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Not Fade Away (film)
''Not Fade Away'' is a 2012 American drama film and the first directed by ''The Sopranos creator, David Chase. It was released on December 21, 2012. Plot In 1960s suburban New Jersey, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big. In his late teens, Douglas Damiano lives with: his father Pat, who suffers from psoriasis and is physically rough with Douglas; his mother Antoinette, who frequently grows hysterical and threatens suicide; and his sister Evelyn. Douglas sees his friend Eugene Gaunt singing and playing lead guitar for a band in high school, and resolves to join the band to earn the affections of Grace Dietz. Douglas gets his chance when the band's drummer, Schindewulf, is drafted to go to Vietnam. In the wake of the "British Invasion", Gene is trying to remodel his band after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and he believes Douglas is suited to this style. Following an awkward bass player losing his position, the core of the band is Douglas, Gene, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Chase
David Henry Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American filmmaker. He wrote and produced the HBO drama ''The Sopranos'' which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. Chase has also produced and written for such shows as ''The Rockford Files'', ''I'll Fly Away'', and '' Northern Exposure''. He created the original series '' Almost Grown'' which aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. He has won seven Emmy Awards. Chase's film debut came in 2012 with '' Not Fade Away'', followed by ''The Many Saints of Newark'' (2021), a prequel film to the TV series ''The Sopranos''. Early life and education Chase was born into a working-class Italian American family in Mount Vernon, New York, the only child of Henry and Norma Chase. His paternal grandmother had changed the family name from "DeCesare" to "Chase". His father owned a hardware store. He grew up in a small garden apartment in Clifton, New Jersey, and in North Caldwell, New Jersey. He grew up watching matinée crime films and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |