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The Rock Convert (1988) [N/A]

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Release Date:
November 20, 1988

Original Title:
Rocktérítő

Ratings / Certifications:
HU: PG 

Runtime: 112

Overview from TheMovieDB

Director Janos Xantus was in the middle of making a video about Hungarian rock star Tamas Pajor when his subject suddenly became a convert to born-again Christianity. As a result, Xantus was able to record the startling transition. Pajor had been a hell-bent rocker, heavily into drugs, and known for a violent temper. We see him become a clean-living, clean-cut youth who sings about Jesus. Xantus had captured pre-conversion tape of Pajor trashing a hotel room and punching his hand through a plate glass window. In one of this film's most effective scenes, the new Pajor, hand heavily bandaged, quietly watches this footage. Rock Terito also has some dramatic recreations, but these add little to our understanding of Pajor. The transfer from video to film was generally effective, but some scenes are murkily lit. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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Director:
János Xantus

Writer:
Tamás Pajor
Mihály Víg
János Xantus

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