On Top (1982)
1h 40m
Running Time
December 18, 1982Release Date
Plot.
Two rock groups, one male, the other female, decide to do a combined effort to hit the road of stardom by doing a show together. As the show is getting on the road, the lead singers of the two groups have a disagreement which brings about a parting of ways, in love as in life. A historic tour of the country begins, which through the music and performances of the two groups as well as the reactions of their audiences, reveals, beneath the comedy, glimpses of today's real competition between the sexes, seen against the background of Icelandic life.
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Cast & Crew.
Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
Harpa Sjöfn Hermundardóttir
Ásgeir Óskarsson
Hafþór Ægisson
Jakob Frímann Magnússon
Frímann Flygering
Egill Ólafsson
Kristinn "Stuð" Styrkársson Proppé
Valgeir Guðjónsson
Lars Himmelbjerg
Tómas M. Tómasson
Skafti Sævarsson
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Director
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Director
Stuðmenn
Writer
Þórður Árnason
Baldvin Roy Pálmason
Eggert Þorleifsson
Writer
Sigurður Bjóla
Composer
Herdís Hallvarðsdóttir
Herself
Inga Rún Pálmadóttir
Herself
Linda Björk Hreiðarsdóttir
Herself
Anna Bjorn
Hekla
Magnús Óskarsson
Bílstj. Gæra
Details.
Release DateDecember 18, 1982
Original NameMeð allt á hreinu
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
Wiki.
On Top (Icelandic: Með allt á hreinu ()) is an Icelandic musical comedy from 1982, directed by Icelandic director Ágúst Guðmundsson. The film, which still enjoys widespread popularity in Iceland, tells the story of two bands (one all-male and one all-female) that go on a tour together and then become engaged in a rivalry.
The cast is composed members of the pop bands Stuðmenn (also the name of the band in the film) and Grýlurnar (Gærurnar in the film), and the film is largely based on performances by the two bands. According to Valgeir Guðjónsson the L.A. Times film critic reviewed the movie and started the review by saying "On Top features a bunch of Icelandic fruitcakes wearing strange clothes"