http://movies.tvguide.com/mayor-sunset-strip/137355?rss=object The latest on Mayor Of The Sunset Strip TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/images/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://movies.tvguide.com/mayor-sunset-strip/137355?rss=object http://video.tvguide.com/ID/824189?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/824189?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/729/030635_24.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Mayor Of The Sunset Strip" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>When Rodney Bingenheimer was just a teenager -- a diminutive, long-haired kid who was picked on a lot -- his mother, a divorced autograph hound, dropped him off in front of the home of actress Connie Stevens and essentially said, Good luck. Stevens was on location shooting a movie and Bingenheimer says he didn't see his mother again for five or six years after that. The Mayor of the Sunset Strip, a documentary by George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse), tracks Bingenheimer's rise from the 1960s, when he was a groupie -- eventually landing his first show-business job as a double for Davy Jones on The Monkees -- through stints as a successful club owner and influential DJ to his current status as a fading musical icon. The film takes us from the innocent pop of Brian Wilson and Sonny & Cher through the raucous heyday of L.A.'s punk scene and beyond. Hickenlooper also delves into Bingenheimer's relationships, showing him mourning his neglectful and unbalanced, but beloved, mother and v</p> Video Detective http://video.tvguide.com/ID/824189?rss=object Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:36:25 -0400 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/824189?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/729/030635_24.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Mayor Of The Sunset Strip" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>When Rodney Bingenheimer was just a teenager -- a diminutive, long-haired kid who was picked on a lot -- his mother, a divorced autograph hound, dropped him off in front of the home of actress Connie Stevens and essentially said, Good luck. Stevens was on location shooting a movie and Bingenheimer says he didn't see his mother again for five or six years after that. The Mayor of the Sunset Strip, a documentary by George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse), tracks Bingenheimer's rise from the 1960s, when he was a groupie -- eventually landing his first show-business job as a double for Davy Jones on The Monkees -- through stints as a successful club owner and influential DJ to his current status as a fading musical icon. The film takes us from the innocent pop of Brian Wilson and Sonny & Cher through the raucous heyday of L.A.'s punk scene and beyond. Hickenlooper also delves into Bingenheimer's relationships, showing him mourning his neglectful and unbalanced, but beloved, mother and v</p> Mayor Of The Sunset Strip