American Hot Wax (1978)

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Directed by

Floyd Mutrux

Starring (View all)

Tim McIntire
Alan Freed

Fran Drescher
Sheryl

Jay Leno
Mookie

Laraine Newman
Teenage Louise

Jeff Altman
Lennie Richfield

Moosie Drier
Artie Moress

Stephen Pearlman
Peter Overmyer

Keene Curtis
Mr. Leonard

Written by

Art Linson
(story)

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Description: American Hot Wax is a snappy, fun-filed, raucous paean to the Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll — the late Fifties. It is about the disc jockey who coined the term and through his radio shows and concerts plugged the music into the lives of teenagers. The film celebrates the first singers, songwriters, and fans of this pop music form. It gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the music industry in a time when it was seized by a revolution. And the movie conveys the establishment's clumsy and authoritarian attempts to stamp out rock 'n' roll before it could spread across the country. American Hot Wax is first and foremost a tribute ... (more)