“Jersey Boys”

"Jersey Boys" Clint Eastwood Frankie Valli The Four Seasons

“JERSEY BOYS” JUST BECAME ONE OF OUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIES!

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Don’t count Clint Eastwood out! And don’t count Jersey Boys out either! We absolutely LOVED this movie! The story is fascinating – it is NOT a musical like the Broadway show, although music is a big part of it. Frankie Valli’s life story is surprisingly convoluted and identifiable. Director Clint made sure that every detail of the wardrobe, set decoration, hairstyles, locations etc are exactly right for the time and place. We always wondered why The Four Seasons had such a hard time getting along and now we know. It’s funny and it’s touching. If you ever loved a Frankie Valli song, give this movie a look! You won’t want it to end.

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By Janet / June 28, 2014
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"Jersey Boys" Big Girls Do Cry Frankie Valli The Four Seasons

BIG GIRLS DO CRY, AND THEY ALSO WRITE BOOKS

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Perfect timing. A book about Frankie Valli’s affair with a sixteen year old girl back in the 70’s called “Big Girls Do Cry” is being released hot on the heels of The Four Seasons movie “Jersey Boys.” Of course, the girls, the groupies, were a big part of the singers’ lives in the movie. But THIS is the dark side that the film doesn’t address. A woman named April Kirkwood wrote that she was a 16 year old virgin when Frankie, 39, took her to a Holiday Inn motel for the first night of an off and on romance that lasted 20 years. Kirkwood says she really loved him and thought he would marry her, but looking back, he treated her callously. He liked very young women because they were easy to control. So maybe Frankie wasn’t the great catch we all thought he was! (bottom photo, April today)

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By Janet / June 17, 2014
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"Jersey Boys" Clint Eastwood

“JERSEY BOYS” – COMING SOON THANKS TO CLINT EASTWOOD

We had no idea that Clint Eastwood was directing the movie version of the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys. We LOVE Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons and Clint was smart to cast John Lloyd Young, the Tony winning Broadway star, as Frankie. Hardly a day goes by without Frankie’s falsetto voice echoing in our house. Take a look at that irresistible trailer.

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By Janet / April 18, 2014
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