Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    Nostalgia Central
    • Home
    • Blog
      • Lists
    • Television
      • TV by Decade
        • TV – 1950s
        • TV – 1960s
        • TV – 1970s
        • TV – 1980s
        • TV – 1990s
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Kids TV
      • Variety
      • News & Sport
      • Advertisements
    • Music
      • Music by Decade
        • Music – 1950s
        • Music – 1960s
        • Music – 1970s
        • Music – 1980s
        • Music – 1990s
      • Artists – A to K
        • Artists – A
        • Artists – B
        • Artists – C
        • Artists – D
        • Artists – E
        • Artists – F
        • Artists – G
        • Artists – H
        • Artists – I
        • Artists – J
        • Artists – K
      • Artists – L to Z
        • Artists – L
        • Artists – M
        • Artists – N
        • Artists – O
        • Artists – P
        • Artists – Q
        • Artists – R
        • Artists – S
        • Artists – T
        • Artists – U
        • Artists – V
        • Artists – W
        • Artists – X
        • Artists – Y
        • Artists – Z
      • Artists – 0 to 9
      • Genres
      • Music on Film & TV
      • One-Hit Wonders
      • Playlists
      • Online Radio
    • Movies
      • Movies by Decade
        • Movies – 1950s
        • Movies – 1960s
        • Movies – 1970s
        • Movies – 1980s
        • Movies – 1990s
      • Movies – 0 to 9
      • Movies – A to K
        • Movies – A
        • Movies – B
        • Movies – C
        • Movies – D
        • Movies – E
        • Movies – F
        • Movies – G
        • Movies – H
        • Movies – I
        • Movies – J
        • Movies – K
      • Movies – L to Z
        • Movies – L
        • Movies – M
        • Movies – N
        • Movies – O
        • Movies – P
        • Movies – Q
        • Movies – R
        • Movies – S
        • Movies – T
        • Movies – U
        • Movies – V
        • Movies – W
        • Movies – X
        • Movies – Y
        • Movies – Z
    • Pop Culture
      • Fads
      • Toys & Games
      • Fashion
      • Decor
      • Food & Drink
      • People
      • Technology
      • Transport
    • Social History
      • 1950s Year by Year
      • 1960s Year by Year
      • 1970s Year by Year
      • 1980s Year by Year
      • 1990s Year by Year
      • Events
    Nostalgia Central
    Home»Movies»Movies by Decade»Movies - 1980s
    Movies - 1980s Movies - L 1 Min Read

    Light Of Day (1987)

    Share
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email

    Joe Rasnick (Michael J Fox) scrapes together a living and plays in a band (the Barbusters) in his spare time with his sister Patti (Joan Jett), who has a young child. They find it hard to make ends meet but decide to go on the road, despite the vigorous objections of their religious mother (Gena Rowlands).

    Writer/director Paul Schrader’s attempt to graft his favourite theme of moral redemption on to a story of rock ‘n’ roll gets hopelessly bogged down in the sort of soul-searching and family strife one finds in Arthur Miller or Eugene O’Neill plays.

    To make things worse, Fox is badly miscast as a factory worker-cum-rock singer from small-time, working-class Cleveland.

    The film stumbles towards that most wretched of movie clichés – the terminal disease – which provokes even more soul-searching.

    The title song is by Bruce Springsteen.

    Joe Rasnick
    Michael J Fox
    Jeanette Rasnick
    Gena Rowlands
    Patti Rasnick
    Joan Jett
    Bu Montgomery
    Michael McKean
    Smittie
    Thomas G Waites
    Cindy Montgomery
    Cherry Jones
    Gene Bodine
    Michael Dolan
    Billy Tettore
    Paul J Harkins
    Benji Rasnick
    Billy L Sullivan
    Benjamin Rasnick
    Jason Miller
    Reverend John Ansley
    Tom Irwin

    Director
    Paul Schrader

    Related Posts

    • Personal Services (1987)
      Personal Services (1987)
      Christine Painter (Julie Walters) is a working-class single mother struggling to make ends meet who opens her own brothel with…
    • Dream Team, The (1989)
      Dream Team, The (1989)
      Michael Keaton plays a silver-tongued, lovable rogue in this light-hearted spin on One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), in which…
    • Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
      Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
      In 1964, Eddie Wilson had it all. He had genius, he had vision, he had the hottest rock & roll…
    • Toughest Man In The World, The (1984)
      Toughest Man In The World, The (1984)
      This made-for-TV movie from CBS finds A-Team star Mr T (born Lawrence Tureaud) playing Bruise Brubaker - a brute with a…
    • Betsy's Wedding (1989)
      Betsy's Wedding (1989)
      In Betsy's Wedding, Eddie Hopper (Alan Alda) shows off and gives daughter Betsy (Molly Ringwald) a fabulous formal wedding. What happens…
    • Romancing The Stone (1984)
      Romancing The Stone (1984)
      This dumb comic-book adventure has no comedy and is actually a less harrowing adventure than a peak hour trip on…
    • Without A Trace (1983)
      Without A Trace (1983)
      Kate Nelligan plays Susan Selky, the mother of a six-year-old boy who disappears without a trace on a short journey…
    • Allnighter, The (1987)
      Allnighter, The (1987)
      It is graduation time at California's surf-side Pacifica College - the culmination of four years of sun, sea, surf and occasional study. Before…

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email
    Previous ArticleLighthorsemen, The (1987)
    Next Article Liquid Sky (1983)

    Comments are closed.

    Follow us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    You May Also Like
    • Love For Lydia
      1 9 7 7 (UK) 13 x episodes The ITV drama department made […]
    • Paperplay
      1 9 7 4 – 1 9 8 1 (UK) 97 x 10 minute episodes Luscious […]
    • Kangaroo Palace
      1 9 9 7 (Australia) 2 x 90 minute episodes “They’re […]
    • Acid Eaters, The (1968)
      Four middle-class office-worker couples become weekend […]
    • Merlin
      Merlin formed in late 1973 and released a self-titled album on […]
    • Working Stiffs
      1 9 7 9 (USA) 4 x 25 minute episodes Short-lived CBS sitcom […]
    Twitter Feed
    Please note


    Nostalgia Central covers the period 1950 to 1999 and contains some words and references which reflect the attitudes of those times and which may be considered culturally sensitive, offensive or inappropriate today.
    Popular Tags
    1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 Action Figures Amicus Arcade games Australia Beach movies Beatles Blaxploitation Board games Britpop Canada Crime Disco Disney Doo-Wop Elvis Presley Girl groups Glam Goth Hammer Heavy Metal Irwin Allen Labels Merseybeat Mod revival Motown New Romantic New Wave NWOBHM Oi! One-hit wonders Power Pop Pub rock Punk Radio Scotland Ska Soul music Surf music
    Search Nostalgia Central
    Copyright © 1998, 2022 Nostalgia Central
    • About
    • Contact
    • FAQ

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.