"The Goonies" director wrote and directed the 1988 comedy about the fictional kidnapping of what famous musician?
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Heartbreak Hotel (film) Heartbreak Hotel is a 1988 American comedy film written and directed by Chris Columbus, and stars David Keith and Tuesday Weld. Set in 1972, the story deals with one of the many "legends" involving Elvis Presley (Keith) about his fictional kidnapping, and his subsequent redemption from decadence.
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Chris Columbus (filmmaker) Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Columbus is known for directing movies such as "Home Alone" (1990), "" (1992), "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993), "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001), and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002), and for writing movies such as "Gremlins" (1984) and "The Goonies" (1985).
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This Is Spinal Tap This Is Spinal Tap (stylized as This Is Spın̈al Tap) is a 1984 American rock music mockumentary comedy film directed, co-written, scored by, and starring Rob Reiner, and co-starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. The film portrays the fictional British heavy metal band Spinal Tap. The film satirizes the wild personal behavior and musical pretensions of hard rock and heavy metal bands, as well as the hagiographic tendencies of rock documentaries of the time. The three main members of Spinal Tap—David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel—are played by actors McKean, Shearer, and Guest, respectively. The three actors play their musical instruments and speak with mock English accents throughout the movie. Reiner appears as Marty Di Bergi, the maker of the documentary. Other actors in the movie are Tony Hendra as group manager Ian Faith, and June Chadwick as St. Hubbins' interfering girlfriend Jeanine. Actors Paul Shaffer, Fred Willard, Fran Drescher, Bruno Kirby, Howard Hesseman, Ed Begley, Jr., Patrick Macnee, Anjelica Huston, Vicki Blue, Dana Carvey, Billy Crystal and Linnea Quigley all play supporting roles or make cameo appearances in the movie.
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Luke O'Reilly (Bel's Boys) Luke O'Reilly (born 30 January 1988) is a Northern Irish actor and musician, perhaps best known for his work in the CITV series "Bel's Boys", and as part of the band of the same name.
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Jerry Nelson Jerry L. Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, singer, and musician, best known for his work with The Muppets. Renowned for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on "Sesame Street", "The Muppet Show", "Fraggle Rock", and various Muppet movies and specials.
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Mystic Pizza Mystic Pizza is a 1988 American coming-of-age film directed by Donald Petrie, and stars Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts and Lili Taylor.
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John Bundrick John Douglas "Rabbit" Bundrick (born November 21, 1948 in Houston, Texas) is an American rock keyboardist, pianist and organist. He is best known for his work with the Who and associations with others including Eric Burdon, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Roger Waters, Free and Crawler. Bundrick is noted as the principal musician for the cult film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". In the mid-1970s, he was a member of the short-lived group Mallard, formed by ex-members of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. He is also known as a composer and has recorded solo albums.
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Su Pollard Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard (born 7 November 1949 in Nottingham) is an English comedy actress and singer, most famous for her roles in the sitcoms "Hi-de-Hi!", "You Rang, M'Lord?" and "Oh, Doctor Beeching!". As a singer, she scored a UK No.2 hit with the song "Starting Together" in 1986. She is also well known for her unusual and flamboyant dress sense and her broad Nottinghamshire accent.
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Neil Hamburger Neil Hamburger is a standup comedian character played by comedian and musician Gregg Turkington.
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Davy Jones (musician) David Thomas Jones (30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, actor and businessman best known as a member of the band The Monkees, and for starring in the TV series of the same name. His acting credits include a Tony-nominated role as the Artful Dodger in the original London and Broadway productions of "Oliver!" as well as a starring cameo role in a hallmark episode of "The Brady Bunch" television show and later reprised parody film; "Love, American Style"; and "My Two Dads". Jones is considered one of the great teen idols.
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Jeff Cohen (actor) Jeffrey Bertan Cohen (born Jeffrey Bertan McMahon; June 25, 1974) is an American attorney (and founding partner of Cohen & Gardner, LLP) and former child actor best remembered for appearing as Chunk in the 1985 Steven Spielberg production "The Goonies".
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Wavis O'Shave Wavis O'Shave is a surreal English musician and comedian who regularly appeared on Channel 4's music show "The Tube" (1982–1987).
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Jeff Fatt Jeffrey Wayne Fatt AM (born 21 July 1953 in Casino, New South Wales, Australia), is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's band The Wiggles and the 1980s and 90s band The Cockroaches.
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School Daze School Daze is a 1988 American musical comedy drama film, written and directed by Spike Lee, and starring Larry Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell-Martin. Based in part on Spike Lee's experiences at Atlanta's Morehouse College, Spelman College, Morris Brown College and Clark Atlanta University, it is a story about fraternity and sorority members clashing with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend. It also touches upon issues of colorism and hair texture bias within the African-American community. The second feature film by Spike Lee, "School Daze" was released on February 12, 1988 by Columbia Pictures.
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Simon Joyner Simon Joyner (born 1971) is an American singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He has influenced the music of Bright Eyes. In the early 1990s, Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by "Rolling Stone". He is also known for the so-called "Peel Incident," when British DJ John Peel played his album, "The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll", from beginning to end on air. Joyner has collaborated with John Darnielle, of The Mountain Goats. He is named after Paul Simon.
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Alex Goot Alexander George Goot (born March 15, 1988, Poughkeepsie, New York) is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist from New York City. His channel, "GootMusic", is the 1582nd most watched channel on YouTube. He plays acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums and other instruments.
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Nicholas Braun Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Braun (born May 1, 1988) is an American actor and musician.
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Brain Damage (film) Brain Damage is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by Frank Henenlotter.
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Christopher Jaymes Christopher Jaymes (born July 19, 1973) is an American musician, television and film actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
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Jerry Colonna (entertainer) Gerardo Luigi "Jerry" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Bill Sherwood William Charles Patrick Sherwood, better known as Bill Sherwood (June 14, 1952 – February 10, 1990) was an American musician, screenwriter and film director.
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Ike Willis Isaac "Ike" Willis (born November 12, 1955) is an American vocalist and guitarist who was a regular member of Frank Zappa's studio and touring bands from 1978 until the last tour in 1988. He did not tour with Zappa in 1981 and 1982 because he wanted to be home for the birth of his two children, but returned to touring with Zappa for his final two tours in 1984 (which Zappa intended at the time to be his final tour) and 1988. He currently tours with the Frank Zappa tribute bands Bogus Pomp, Ossi Duri, Project/Object, Pojama People, Ugly Radio Rebellion and ZAPPATiKA. He also performed several times with the Brazilian Zappa cover band, The Central Scrutinizer Band, The Muffin Men, and with the Italian bands and Elio e le Storie Tese . Additionally, he has appeared multiple times at the annual Zappanale Festival in Bad Doberan, Germany. He is most recognized for his involvement in Zappa records such as playing Joe in "Joe's Garage", providing vocals on "Tinsel Town Rebellion", "You Are What You Is", and "The Man from Utopia", and as the title character and narrator in Zappa's off-Broadway-styled conceptual musical "Thing-Fish".