Uphill All the Way (1986)
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Two unemployed good ol' boys are mistaken for a pair of notorious bank robbers.
Colossal Youth follows four friends Ryder (Troy Osterberg), Greg (Riker Lynch), Erica (Kimmy Caruso) and Jordan (Reese Everett Ryan) as they navigate life, love and the wild and crazy times of high school. Ryder is a hopeless romantic and when his dream girl obsession Siobhan (Alexa Dowd) returns to school he goes for broke trying to win her heart. His pursuits lead him to rock bottom, but it's there that he realizes his real love has been beside him all along.
"Touring makes you crazy", Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this movie came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.