Crossroads (1986 film)
1986 film by Walter Hill / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Crossroads is a 1986 American musical drama film inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson. Starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, the film was written by John Fusco and directed by Walter Hill and features an original score by Ry Cooder featuring classical guitar by William Kanengiser and harmonica by Sonny Terry. Steve Vai appears in the film as the devil's virtuosic guitar player in the climactic guitar duel.
| Crossroads | |
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| Directed by | Walter Hill |
| Written by | John Fusco |
| Produced by | Mark Carliner |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Edited by | Freeman A. Davies |
| Music by | Ry Cooder |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,839,000 (US)[1] |
Fusco was a traveling blues musician prior to attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he wrote Crossroads as an assignment in a master class led by the screenwriting giants Waldo Salt and Ring Lardner Jr. The student screenplay won first place in the national FOCUS Awards (Films of College and University Students) and was sold to Columbia Pictures while Fusco was still a student.