Richard Hell

Richard Hell

Richard Lester Meyers, better known by his stage name Richard Hell, is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer. Richard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins.

  • Title: Richard Hell
  • Popularity: 0.3414
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1949-10-02
  • Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky
  • Homepage: http://www.richardhell.com/
  • Also Known As: Richard Lester Meyers
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Richard Hell Movies

  • 1983
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    Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain

    Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain

    3.615 1983 HD

    From the warped mind of underground auteur Nick Zedd comes this campy horrorfest that follows screwy scientist Dr. Frankenberry as he attempts to resurrect the dead, aided by his hunchbacked minion. Adding to the twisted fun are Donna Death as bloodsucking temptress Scumbalina, Richard Hell as punk-rock cowboy crooner the Rawhide Kid and Tyler Smith as Frankenberry’s monstrous two-headed creation, Formaldehyde Man.

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  • 1982
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    Smithereens

    Smithereens

    6.4 1982 HD

    A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.

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  • 2007
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    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

    7.538 2007 HD

    New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered.

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  • 2004
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    Ramones: We're Outta Here!

    Ramones: We're Outta Here!

    1 2004 HD

    Documentary covering The Ramones' long and eventful history, with footage from their final ever show at the Palace in Hollywood, 6th August 1996. Interviews with Joey, Johnny and drummer Marky, tributes from other rock icons including Richard Hell, Debbie Harry and Lemmy.

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  • 2007
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    Llik Your Idols

    Llik Your Idols

    4 2007 HD

    Discover the New York underground scene during the 80s and throw yourself into an exciting, anarchic and repulsive world that you won't forget.

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  • 2012
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    Wild Thing

    Wild Thing

    1 2012 HD

    A documentary about The Troggs (performers of Wild Thing) and other Rock bands.

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  • 2017
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    Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers

    Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers

    7.7 2017 HD

    Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.

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  • 1998
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    Blind Light

    Blind Light

    1 1998 HD

    A photographer (Edie Falco), a Swedish author (Per Myrberg) and a filmmaker experience a moment of self-awareness on an Italian island

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  • 1985
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    Desperately Seeking Susan

    Desperately Seeking Susan

    6.079 1985 HD

    A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

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  • 2003
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    Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?

    Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?

    5.6 2003 HD

    Punk rock devotees will welcome director Lech Kowalski's reflective video portrait of late bassist Dee Dee Ramone and his life as a music industry icon -- including his self-destructive bouts with heroin. The centerpiece of the hourlong documentary -- which is peppered with vintage performance clips -- is a 1991 interview with a clean Dee Dee, who talks at length about his storied career and penchant for living on the edge.

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  • 1993
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    What About Me

    What About Me

    4 1993 HD

    After a family tragedy, a young woman finds herself homeless and living on the streets of New York.

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  • 1976
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    The Blank Generation

    The Blank Generation

    5.8 1976 HD

    The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers, the Shirts, Wayne County, the Marbles, the Dolls, Miamis, Harry Toledo, and the Tuff Darts (w/Robert Gordon).

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  • 2009
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    Oil City Confidential

    Oil City Confidential

    7.9 2009 HD

    Director Julien Temple's film celebrates Canvey Island's Dr Feelgood, the Essex R 'n' B band that exploded out of the UK in the prog era of the early Seventies, delivering shows and albums that helped pave the way for pub rock and punk.

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  • 1989
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    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

    5 1989 HD

    Maria Beatty's documentary exploring the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility through interviews with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Diane Di Prima, among others. Also weaves in additional commentary from contemporary musicians, poets and writers such as Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins. Also expands upon how the poets reached new levels of creativity and inspired social change.

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  • 1992
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    Sadness at Leaving

    Sadness at Leaving

    1 1992 HD

    Following the erection of the Berlin wall, special agent Carl Halman is assigned by East German intelligence to move to New York where he’ll “sleep” as a writer until he is called. Using the code-name “April 23,” Carl successfully infiltrates the uptown-downtown literary world in 1950s New York. He edits a magazine, follows the Knicks, and marries Melinda, the socialite wife of best-selling jock novelist Hubert Cleaver, Ayden’s hilarious Norman Mailer pastiche. Through Carl’s eyes, we see New York City change from an outpost of Europe to the new capital of an anarchistic, post-ideological world. But then, when Carl least expects it, he’s called.

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  • 1978
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    Final Reward

    Final Reward

    5 1978 HD

    A fascinating drama-document on the punk period.

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  • 1978
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    Punking Out

    Punking Out

    6 1978 HD

    The film documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB's, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. It presents a sometimes shocking look at the attitudes and motivations behind the movement through interviews with outspoken club-goers and band members of the Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Dead Boys.

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  • 2009
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    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    8 2009 HD

    An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.

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  • 1986
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    No Picnic

    No Picnic

    6.6 1986 HD

    A cinematic love letter to a pre-gentrification New York City

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  • 2012
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    Punk Revolution NYC

    Punk Revolution NYC

    5 2012 HD

    This documentary film traces the entire history of New York's punk movement; the VU years, the Warhol influence, the Dolls reign, and the handover of power to the bands who shared the sensibilities and attitude introduced to the city by Warhol and the Velvets a decade before. With the aid of performance footage, rare archive, exclusive interviews and some of the most exciting music ever recorded, this programme offers an experience of these events second only to having lived through them. Features new interviews with Richard Hell, Suicide's Alan Vega, Blondie's Gary Valentine and many more.

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  • 1980
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    Blank Generation

    Blank Generation

    5.4 1980 HD

    Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol.

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  • 2020
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    You Don't Know Ivan Julian

    You Don't Know Ivan Julian

    1 2020 HD

    Since the inception of punk rock in New York, Ivan Julian has enjoyed a long and storied career as one of rock's most innovative guitarists. "You Don't Know Ivan Julian" invites us to an intimate exploration of his creative process, his noteworthy collaborations and his life's many highs and lows.

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  • 2007
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    Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk

    Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk

    8 2007 HD

    How the squalid streets of '70s New York gave birth to music that would go on to conquer the world - punk, disco and hip hop.

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  • 1980
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    Blank Generation

    Blank Generation

    5.4 1980 HD

    Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol.

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