Line #22 Film/Crossroads


1	->''"The blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad, thinkin' 'bout the woman he once was with."''
2	-->--'''Willie Brown'''
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4	''Crossroads'' is a 1986 film directed by Creator/WalterHill and starring Creator/RalphMacchio, Creator/JoeSeneca, Creator/JamiGertz, Robert Judd and Creator/JoeMorton.
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6	Eugene Martone (Macchio) is a student of classical music at Julliard's, with a side interest in studying the blues, and a fascination with the legend of Robert Johnson.
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8	After learning about the potential of a "lost song", Eugene tracks down bluesman Willie Brown at a minimum security hospital. Willie Brown is less-than-amused at Eugene's shallow fascination with the blues, but offers the song to him if he Eugene breaks him out of prison and helps him get to Mississippi.
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10	Together, the two take a journey where Eugene learns about what true blues is, and how legends are born.
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12	Not to be confused with dramedy film ''Film/Crossroads2002'', a film starring Music/BritneySpears.
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14	!!Tropes Are:
15	* AffectionateNickname: Willie calls Eugene "Lightning".
16	* AtTheCrossroads: The destination is the fateful crossroads where Willie Brown made his deal. Implied to be the same crossroads that Music/RobertJohnson made his deal at.
17	* BattleOfTheBands: The movie is decided in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdL36VKbMQ a guitar duel between Eugene and Jack Butler]], who is standing in for The Devil.
18	* BringIt: Eugene does it wordlessly.
19	-->'''Scratch's Assistant:''' ''(mocking)'' Well, well, well... who sent you here? Can't talk little man? ''(EvilLaugh)'' Bet ya can't play none, either!\
20	''(Eugene says nothing, and plugs in his guitar.)''\
21	'''Scratch's Assistant:''' ... Uh huh.
22	* CynicalMentor: Willie Brown is mean, vicious, and biting in teaching Eugene about the Blues. Not to mention he has no problem exploiting Eugene for his ends.
23	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Willie.
24	* DealWithTheDevil: Willie Brown made a deal with the Devil for his blues. He is now trying to get out of the deal.
25	* DespairEventHorizon: How Eugene finally plays the blues -- losing a woman he was interested in.
26	* ExactWords: Part of the DealWithTheDevil, described above. Willie tries to complain to Satan that he didn't get what he wanted out of the deal. Satan replies that the deal was only that Willie Brown would acquire fame and fortune through his blues skills. He never said Willie would get to keep them.
27	%%* GrumpyOldMan: Willie Brown.
28	* IHaveManyNames:
29	-->'''Willie:''' What time he coming around?\
30	'''Scratch's Assistant:''' ''(faux confused)'' What time ''who'' coming around?\
31	'''Willie:''' You don't be fooling with me. I'm talking about Legba.\
32	'''Scratch's Assistant:''' ''(amused)'' '''''Legba?''''' Where you been at, slick? He done changed his name to Scratch.
33	* KickTheDog: Not only does Legba's assistant convince Willie to sell his soul, but he took the $2 that he initially refused to take to get Willie to sell him his soul!
34	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
35	-->'''Willie:''' You got your mind made up about how everything works. How you gonna learn anything new when you KNOW everything already? ''(picks up Eugene's old, scratched acoustic guitar)'' Look at this old guitar here you been squeakin' on. I bet you saw this thing in a music store and bought it just because you thought it was beat up! Well you got it all wrong. Music/MuddyWaters ''invented'' electricity.
36	* RoadTripPlot: The entire movie is Willie and Eugene trying to get from New York City to back country Mississippi to see "the man".
37	* RockMeAsmodeus: Both Willie Brown and Robert Johnson definitely got their skills from Satan, as did "Jack Butler", the musical antagonist.
38	** RockMeAmadeus: Eugene defeats Jack by rocking out to electric guitar riffing based on classic music.
39	%%* StarCrossedLovers: Eugene and Francine.
40	* SpiritualSuccessor: The film has the same basic plot as "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band.
41	* TechnicianVsPerformer: This is the conflict between Eugene and Willie. Eugene can play the songs well, and has a fanboy obsession with the Blues. Willie sees Eugene as someone who lacks the struggle and hardship needed to play blues.
42	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Eugene and Willie. The former is exasperated with the latter's duplicity and rudeness. Willie sees Eugene as a pampered wannabe with no respect for real blues.
43	* UnusualEuphemism: Willie refers to a penis as a "whip".

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