The Suburbans

Not to be confused with The Suburban.

The Suburbans
DVD cover for The Suburbans
Directed by	Donal Lardner Ward
Written by	Donal Lardner Ward Tony Guma
Produced by	J.J. Abrams Michael Burns Leanna Creel Brad Krevoy
Starring	Jennifer Love Hewitt Donal Lardner Ward Amy Brenneman Tony Guma Craig Bierko Will Ferrell
Music by	Robbie Konder
Distributed by	Tri-Star Pictures
Release date	October 29, 1999 (1999-10-29)
Running time	81 minutes
Language	English
Box office	$11,130

The Suburbans is a 1999 comedy-drama that satirizes the 1980s revival hype around the turn of the 21st century. It stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Donal Lardner Ward, who also co-wrote the movie with Tony Guma and directed the movie.

The Suburbans premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 1999. It was released on a very limited number of screens (11) on October 29 of the same year, and grossing $11,130, is considered to have failed commercially. Of ten reviews counted at Rotten Tomatoes, all ten are negative.

Plot

In 1998 Danny, Mitch, Gil and Rory, formerly known as long-forgotten, early 80's one-hit wonder The Suburbans, reunite to perform their only hit single at one of the band members' wedding. After the gig Cate, an up-and-coming record company executive, approaches them and suggests to shoot a pay per view reunion show that would eventually re-establish the band's claim to fame. The four, more reluctantly than not, agree and subsequently face the ramifications on their personal lives as the show's production contrasts their former rock 'n' roll image with their now middle-class, suburban life style. It soon becomes evident that Cate is probably the only remaining fan of the band, who, out of a personal interest in the matter, put her own career at stake.

Cast

Main

• Donal Lardner Ward as lead singer Danny
• Jennifer Love Hewitt as record company executive Cate
• Amy Brenneman as Danny's girlfriend Grace
• Craig Bierko as lead guitarist Mitch
• Will Ferrell as bass player Gil
• Tony Guma as drummer Rory
• Bridgette Wilson as Rory's girlfriend Lara (Credited as Bridgette Wilson)
• Ben Stiller as record company owner Jay Rose
• Perrey Reeves as Amanda
• Jerry Stiller as record company owner Speedo Silverberg
• Brian Chlebowski as Kenny
• Perrey Reeves as Amanda
• Robert Loggia as Jules

Supporting

• Dick Clark as himself, hosting a fictional episode of American Bandstand
• Lisa Gerstein as Leslie Gonzalez
• Antonio Fargas as Magee
• Cleo Adell as Square-Q Girl
• Richard Scobie as Music Video D.P. ( Credited as Rich Scobie)
• Kurt Loder as himself, an MTV interviewer
• Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Lee Lee
• David LaChapelle as Thorlakur
• Karl A. D'Amico as MC
• Matt Cedeño as Tito (Credited as Matt Cedeno)
• Mary Jane Lardner as Amelia
• J.J. Abrams as Rock Journalist
• Mary Portser as Mrs. Farley
• Nikki Dion as Punk Rock Waitress
• Willie Garson as Craig
• Ben Kronen as Priest
• Darryl Sons as A Flock of Seagulls
• Lucio Rubino as A Flock of Seagulls
• Joseph Rodriguez as A Flock of Seagulls (Credted as Joseph Rodriquez)
• Michael Score as Flock of Seagulls

Cameo/Uncredited

• Amy Boatwright as Fan #1
• Deirdre O'Brien as Cyndi Lauper
• Jennifer Parkhill as Groupie
• Mark Rickard as Roadie
• Louis E. Rosas as Boy George
• Jackie Smason as Wedding Guest

See also

• Sugar Town, another "rock-and-roll and relationships" film released a month earlier, and called by Janet Maslin—in her review of The Suburbans—a "better and more ambitious recent film that [also, in retrospect] had no luck in finding an audience"

External links

• The Suburbans at IMDb
• The Suburbans at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Suburbans at Box Office Mojo
• Keith Bailey's review for The Unknown Movies Page