''Una aventura llamada Menudo'' is a 1982 film featuring teen

boy band A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Ma ...

Menudo and Puerto Rican actress

Gladys Rodríguez Gladys Rodríguez (born June 4, 1943) is a Puerto Rican actress, comedian, and television host. Early years Rodríguez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. She and her parents moved to New York City when she was still a child. In New ...

. The film's soundtrack received a nomination for a

Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the Latin pop genre. Honors in ...

Synopsis

In ''Una aventura llamada Menudo'', Menudo members are supposed to fly to

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...

for a concert. However, having before arrived at concert sites by way of airplane, helicopter, and fire truck, and deciding during a meeting that arriving by motorcycle would be too dangerous due to wild crowds, band member

Ricky Meléndez Ricky Meléndez (born Ricardo Omar Meléndez Saurí, November 22, 1967 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican singer, lawyer and actor, best known for his tenures as a member of boy band Menudo and of El Reencuentro. Career He was raise ...

then hires the services of a

hot air balloon A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, a capsule), which carries ...

company, and during their balloon flight to the concert site, they have trouble and crash-land on a beach near a mansion. Rodríguez's character, a big fan of Menudo who feels old and put aside by her young, hip nieces, lives in that mansion, along with her girls. Looking for help, the Menudo guys arrive at the house, where they are given food and a room while they try to get in contact with their group director. As the story develops, Menudo member

Johnny Lozada Johnny Lozada Correa (born December 21, 1967 in Caguas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican singer, actor, host, and television personality. Lozada was a member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo during its golden years, joining the group in 1980 and ...

falls in love with one of the girl residents, and Menudo members meet new friends, sing and dance their way through the story.

Soundtrack album

A Spanish language soundtrack album with the same title as the film was released in 1982. This is the eleventh album overall and the second album this line-up recorded together. The album was nominated for a

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

for Best Latin Pop Performance.

Tracks

"Mi Banda Toca Rock", "Súbete A Mi Moto" and "Quiero Rock" appear as background (incidental) music in the film but do not appear on the soundtrack album. Rene Farrait, a former member who had already exited the group when the movie was filmed, also appears incidentally on the background, on a poster "Señora Mia" had of Menudo's "Quiero Ser" album's cover, which had been released in 1981. This album also contains the last two songs this version of the group (Menudo had over 30 members during its history, always grouped as a quintet) recorded together as a whole with Lluvia and Estrella Polar.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aventura llamada Menudo 1982 films Menudo (band) soundtracks 1982 soundtrack albums Comedy film soundtracks Menudo (band) 1982 in Puerto Rico Puerto Rican films Spanish-language soundtracks Puerto Rican comedy films Films set in Puerto Rico

Synopsis

Soundtrack album

Tracks

See also

References

External links