USA Film Fest - ‘Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise’

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A brilliant showman, singer-actor Meat Loaf is world renowned for his record-breaking, chart-topping albums and his career as a cult-film mainstay. Born in Dallas, Marvin Lee “Meat Loaf” Aday moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to seek a career in music, at first playing in local bands and then making his acting debut in stage productions of Hair and As You Like It, soon followed by a memorable film debut in the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). In 1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released the operatic rock LP Bat Out of Hell, a megahit that sold 35,000,000 copies worldwide. During the ’80s he pursued acting more regularly, appearing in such movies as Out of Bounds (1986), The Squeeze (1987) and Wayne’s World (1992). He has since dominated the album charts in 1993 with the sequel LP Bat Out Of Hell II, which went to #1 in the US and UK and sold in excess of 20,000,000 copies, while furthering his acting credits with roles in Tales from the Crypt (1992), Fight Club and Spice World (both 1999), The Salton Sea (2002), and Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny, among others.

Information provided by the festival

Some nearby drink specials on April 26th

• The Green Elephant: 8 pm - 11 pm: $2.50 you call its
• Trader Vic's: 5 pm - 7 pm: $5 mai tai's, zombies and bahias
• J. Pepe's (Dallas / Lower Greenville): 11 am - 2 pm: $3 mimosas, $4 midori and Chambord champagne cocktails, $4 Bloody Marys
• Stan's Blue Note: 11 am - 7 pm: $2.95 vodka drinks, $1.75-$2.95 beer specials / 10 pm - 2 am: $2 wells and domestics

Some nearby restaurants

• Stromboli Cafe
• San Francisco Rose
• Corner Market
• New York Sub
• Chick-fil-A (Dallas / Hillcrest Village)

Some nearby events on April 26th

• Watching Cars, Mockingbird Station, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• USA Film Fest - 'An MST3K Reunion, of Sorts', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 5 p.m.
• James Tarbutton Graduate Guitar Recital, Owen Arts Center (SMU), 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
• USA Film Fest - 'August', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 7 p.m.
• A-Young Kim Graduate Compsition Recital, Caruth Auditorium (SMU), 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Event posted April 7, 2008
Last updated April 7, 2008