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American Hot Wax (1978)
Directed by Floyd Mutrux
“1959. New York City. The battleground was Rock and Roll. It was the beginning of an era. You shoulda been there.”
Drama, History, Music · 1h 31m
This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Freed was a source of great controversy: criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the "devil's music"; hated by racists for promoting African American music for white consumption; persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the "payola" scandals.
Cast
Tim McIntire
Alan Freed
Fran Drescher
Sheryl
Jay Leno
Mookie
Laraine Newman
Teenage Louise
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Carl Weaver
Member of The Chesterfields
Al Chalk
Member of The Chesterfields
S
Sam Harkness
Member of The Chesterfields
Arnold McCuller
Member of The Chesterfields
Jeff Altman
Lennie Richfield
Moosie Drier
Artie Moress
John Lehne
D.A. Coleman
Stewart Steinberg
Stone
Crew
- Director
- Floyd Mutrux
- Screenplay
- John Kaye
- Director of Photography
- William A. Fraker
- Editor
- Ronald J. Fagan, Melvin Shapiro
- Producer
- Art Linson
Details
- Release date
- 1978-03-17
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Box office
- $11,000,000