Citizens Band (VHS) 
Citizens Band (VHS)

 
Citizens Band (VHS)

Leading Role: Paul Le Mat
Director: Jonathan Demme
Rating: Rated PG
Format: VHS
Product ID: EPID3074212
Description: This dynamic Jonathan Demme comedy, set during the time of the Citizens Band radio craze of the 1970s, interweaves the different stories of several characters in a small town. At the center is Paul Le Mat, a CB vigilante named Spider who...
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Movie Description
This dynamic Jonathan Demme comedy, set during the time of the Citizens Band radio craze of the 1970s, interweaves the different stories of several characters in a small town. At the center is Paul Le Mat, a CB vigilante named Spider who incurs his wrath on anyone who misuses the airwaves--his chief beef being his unnatural attachment to his father, Papa Thermodyne (Roberts Blossom), who becomes decent and kind only when he is sitting at Spider's microphone. Other characters include a small-time prostitute on wheels and a cattle-truck-driving bigamist (Charles Napier), known by the handle name Chrome Angel, whose two wives unwittingly discover each other when he has an accident. The movie uses the CB trend as a metaphor for lack of direct human communication, alternating between darkly comic and poignant moments. Demme has created another insightful and illuminating character-driven slice of Americana that is made complete with down-to-earth hipness and hard-edged goodwill.

Credits
Producer:Freddie Fields
Cast:Alix Elias, Charles Napier, Ed Begley Jr.

Notes
Additional cast: Alix Elias (Hot Coffee/Debbie), Michael Rothman (Cochise), and Michael Mahler (Hustler).

Additional credit: Ira Bates (set decoration).

A Fields Company production. Executive Producer Freddie Fields's name is not listed in the official credits.

Editorial Reviews
Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1977"
New York Times - p.II:1 - Vincent Canby (12/25/1977)

"...Eminently engrossing....A stunning composition..."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (09/30/1977)

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