Product Details

• Actors: Rory Cochrane, Rossie Harris, Beth Orton, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Richard Edson
• Directors: Steve Hanft
• Writers: Rossie Harris, Steve Hanft, Bob Stephenson
• Producers: Brian Oliver, Darren Lavett
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Eclectic DVD Dist.
• DVD Release Date: October 7, 2003
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000APVGP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,121 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Southlander - Diary of a Desperate Musician" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars with Beck, Beth Orton, Hank III, Elliott Smith, October 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Southlander - Diary of a Desperate Musician (DVD)

What a fun film. Worth checking out for the musical performances of some of the greatest artists of today, but you get a whole lot more than that.

Rory Cochrane is great as the lead, plays it real cool as Chance, a down and out musician. When he acquires the '69 Moletron, a super rare synthesizer, it lands him the gig and the girl (Beth Orton). But the Moletron gets stolen, and Chance is determined to get it back.

Chance and his seedy pal Ross Angeles chase the synth around LA through the buy/sell rag, The Southlander, and encounter all sorts of LA weirdos, including the unstable defunct funk star Motherchild (Lawrence Hilton Jacobs), Beck, who leads them to a bizarre technology bonfire pit, the menacing junkyard man (Hank Williams III) and a whole slew of others. The recently deceased and dearly departed Elliott Smith has a brief cameo, and contributed 2 previously unreleased songs for the film.

Director Steve Hanft's specialty is in music video (he directed Beck's Loser video), and the production reflects his talent. The musical performances are brilliant and touching.

The extras are fabulous as well. The more I watch it the more I love it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Money...It's Dope AAA++++, December 10, 2003

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Dirk-David Todd "David Todd" (Echo Park, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southlander - Diary of a Desperate Musician (DVD)

What a great original movie! Also, hilarious!!And the music is awesome! This movie has so many different moments.Have watched this movie hundreds of times because it reminds me of me and my friends. It is just like reality in my life. It keeps a great pace. Rory Cochrane plays a cool slacker dude looking for his '69 moletron. He and others get hosed by the wierded out LA crowd, looking for the moletron. It is the money, dudes! So many different music artists. I highly recommend to all that like good alternate music and original independent films. Way to go Steve and Ross who both wrote and directed the film. Ross' music can also be heard throughout the movie.
Peace

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dope, January 8, 2004

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Christopher G Mitchell (ny ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southlander - Diary of a Desperate Musician (DVD)

i've watched this 900 times. many of the lines from this movie now make daily appearances in the lives and me and my friends.

hot.