Run Barbi Run

Run Barbi Run is a comedy movie released by Cinemax Studios (nee GMA Films) and Moviestar Productions topbilled by Joey de Leon in 1995 with the Eraserheads and Maricel Laxa. The movie was directed by Tony Y. Reyes.

Bartolome is a Shakey's pizza delivery boy who witnesses the massacre of the Black Scorpion Gang committed by a group of henchmen while delivering pizza at night. As a result, he was fired from his job and had to decide whether to turn state witness or hide forever. Ultimately, he decides to turn himself over to the authorities after his grandmother and mother appeared in his dream. Unknown to him however, he is already on the death list of the henchmen's boss Gardo who was not pleased with his revelations. A conflict with the authorities over a supposed filmization of the massacre witnessed by Bartolome almost cost him his life after Gardo was able to find his whereabouts. Thus, he had to run again and hide. He later found himself in a bar that features gay impersonators and rock bands. Seeing an opportunity to escape from being hounded by different personalities involved in the investigation of the crime he witnessed, he disguised himself as Barbi, the gay impersonator of Barbra Streisand.

As Barbi, he was able to enjoy the life as an impersonator/DJ in the bar and was able to make friends with the bar's in-house band, the Eraserheads. He even got to help save the band from music pirates who were copying the band's songs. But when he crossed paths with a policewoman named Victoria "Toyang" Fernandez, he had to reveal his true identity as the star witness of the crime that he saw. As a result, he joined forces with Toyang and the Eraserheads to finally pin down the crime boss Gardo who wants him dead.