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Release Date: 1991

Cast: Ralph Marrero, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter McRobbie, Alison Moir, Catherine Keener, Tina Louise, Joseph Barry, Richard Boes, John David Barone, Brad Pitt, Nick Cave, Cheryl Costa ...MORE

Cast: Ralph Marrero, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter McRobbie, Alison Moir, Catherine Keener, Tina Louise, Joseph Barry, Richard Boes, John David Barone, Brad Pitt, Nick Cave, Cheryl Costa, Calvin Levels ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Musical, Indie, Romantic Comedy, Romance Film, Comedy

Johnny Suede is the 1991 film directorial debut of writer-director Tom DiCillo. It starred Brad Pitt and Catherine Keener with early appearances from Samuel L. Jackson and Nick Cave. Johnny Suede is a young man with an attitude and an immense pompadour, who wants to be a rock n' roll star like his idol Ricky Nelson. He has all the stylistic accoutrements, except a pair of black suede shoes. And one night, after leaving a nightclub, like manna from heaven, a pair of black suede shoes falls at his feet. Soon afterward, the recently completed Johnny meets Darlette, a sultry bohemian with whom... MORE

Johnny Suede is the 1991 film directorial debut of writer-director Tom DiCillo. It starred Brad Pitt and Catherine Keener with early appearances from Samuel L. Jackson and Nick Cave. Johnny Suede is a young man with an attitude and an immense pompadour, who wants to be a rock n' roll star like his idol Ricky Nelson. He has all the stylistic accoutrements, except a pair of black suede shoes. And one night, after leaving a nightclub, like manna from heaven, a pair of black suede shoes falls at his feet. Soon afterward, the recently completed Johnny meets Darlette, a sultry bohemian with whom he beds down for the night. In spite of Darlette's abusive gun-toting boyfriend, Johnny begins to see Darlette everyday. But when Johnny is forced to pawn his guitar for rent money, Darlette mysteriously leaves him. Johnny's pal Deke fronts him the money to get his guitar out of hock, and the two form a band. Depressed about Darlette's desertion, he wanders aimlessly, and he meets Yvonne, a woman much wiser than Johnny who teaches him that there are things in life much more important than a pair of black suede shoes. Around 1985, while taking acting classes in New York City, DiCillo was impressed LESS