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Year: 2001
USA & UK: Warner Bros
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Flemyng, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Timothy Olyphant, Jamie Williams, Deborah Leydig, Gene 'Bean' Baxter, Jason Bonham, William Martin Brennan, Nick Catanese, Dagmara Dominczyk, Blas Elias, Matthew Glave, Anthony Head, Stephan Jenkins, Jill Kocalis, Valerie Landsburg, Carey Lessard, Heidi Mark, Jeff Pilson, Natalie Raynes, Kevin Ryder, Carrie Stevens, Brian Vander Ark, Zachary Woodlee, Zakk Wylde, Kara Zediker
Director: Stephen Herek
Country: USA
USA: 104 mins
UK: 105 mins
USA Rated: R for language, sexuality and some drug content
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language and sex and drugs references
USA Release Date: 7 September 2001
UK Release Date: 11 January 2002

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Synopsis

Chris Cole (Mark Wahlberg) was born to rock. His longtime girlfriend Emily (Jennifer Aniston) believes Chris's talent could take him all the way - but instead of writing his own music, Chris worships at the altar of Bobby Beers, the fiery front man for Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rock legends that both inspire and consume his life.

By day, Chris still lives at home with his parents and spends his days repairing copy machines, push-starting his sputtering Dodge Dart and fighting with his brother. But when Chris takes the stage, all of that disappears. When he's fronting Blood Pollution, Pennsylvania's premiere Steel Dragon tribute band, Chris Cole is Bobby Beers - mesmerizing audiences with his perfect imitation of Beers' electrifying vocals and sexy snarl. Blood Pollution's low-rent recreation of the Dragon's elaborate arena shows drive the locals into a head-banging, hair-whipping frenzy.

The night his bandmates boot him out of the group he founded, Chris is devastated - until an unexpected phone call changes his life forever: he, Chris Cole, has been tapped to replace Bobby Beers as the lead singer of Steel Dragon. In an instant, Chris rockets to the dizzying heights of sudden stardom, rising from devotee to icon, from the ultimate rock fan to the ultimate rock god - the wanna-be who got to be.

So what happens when an average guy gets everything he wants... and discovers it's not enough?


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