Nervous Night

Nervous Night
Directed byJohn Charles Jopson
Produced byKaren Bellone
StarringThe Hooters
CinematographyJulio Macat
Anastas Michos
Music byThe Hooters
Distributed byCBS/Fox Video
Release date
  • October 10, 1986 (1986-10-10)
Running time
42 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nervous Night is a 1986 film starring American rock band The Hooters and directed by John Charles Jopson.

Background

As a follow-up to The Hooters' 1985 Columbia Records debut album Nervous Night, a film of the same title was produced by Bell One Productions. Nervous Night was shot on 35mm film and intercuts two separate elements: a concert filmed at the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia, and a series of short films, each one starring a different band member.

The highly stylized short films were shot on days off while the band toured the Pacific Northwest and includes scenes filmed in San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle. The concert includes performances of their hit songs "All You Zombies," "Time After Time" (a No. 1 song for Cyndi Lauper that was co-written by band member Rob Hyman), "And We Danced," and "Day By Day."

The VHS release by CBS/Fox Video did not contain the short films; however, portions of the shorts were included in the "Day By Day" music video. MTV aired the version with the short films in the summer of 1986 as part of their Feature Presentation series.[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."And We Danced" 
2."Hanging On A Heartbeat" 
3."Don't Take My Car Out Tonight" 
4."Where Do the Children Go" 
5."All You Zombies" 
6."Blood From A Stone" 
7."Time After Time" 
8."Nervous Night" 
9."Day By Day" 

Notes

Short film titles

Awards

At Billboard's 8th Annual Video Music Conference on November 22, 1986, The Hooters received two awards for Nervous Night: Best Longform Program and Best Concert Performance for the "Where Do the Children Go" (the music video was taken from the film).[2]

Personnel

The Hooters

References

  1. ^ "1986 MTV Saturday Promo". Retrieved December 23, 2023 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Puttin' on the Clips: Billboard's 8th Annual Music Video Conference, Nov. 20-22 at the Sheraton-Premiere, L.A." Billboard. 13 December 1986. Retrieved December 23, 2023.


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