Everybody loves Bill Murray, but even his immense charm couldn’t save the disastrous reception to Cameron Crowe‘s "Aloha" earlier this year. There isn’t much buzz around "Rock The Kasbah" at the moment either, but maybe this new trailer will turn things around?
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Kate Hudson, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride, Scott Caan, Leem Lubany, Arian Moayed and Bruce Willis join Murray in Barry Levinson‘s latest film, apparently inspired by real events, about washed up music manager who discovers the next big thing in Kabul. Here’s the official synopsis:
A has-been rock manager from Van Nuys, California stumbles upon a once-in-a-lifetime voice in a remote Afghan cave in Rock the Kasbah, a dramatic comedy inspired by stranger-than-fiction, real-life events and directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson. Richie Lanz (Bill Murray), dumped and stranded in war-torn Kabul by his last remaining client (Zooey Deschanel), discovers Salima Khan (Leem Lubany), a Pashtun teenager with a beautiful voice and the courageous dream of becoming the first woman to compete on national television in Afghanistan’s version of “American Idol.” Richie partners with a savvy hooker (Kate Hudson), a pair of hard-partying war profiteers (Danny McBride and Scott Caan) and a hair-trigger mercenary (Bruce Willis) and, braving dangerous cultural prejudices, manages his new protégée into becoming the “Afghan Star.”
"Rock The Kasbah" opens on October 23rd. Watch below.
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