American Hot Wax
1959. New York City. The battleground was Rock and Roll. It was the beginning of an era. You shoulda been there.
19781h 31mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Music
- History
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 17, 1978
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount,Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Bobby Johnson,Fran Drescher,Al Maines,Joyce King,Gail Kantor,Nora Denney,Will Thornbury,Elmer Valentine,Tim McIntire,Eddie Hokensonand 37 more
- Director
- Floyd Mutrux
- Writer
- John Kaye
- Producer
- Art Linson
- Cinematography
- William A. Fraker
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $11,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0077158