1957

Set in the post-war 1950's, "1957" is a warm, lighthearted story about five young men from the Newark, New Jersey area who aspire to being the next great pop group. We spend the summer of '57 with the group as they work, get married, hang out, and play their music. They all are somewhat eccentric individuals but completely united as a band. They are always looking for that big break to release them from their ordinary anonymous existence, no matter how hard the music business tries to disillusion them. All share the same taste in dress, movies, and food, mainly Italian, and the chase for every pretty girl who will listen to them. They seek their fame as the pop group, "Take Five, ." and they may get their big break when they are booked at "Skinny" D'Amato's famous "500 Club" in Atlantic City, New Jersey.