Tim McIntire
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67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews. 85% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings. Alan Freed (Tim McIntire) is the focus of this biopic loosely based on the controversial Cleveland disc jockey who reportedly coined...
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TOP CRITIC. The director, Floyd Mutrux, shares the earthshaking thrills in sharp-angled, hard-edged images filled with exuberant performances, as in a recording-studio scene, centered on the song...
American Hot Wax is a 1978 biographical film directed by Floyd Mutrux with a screenplay by John Kaye from a story by John Kaye and Art Linson. 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".
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 ...
Sep 3, 1999 · What sets American Hot Wax apart from many other rock films, like The Rose and The Doors, is the overwhelming optimism of the film. It isn't about the end of an era, it's about the beginning.
Synopsis. The story of Alan Freed, the pioneering disc jockey who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.
Sep 10, 2012 · American Hot Wax 1977, directed by Floyd Mutrux | Film review. Film. Time Out says. The early history of rock'n'roll seen through the eyes of its mentor, the New York disc jockey Alan Freed...
