DESTINATION ANYWHERE: THE FILM HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?

Having become bored with the process of making videos, Jon didn't want to make one for the new album unless it was something original. Intrigued by the idea of challenging the medium, Jon collaborated with film director, Mark Pellington and created something completely unique: a 45-minute feature film based on key lyrical passages from the songs on Destination Anywhere. Recruiting friends such as Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Whoopi Goldberg and Annabella Sciorra, Jon rounded out the cast, thus combining his music and his acting. Airing initially on VH-1 and MTV, Destination Anywhere is now available on home video.


"We set out to do something, and God bless Mark Pellington for working his ass off to pull it off."

"Ultimately, this is a story based on the album, so I gave Mark an idea and the core of several songs, because I couldn't be a character. I had to be me because of the record."
"That was an afterthought. It was because of the fear of having to make videos againÖblaahhh. I thought, jeez, how can I push the medium a bit?"

"It was made for MTV in America and they jumped at the opportunity. It was made purely for the reason that I was tired of making videos. Ten years ago, I made videos for the first time, it was very exciting then, but it's got tiresome."

"When I was young MTV's concept to play music videos was exciting. Somehow over the years, there was a tendency for it to get boring. My plan is to take it to the next level. It was a matter of mixing and matching tracks from the album, while emphasizing key lines of dialogue in the acting."

"I really got lucky. The four people I asked all said yes. And, I think, we made something that's very unique.

"As the record started to come together and I had to consider making videos because I'm not gonna do a full-fledged tour, I knew that I was gonna want to do something different and initially thought, 'well at least if I tie a storyline together through what would be the singles, perhaps I can make something somewhat unique. And when Mark Pellington was brought on board to direct it, we realized we could make a movie out of it. It's a drama. It's very heavy. It's not a comedy; it's not light."

"Now that I'm making films and this is my ninth album, the last thing I wanted to do was make another video. It's always been the worst part of record-making, and half of our videos aren't watchable. So I wanted to do something new. At first, I thought I'd just take four videos and tie them together. But then we got into a half-hour story, and when we started shooting we realized we could make it an hour. So I called up all huge movie stars and said to myself, 'Well, all they can do is say no'. And they all said yes!"

"As we developed the script, I said I'm gonna reach for the moon. What can they do, say 'no'?"

"Demi Moore was saying I could be a Hollywood producer, being able to get all these people to be in the film for no money."

"Annabella [Sciorra] plays my wife in the upcoming 'Little City'. As for Whoopi [Goldberg], I felt a kinship since we worked on 'Moonlight and Valentino,' and Kevin Bacon, I met recently. He's into music now and I'm into acting, so we exchanged a lot of tips."

On Kevin Bacon: "I met [him] here in town. He's a great fan of music. He has a band. He's in the process of making a record himself. So I think it was a nice idea we were able to trade experiences."

Demi Moore on why she agreed to portray Jon's wife in the film: "Jon agreed to mow my lawn for the rest of his life." "Jon is driven by passion and desire, and an almost limitless perspective of where he can go. He won't be limited by labels. That kind of courage encourages everyone."

"Destination Anywhere" is now available on home video. The videocassette also includes exclusive interview footage with Jon Bon Jovi, plus videos for the songs, "Midnight In Chelsea" and "Queen of New Orleans"