Not a great movie but good to see if you are a meatloaf fan. To hell and back is the story of a man who ran away from a cruel home life at 17 and starred in the legendary rocky horror picture show before turning to rocknroll. Earl brown, dedee pfeiffer, zachary throne, tim kelleher. Meat loaf is a multiplatinum musician, made famous for his rock opera, bat out of hell. The monster is loosehas sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. The makeup was designed to be simple and scary, yet with the ability to make him sympathetic. W earl brown plays the role of the legendary singer meat loaf. Meat loafs bat out of hell trilogy of albumsbat out of hell, bat out of hell ii. I thought this was starring meatloaf and a conglomeration of cameron diaz and christina applegate. In 1977, he and lyricist jim steinman released an operatic rock album called bat out of hell, the.
Meat loaf michael lee aday, born marvin lee aday, september 27, 1947 is an american singer and actor. Loaf was born as marvin lee aday on september 27, 1947, in dallas, texas, u. Bob keane did meat loafs makeup, which took up to two hours to apply. Lewis capaldi wants meat loaf to play him in movie biopic radio x.
He appeared in the films rocky horror picture show, waynes world and fight club. With meat loaf, dana patrick, lorraine crosby, jim fitzpatrick. Meat loaf full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. After playing the part on stage, meat loaf made his movie debut as the illfated. To hell and back is the title of the autobiography of rock singer, meat loaf.
To hell and back is a biopic starring w earl brown as the rock singer meat loaf, the voice behind the multiplatinum album bat out of hell, with. His first album, bat out of hell, was considered so uncommercial by his first record label that they dropped him only for it to go on to sell 20 million copies worldwide. Meat loaf singer 2019, bio, age, wife, song, movie, health. It was later made into a television movie, called meat loaf. Hes also acted in culthit films like rocky horror picture show and fight club.
Back to hell 1993, meat loaf once again turned his attention to singing. Lewis also doesnt want any special effects or prosthetics to be used to alter the veteran singers appearance. After playing the role of travis redfish in the movie roadie, meat loafs singing voice returned, and he started to work on his new album in 1980. You took the words right out of my mouth hot summer night 3. The video is based on beauty and the beast and the phantom of the opera. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mothers death, in an impossible task to prove himself to the world and to himself. Every original show and movie coming to warnermedias streaming service. He made his film debut with a memorable role in cult film the rocky horror picture show 1975. Meat loaf aday is an overgrown texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Loaf is the only child of wilma artie, a school teacher and a member of the vodiodo girls gospel quartet, and orvis wesley aday, a former police officer who went into business with his wife and one of. He is noted for his powerful, wideranging voice and for his theatrical live shows.