1982年,英国传奇重金属乐队Spinal Tap摇滚乐团红极一时。电影导演马蒂(罗伯·莱纳 Rob Reiner 饰)是Spinal Tap乐团的一位忠实粉丝。Spinal Tap乐团要来美国举行一次复出巡演,马蒂则为Spinal Tap乐团拍摄随行纪录片。本部仿纪录片刻意杜撰出一个英国摇滚乐团Spinal Tap,活灵活现的刻画出了摇滚乐团台上台下表里不一的嘴脸,对当代摇滚乐做出了尖锐的讽刺和嘲讽。 本片由罗伯·莱纳自编自导自演之作。影片中的电影音乐均由演员们亲自演奏创作而成。
Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with "Attention Deficit Disorder." Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of "intestinal fortitude and willpower," Lyle manages to convince David that ...
故事的主角是一个长期流亡苏联的共产党人。在希腊军政府倒台后,于处人生暮年的他终于可以回归故乡。当他以如此矛盾而又暧昧的身份,再回到记忆中熟悉的地方,再面对家人与朋友时,他感觉到了人情的疏离,对未来的盲目,对于祖国低度的认同与漠视。人们企图卸下记忆的承重,却又害怕轻得迷失 方向。在这样的环境下,他意识到自己已经真正失去了国籍。最终,和他离别多年的爱人漂在爱琴海中的浮岸上。