Konterr Brilliant and touching

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

filepolicia Maybe it was my insomnia. Or my Chihuahua's. Whatever the cause, neither of us could tear away from Wild Guitar recently aired on TMC. For the first half-hour I just sat slack-jawed not only that this movie was being telecast, but that it ever got made or saved. Then, when I regained control of my thought processes, I knew I should stop watching, but it was too late. It must be what crack addicts experience: You know it's rotting your brain, and you just want more. In addition to this addictive quality, if you still miss the raw sexuality and sheer athleticism of Peggy Fleming, as I do, there's a not-to-be-missed scene that could have been shot in Grenoble, albeit six years later. I guess Wild Guitar was just ahead of its time, on the ice anyway. I gave the movie a 2 out of 10, but my scoring belies my action. I watched it through to the final credits.

desertangel1 I won't bother to summarize since there are many good summaries here... I just wanted to leave a post saying how much I appreciate this campy little black and white movie.I don't mind tossing a dollar here or there to see if a movie is any good. I'd never heard of Arch Hall or Wild Guitar, but I am a fan of this era and pop/rock music in general. I was really pleasantly surprised, even though it's in black and white. I've watched it twice in the one week that I've owned it. Thank You Dollar Tree! The Beatniks, flip side movie, totally sucked in comparison. The thing I like best is the fact that it is soooo period. It's just OLD and I LOVE IT!! We still have a drive in theater near where I live and I would be really happy if they played this movie there. Anyone who is a nostalgia buff needs to have this movie!

preppy-3 Young, naive Bud Eagle (Arch Hall Jr.) travels to Hollywood to find fame and fortune. He meets sweet, innocent Vicki (Nancy Czar) who immediately gets him on a TV show. He becomes a rock star overnight and unscrupulous agent William Walters (Arch Hall Snr.) signs him up. BUT he is using him, giving him no money. making him drop Vicki and Eagle discovers that life in lonely at the top. You can probably figure the story out from there.Terrible by the numbers story offers no surprises. The dialogue is awful, the acting dreadful and the direction is just pathetic. Hall's singing isn't bad, but the songs themselves are mediocre and the way the singing parts are shot are hysterically funny. Plot holes galore in this one--at one point Vicki invites Bud to a skating rink where there's no one else but them---yet a spotlight follows her along when she's skating! A sequence with three idiots (who make the Three Stooges look restrained) "kidnapping" Bud is SO bad my jaw dropped! This movie is so badly made on EVERY level it's absolutely fascinating to watch. I actually got impressed watching it--it fails so completely on every level! The ending especially had me in hysterics. Not a good film by any means but worth watching. A camp classic!

sol Formula plot about a small time boy Bud Eagle, Arch Hall Jr, from North Dakota coming to Hollywood looking to make it big in the world of Rock & Roll music.Meeting cute Vicki Wills,Nancy Czar, who gives the starving and broke Bud her lunch to eat at a local diner she tells the naive and shy out of towner that's she to appear at the local amateur hour TV show that evening and invites him to come along. Just like in the movies, damn I keep forgetting this is a movie, the person thats to appear with Vickie on the stage gets stage fright and runs out of the theater and now the shows MC Hal Kenton, Paul Voorhees, is forced to put the startled North Dakotan with Vickie on stage! Bud ends up knocking the crowd dead with his wild guitar and high-pitched voice to becomes an instant Rock & Roll success and teenage idol.The movie "Wild Guitar" has it's moments with a bunch of Bowery Boys wannabes, that's really aiming high in Hollywood, who kidnap Bud only having him turn the tables on them and then using the three jerks Weasel Stupid & Brains,Bill Llyod Jonathon Krle & Mike Trelbor, to shake down his manager Mike McCauley,Arch Hall Sr, for $15,000.00. The kidnappers end up losing the ransom money when Mike's top henchman Stake, Ray Dennis, breaks into their hideout. After what has to be one of the most insane and crazy slug-feasts this side of the World Wresteling Federation the three take off after dropping Stake but forgetting to take the ransom money with them!Bud who fell in love with Vickie has the devious and scheming Mike split them up because he felt that she would hurt his career by making him not available, as a boyfriend or husband, to the millions of frenzied young girls and teeny-boppers, calling themselves Eagle Feathers, all over the USA in Bud Eagel fan clubs who are just wild and crazy about him. Hiding out in Madge's,Marie Denn, diner as a dishwasher Bud gets in touch with his All-American football hero brother Ted, Al Scott, back in North Dakota for help and the two set up his manager Mike McCauley together with his #1 henchman Stake with of all things a gift that Mike gave him to improve his music and singing. Even though the movie "Wild Guitar" is both corny and cheaply made it did show how things in the music business is done in regards to taking an up and coming Rock & Roll singer, who's not too sharp when it comes to his or her financial future, and how after he's no longer popular and not putting cash in the till he's then drop like a case of the Black Plague.There's a very effective scene in the film where Buds, after he was held captive and almost raped by Mike's sexy dancer Daisy/Virginia Broderick,having a heart to heart talk with another Mike McCauley discovery former Rock & Roll phenomenon Don Proctor, Robert Crumb, with him telling Bud what he's in store for with a sleazy crumb like his former boss McCauley as his manager.