Rhinestone

"She's bet everything, and we mean everything, that she can turn this New York cabbie into an overnight sensation. He has other things in mind. But he's never had a trainer like this one!"

Jun 22 1984 PG 1h 51m
Comedy, Music

After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC country night club and she puts her ample powers to work in preparing her protege.

Plot

Jake, an aspiring singer from Tennessee comes to New York City and finds herself working in club owned by a sleazy guy named Freddy. It seems Jake is under contract, and Freddy doesn't want to let her go. So Jake makes a bet; that she can train anyone to sing, and if she does, he lets her out of her contract, and the guy she has to train is a cabbie named Nick. They go to her house in Tennessee, and Jake tries to teach him, but it's very tough.

Written by

Phil Alden Robinson, Sylvester Stallone

Directed by

Bob Clark, Sylvester Stallone, Don Zimmerman

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 9 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
8,305
Average Rating
4 out of 10
Metascore
36
Popularity
NA