One-Trick Pony

One-Trick Pony is a 1980 film written by and starring Paul Simon. It co-stars Blair Brown, Joan Hackett and Rip Torn and is directed by Robert M. Young. The song "Late in the Evening", from the film's soundtrack, hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. After years of being available only on videocassette and laserdisc, in 2009 the film was released by Warner Brothers on DVD. Simon plays Jonah Levin, a once-popular folk rock star who has not had a hit in ten years, and who now opens for punk rock bands. He is trying to record a new album, but faces a number of obstacles, including a trendy but talentless producer who is trying to convince him to have sex with her, and an indifferent record company which is pressuring him for something that will sell. He is also trying to restore his relationship with his former wife and his young son. The character wears a baseball cap for much of the film. The title derives from a colloquial American expression meaning a person specializing in only...