusic

Synopsis

An aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Edward BeyerShot by Dick BushScored by Paul SimonDesigned by David Mitchell

Box Office

1980 · Box office

Grossed $843K worldwide

Worldwide gross

$843K

Worldwide gross$843K

Opening weekend: $151K 18% of its US run.

Peak 30 theaters

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