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Crossroads[1986]

Crossroads (known as Mississippi Adventure in Italy) is a 1986 film starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, inspired by 
the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson.

The film was written by John Fusco and directed by Walter Hill and featured an original score featuring Ry Cooder and Steve Vai 
on the soundtrack's guitar, and harmonica by Sonny Terry. 
Vai also appears in the film as the devil's guitar player in the climactic guitar duel.

Fusco was a traveling blues musician prior to attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he wrote 
"Crossroads" as a masterclass assignment under screenwriting legends Waldo Salt and Ring Lardner, Jr. 
The student screenplay won first placein the national FOCUS Awards (Films of College and University Students) 
and sold to Columbia Pictures while Fusco was still a student.

Director:
Walter Hill
Writer:
John Fusco
Stars:
Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz