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- This is a film about an orchestra - an orchestra of forty-five musicians on the verge of a meltdown. Their conductor, a proud authoritarian, intends - like he always has - to rule over them with a demanding baton. The music must be played perfectly - at all costs. Some fear him. Some loathe him. Some love him. Tensions are high. On this night the conductor makes the mistake of pushing his musicians too far. On this night desperation takes hold of those who oppose him, forcing them to fight against the conductor - and the faithful musicians who support him - lest they be subjected forever to his severe methods. On this night, there are those in the orchestra who find the strength to mutiny.
- The film presented to a sold-out audience before the Obertones' Spring '88 concert. A series of vignettes based on classic Hollywood films and characters (well... mostly), The Oberlin Obertones Movie depicts Musical Director (and Obertones Founder) Arnold Lee's frantic efforts to gather his MIA 'Tones in time for their concert. Jumping from one classic cinematic homage to another, Mr. Lee eventually succeeds in pulling his group together, ostensibly at the very last second: the film ends with the performers rushing into Oberlin's renowned concert venue Finney Chapel and up to the stage. And at the very end of the movie, mimicking their onscreen counterparts, the real-life Obertones burst through the screen and on to the stage causing panic, mayhem, and rioting. Oberlin burned that evening... No. Not really. The audience loved it. And the rest is cult history...