Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Deadman's Curve : The Jan and Dean Story (1978)



Made for CBS , airing February 3rd in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
Based on truths.
The story : In the early 60s , Jan and his buddy Dean are high school students.
Fresh from the end ofthe football season , Jan has come up with the idea that making music is his way to easy street.
Jan wants Dean and their friend Billy along for the ride but Jan has become obsessed with getting their sound right.
Soon Billy bails on the deal. Then Dean goes off to the reserves.

Jan believes he has been left alone to follow through on his dream so he gets himself signed to a label and his first single begins enjoying radio play.
When Dean returns home  , the two start up where they left off - now as singing sensations and business partners.
Things go fairly well for the duo for a while but when Jan gets news of being recruited into the military he goes off the deep end.
Stars Dick Clark , Richard Hatch , Bruce Davison , Kelly Ward , Pamela Bellwood , Denise DuBarry , Priscilla Cory , Wolfman Jack , Noah Keen , Anne Marie Martin , Floy Dean , June Dayton 
Directed by Richard Compton
Not Rated
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/DRAMA

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