This was such a great movie i should have known it would not be god because its so hard to find. American hot wax 1978 dvd chuck berry jerry lee lewis youtube. American hot wax widesceen version dolby digital dvd. Full movie for american hot wax, a film by floyd mutrux, starring tim mcintire, laraine newman, john lehne, jay leno, chuck berry and jerry lee lewis. American hot wax 1978 dvd chuck berry jerry lee lewis. Financial analysis of american hot wax 1978 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. House of wax, like those others, is a roller coaster ride into terror. I now have the sound track and a video copy of the movie from an hbo showing. Its a travesty that it is unavailable to purchase and largely forgotten. American hot wax original soundtrack album from the. There were no credits on it saying who the actors were either. American hot wax strikes me as a great idea fully realized. This is the story loosely based on cleveland disc jockey alan freed, who introduced rocknroll to teenage american radio audiences in the 1950s. A gang of college friends, including wade jared padalecki and his girlfriend, carly elisha cuthbert, are en route to a school football game when they wind up with a flat tire in a ghost town.
The original soundtrack album from the paramount motion. If you can believe what you see in american hot wax, the only person in the new york record business taking bribes in 1959 was the janitor at freeds radio station. American hot wax cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Chuck berry and jerry lee lewis in their 1978 bodies appearing as themselves in the movie set almost twenty years earlier and making you believe every note and gesture. The film tells the story of pioneering disc jockey alan freed, who in the 1950s helped introduce and popularize rock and roll, and is often credited with coining the term rock n roll. He still had an entire closet full of the suits he wore while touring during the time frame portrayed in the film, so what he wears in the film is what he actually wore. Return to the rollicking, rocking baby days of doowop, rockabilly, boogie, and just plain fun. Ernie anderson voices a brief promo spot for the august 1982 network debut of the terrific 1978 rock and roll movie, directed by floyd mutrux. Jan 11, 2019 american hot wax strikes me as a great idea fully realized.
The shadow cinema of the american 70s working from the screwball poetry of john kayes script, floyd mutrux made this multistoried celebration of the power of early rocknroll as pioneering disc jockey alan freed tim mcintire prepares for a big show at the brooklyn paramount while. The life story of cleveland disc jockey alan freed, who introduced rocknroll to teenage american radio audiences in the 1950s. We originally saw american hot wax at the drivein back when it first came out. Facebook youtube instagram snapchat twitter vimeo subscribe rss.
Jul, 2009 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. American hot wax 1978 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. American hot wax is a 1978 biographical film directed by floyd mutrux with a screenplay john kaye from a story by art linson. American hot wax 1978 cast and crew alan freed tim mcintire is the focus of this biopic loosely based on the controversial cleveland disc jockey who reportedly coined the phrase rock n roll.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing american hot wax near you. Actually, the riot that freed was accused of starting, but was later cleared of all charges, took place at the boston arena, and not the paramount theater in. It was a little richard record all right and it was on the specialty lable. If you like oldies, and you liked the movie like me this is for you. However, the limited popularity of the film, coupled with the prohibitively high fees required to license the music in the film, mean it is unlikely to appear on dvd anytime soon. Actually, the riot that freed was accused of starting, but was later cleared of all charges, took place at the boston arena, and not the paramount theater in brooklyn, like the movie depicts. American hot wax original soundtrack album from the paramount motion picture.
A year earlier on a local uhf station i had seen the 1956 film, rock, rock. He still had an entire closet full of the suits he wore while touring during the time frame portrayed in the film, so what he wears in the film is what he actually wore on stage during the 1950s. The riot at the live rock n roll show in 58, which ultimately led to freed being fired from wins radio in ny, and forced into bankruptcy. Simpler days when good times were a cherry coke, music in the air and in the streets, stolen kisses from that first sweetheart, topped off one of. But american hot wax badly lacks a hard narrative core, and it makes no attempt to discipline its performers into an even approximate recreation of their 50s acts. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination.
Camila mendes, aka veronica on riverdale, thinks time jumps and college drama are in store for season 5 of her hit tv show. American hot wax 1978 dvd this is the story loosely based on cleveland disc jockey alan freed, who introduced rocknroll to teenage american radio audiences in the 1950s. American hot wax american hot wax dvd 1978 alan freed jay leno youtube. You, the viewer, go along for the experience and venture into a small corner of hell on earth. This is the true story of cleveland disc jockey alan freed, who introduced rock n roll to teenage american radio audiences in the 1950s. In this case you take the basic young people in peril plot, and throw in a a lot of imagination. Mar 30, 2015 stephanie spruill sings maybe in american hot wax. Here are some scenes from the film, american hot wax, 1978 directed by floyd mutrux, with tim mcintire, fran drescher, richard perry. So, even as a boy of ten, there was a lot riding on american hot wax in my.
American hot wax alchetron, the free social encyclopedia. Tim mcintire, fran drescher, jay leno, laraine newman, carl weaver, al chalk, sam harkness, arnold mcculler, jeff altman, moosie drier. In this very loose remake of the classic thrillerslasher movie, carly elisha cuthbert and her brother nick chad michael murray head out on a road trip to see an lsu football game. Widescreen version of this tribute to 1950s doo wop and rock n roll and the important contribution of disc jockey alan freed. Includes chuck berry, jerry lee lewis, screamin jay hawkins, kenny vance and the planotones and more.
For other videos, downloads, pictures and more visit. Return to the rollicking, rocking baby days of doowop, rockabilly, boogie, and ju. Read the american hot wax movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Alan freed deserved a better fate than 1978s american hot. American hot wax the 1978 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. He still had an entire closet full of the suits he wore while touring during the time frame portrayed in the. American hot wax widesceen version dolby digital dvd media. You get the idea that rock n roll was born and all but killed off over one weekend in new york in 1959, and the compression of lived history makes this glorious filmwith career performances by tim mcintire as the doomed, all but deathseeking dj alan freed and larraine newman as a carole kinglike songwritera fever dream in which anything can happen and almost everything does. Best war movies hollywood adventure movies best adventure movies of all time. Chuck berry and jerry lee lewis star as themselves in this flick about the story of alan freed, the legendary dj who fought for rock and roll. This failure in creating a whole character in freed undermines what.
A young drescher and leno as sidekicks, and newman as a rising. Chuck berry, little richard, the chesterfields, the elegants, jerry lee lewis, bobby darin, the cadillacs, jackie wilson, the moonglows, the turbans american hot wax original soundtrack album from the paramount motion picture music. May 02, 2010 chuck berry and jerry lee lewis star as themselves in this flick about the story of alan freed, the legendary dj who fought for rock and roll. Working from the screwball poetry of john kayes script, floyd mutrux made this multistoried celebration of the power of early rocknroll as pioneering disc jockey alan freed tim mcintire prepares for a big show at the brooklyn paramount while battling the squares who want to shut him down. Time life launches the official robin williams youtube channel, plus win a. The film, directed by floyd mutrux and written by john kaye, stars tim. American hot wax 1978 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. We have an amazing collection of rare movies old movies dvd online. As night sets in and it starts to get dark, the group decides to pull over in a wooded area, set up camp for the. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In american hot wax, the record was spinning on a turntable in the foreground. Tim mcintire, chuck berry, jerry lee lewis, jay leno, fran drescher. Pg, 1 h 35 min tim mcintire, fran drescher, jay leno, laraine newman director.