High Fidelity. 2000 Touchstone Pictures.
Starring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack
Cameo by: Bruce Springsteen
Director: Stephen Frears
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Rob Gordon (John Cusack) plays the central role in the film adaptation of Nick Hornby's 1995 novel. Rob is a music fanatic whose understanding of women is...well, it could be said that he has a better relationship with his record collection than any of his past girlfriends. The movie opens with Rob listening to "You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators as his current girlfriend Laura (Hjejle) walks out on him. After Laura leaves, Rob starts looking up some of his former lovers in an attempt to find out exactly what he's doing wrong.
When he's not doing that, Rob spends a lot of time at the music store he owns, Championship Vinyl (on the corner of Milwaukee and Honore in Chicago, if you're curious!) with the "musical moron twins" Dick (Louiso) and Barry (Black). They all compile "top five" lists for just about everything you could think of, while mocking the ignorance of some of their customers, and selling a few records now and then.
Highly recommended for Cusack fans and music freaks, just to see all of the references you could get by watching it.
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