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A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet.A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet.A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations
Steve Peck
- Father
- (as Stephen Apostle Pec)
- Directors
- Bob Clark
- Sylvester Stallone(uncredited)
- Don Zimmerman(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSylvester Stallone turned down the male lead in Romancing the Stone (1984) and the lead in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) (before it was re-written as a comedy) to make this film.
- GoofsDuring the opening credits, the camera is reflected in the window of the helicopter they used to film the night-time scenery.
- Quotes
Nick Martinelli: [singing "Drinkenstein"] Budweiser you created a monster / and they call him Drinkenstein / And the tavern down the street is the labba-tor-eye-ee / where he makes the transformation all the time / And a stein of Dr. Buuuud is a pint of monster blood / and it does effect me different every time / Budweiser you created a monster / and they call me Drinkenstein / And they call me Drinkenstein / I'm Drinkenstein! / I'm Drinkenstein!
- SoundtracksTennessee Homesick Blues
Written and Performed by Dolly Parton
Featured review
Glittering like a rhinestone
I watched this the other day FOR THE FIRST TIME might i add. I never even knew about this film until i saw it round a mate's house.
I watched it thinking is was one of those early cheese flicks that were around during the 80's, after Sly success with Rocky and before his success with Rambo. Happily i was wrong, this was hilarious.
The story is well done and one that was entertaining. I was expecting to fall asleep during this film but i stayed awake the whole time and didn't yawn once. Sly looked well out of place in this picture but that was the whole idea and he does it brilliantly, playing a New York Cabbie who don't know the first thing about country music. And when he sang during the first half of the movie it was in stitches. He was excruciatingly awful,and I was literally crying laughter. However when he did sing with the lovely Dolly Parton, he was good. This film is kind of like Rocky meets Nashville with a great performance from everyone involved.
Rhinestone is one of those gems of a movie that is a classic later on in it's years. This is Sly at his comedy best,he don't play it for laughs he is just himself (so to speak). Forget Stop or my mom will shoot or Oscar, this is Sly at his comedy best. he can do comedy and it shows right here.
I dare you not to be tapping your foot by the end. This will go with my Good Sylvester Stallone films.
I watched it thinking is was one of those early cheese flicks that were around during the 80's, after Sly success with Rocky and before his success with Rambo. Happily i was wrong, this was hilarious.
The story is well done and one that was entertaining. I was expecting to fall asleep during this film but i stayed awake the whole time and didn't yawn once. Sly looked well out of place in this picture but that was the whole idea and he does it brilliantly, playing a New York Cabbie who don't know the first thing about country music. And when he sang during the first half of the movie it was in stitches. He was excruciatingly awful,and I was literally crying laughter. However when he did sing with the lovely Dolly Parton, he was good. This film is kind of like Rocky meets Nashville with a great performance from everyone involved.
Rhinestone is one of those gems of a movie that is a classic later on in it's years. This is Sly at his comedy best,he don't play it for laughs he is just himself (so to speak). Forget Stop or my mom will shoot or Oscar, this is Sly at his comedy best. he can do comedy and it shows right here.
I dare you not to be tapping your foot by the end. This will go with my Good Sylvester Stallone films.
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Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,435,321
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,459,726
- Jun 24, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $21,435,321
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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