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Outlaw Blues [VHS]

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I watched the movie Out Law Blues and I liked this movie! It is about an ex convict played by Peter Fonda who has a talant for songwriting but is taken advantage of by a singer who steals some of his songs which turn out to be major hits and Susan St. James plays the backup singer who helps him get even! Thsi is a good movie and I want to see it put on DVD!

I throughly enjoyed the movie Outlaw Blues. Maybe because I had a small cameo role in it. I was in nursing school at the time 1977 at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas. They needed some protesters to hold signs that said Save Bobby. We were actually in school that day in our blue nursing student dress uniforms and we got to partcipate in the protest sceneand chanted Save Bobby, I am the one at the end with the short black hair holding one of the protest signs. There were two or three of us doing the scene. This is why the movie is especially special to me, something to share with my children and grandchildren.
It is twenty five years down the road and I remember the movie like it was only yesterday and yes I did graduate to become a Registered Nurse.

This is a film that's hard to dislike but it's hard to recommend particularly at it's prohibitive price tag. Essentially, it's the cinematic equivalent of a Chinese meal which is to say easily forgettable. Some sporadic chuckles but not that many. Susan Saint James and Peter Fonda do make an engaging screen couple, though. If you can get this one as a rental do so.

This movie had good music scores and the story line believable! Peter Fonda plays a good "I only want what's coming to me" kind of guy. Susan St. James is great in her supporting role as the guardedly interested, ever so pretty woman who helps him hide from the authorities the prison warden has in his pocket, then assists him to further his career. Her belief in Peter's character makes the movie happen!

I'd like to get my hands on a copy of the sountrack!

This movie was very important to me because I watched them film some scenes at my dorm at The University of Texas at Austin in 1976. They took over Dobie down on the second level. I got to see Susan St. James up close and in person. She was wearing Frye boots in the scene and I had to get a pair just like them. I took a picture of Susan St. James wearing her boots on the back of a motorcycle before they filmed the scene. I got a picture of Peter Fonda poking his head outside his trailer parked on Guadalupe Ave in Austin. He only said a few words to us..."Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll.!" That was so Peter Fonda in 1976. I never saw the movie when it was finished. It took me 32 years to find it on video. Go figure. Good times.

Last night when I was thinking of music from movies I remembered Outlaw Blues. What a fun movie and it's been a long time since I've seen it. It is a comedy but it also has some true heart. Wish it would come out on DVD!
I would recommend it for a fun evening movie watch for all. Enjoy enjoy enjoy

i just saw this movie again and i have to say it's very good. peter fonda is a much better actor than everyone thinks. he also has his fathers easy going charm and isn't as shrill as his sister.sadly he has been stuck in low budget movies for so long that we forget how good he is.
outlaw blues starts in huntsville prison texas where fonda is doing time and writing songs. enter james callahan as a johnny cash type who goes to the prison to make an album.fonda plays the title tune and is blowen of by callahan. weeks later the prison hears fondas song on the radio but it's callahan who is singing it and taking all the credit for it. fonda get out of jail and goes to set things right.in the fight that follows fonda shots callahan by mistake and the chase is on.
fonda and st. james make a great screen couple and the movie is really fast paced and fun. a great way to spend some rainy sunday afternoon

Purchased to give as a Christmas gift. The recipient loved it. It was an item that was on a wish list.

Outline Blues was my favorite movie as a teen. I had a crush on Peter Fonda and thought Susan Saint James was gorgeous with her long hair and trendy 70's clothing. I searched for this movie on DVD for quite a while and finally found it on Amazon. It's funny how you remember things as a kid. Peter Fonda wasn't quite as cute as I remember and he can barely carry a tune, but the movie holds a lot of nostalgia for me. In that sense I love this movie now as much as then. The music is catchy and it's a kick to see Austin inside and out, having been there myself.