The Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls

**The Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls** is an incomplete American mockumentary film, filmed in September and October 1984, directed, written, produced by, and starring Hailey Matthews, along with her boyfriend Gabriel Davidson Matthews, in her first film project. Her project was abandoned when Matthews takes a 5-year break from acting. Over 100 minutes of footage was shot before her 5-year hiatus. which was later placed in her parent's attic.

During filming, Matthews received an offer to star in the role of a Female Gang Fighter in *Ricky Palmer's My Lucky Stars*, her first and only villain role. Matthews takes a 5-year break from acting during her last day of filming on November 6, 1984. At the time of her hiatus, she had made plans to resume the filming of *The Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls*. After she decided to take a 5-year hiatus, Her father, George Johnson was enlisted to finish the film using new remaining footage; it was released in 1986 under the same name, two years after Matthews temporarily left acting, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

## Original film

### Plot

The original mockumentary plot involves the short-lived girl's band named The Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls. The members are, Vanna Rockster a singer, played by Hailey Matthews, Jenny Ackles, a guitarist, played by Kyle Richards, Sarah Bernstein, a bassist, played by Liz Flores, and Ricky Drums, a drummer played by Gabriel Davidson Matthews. Rockster who is peruse her solo career, performs her version of Sid Vicious' My Way, where she was almost killed by her deranged fan. While Vanna was slowly recovering, Jenny and Sarah went to form a band reminiscent of The Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls called Rockster Girls. A few months later, Rockster recovered and she is well enough to sing and perform. She contacted former The Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls members to bring them back together, and they agreed.

## The Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls

### Directed by

George Johnson
Hailey Matthews (old footage only)

### Written by

Daniel Johnson
Hailey Matthews (old footage only)

### Produced by

Gabriel Davidson Matthews
Hailey Matthews

### Starring

Hailey Matthews
Gabriel Davidson Matthews

### Box office

$1 million

**The Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls** is a 1986 American mockumentary film co-written by Daniel Johnson and directed by George Johnson. The film stars Hailey Matthews with an unknown 18-year-old New York actress named Lisa C. Temples as her stand-in, along with a bunch of New York stars including Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley from The Fat Boys. The animated sequences and closing credits were done by the celebrated American animator Vince Collins.

### Plot

The 1986 version uses portions of the original footage that Hailey Matthews had directed, written, and produced from September to October 1984, the mockumentary recounts the career of a fictitious short-lived American girl band called the Great American Rock 'n Roll Girls. Near the end of the movie, one of the members of the girl group, Vanna Rockster, performs her own version of Sid Vicious' My Way in an attempt to jump-start her solo career. Sadly, right as her stellar performance is coming to a close, someone shoots and kills her on stage. After the credits, a shot of Vanna's gravestone is shown, before a small animated bird flies up to the camera as a poignant reminder of the tragedy that befell her in her short life.