TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

wizardtv I felt I had to write because while some of the comments "get it" the most important point has been missed: Alan Freed gave his life for his belief in what he was doing.....You don't put up with the kinds of harassment he had to deal with just for fame or treasure: you have to believe in something.....None of us is perfect in our motives or actions, but there are from time to time, those who "carry the water" for the rest of us, and for Rock 'n Roll Alan was the guy.....I can remember listening to his pre-recorded show the night of the Big Brooklyn Paramount Rock show....I will never forget it......Mr. Freed walked down a road that needed to be walked down for the rest of us, and had he caved Rock 'n Roll might have been beaten. That may sound like a big statement, but Alan was doing this in NYC, and if they could have killed it there, it would have died.....But it didn't because the Good Lord loved a lot of the music, almost all of which at this time were love songs....and the Good Lord gets his way.....and he often uses us to get the job done.....My heart goes out to Mr. Freed every time I watch this tape, and it is a travesty that it is not on DVD with special bonuses, etc......Epilogue: While Alan died broke and broken I cry not for him, for he was just called home early, and is spinning discs even as you read this on that great radio station in the sky: WHEVN

Lee Eisenberg "American Hot Wax" just might be the best movie ever made about rock 'n' roll. Portraying disc jockey Alan Freed (Tim McIntire) in 1959, the movie knows how to lay everything out perfectly. Watching it, I just wanted to get up and start singing with the groups portrayed. Of course, the best part is the concert at the end. Not only do several musicians from the era (playing themselves) perform at it, but when the authorities try to shut it down, Freed reminds them: "You can shut the concert down. You can shut me down. But rock 'n' roll will live forever!" Well, as we've seen, he was right - most people love rock 'n' roll, and the people who ranted against it are objects of mockery. And the movie affirms that. Among the other cast members are Jay Leno as chauffeur Mookie, and Laraine Newman as Teenage Louise (based on Carole King). All in all, this is one movie that will truly make you nostalgic for the era of poodle skirts, pompadours, and everything such. I really wish that I could have been there.

access2000wiz Just like Elvis had the guts to sing like a black man, Allan Freed had the guts to actually play a black man's recording on the air. I love to hear that crazy Little Richard. He's still cool! Rock n Roll! There's nothing else like it. This movie takes you back to a time when the establishment actually thought that they could stop Rock n Roll just by stopping Mr Freed. He gave his life to Rock n Roll and through his efforts it did live on. He's a hero in the classic sense!Just hearing all those great tunes alone would make this movie great. Add to that the constant battle of freedom where each new age raises the barrier just a little. I remember when the song '60 Minuite Man' was banned. Before that the Strauss waltzes were banned. Then in my teenage years in the 60s, the Rolling Stones hit: Can't get no satisfaction was banned. That seems mild to today's music. If people didn't want it there wouldn't be a market for it. It's self expression. I went into a church down here in the south. The music and the preaching got loud. People started getting out of their seats and acting like chickens. I elbowed the woman next to me and said, "Well, I guess we're not in Kansas anymore." I got a mean stare. Express yourself!

sexysinglelady I have seen this movie and think it is absolutely brilliant, not only the movie but the casting as well, Tim McIntire for example played the part so realistically , my children grew up with this as well as movies like streets of fire, Eddie and the cruisers one and two as you can no doubt tell i am a music story buff , unfortunately i longer have a copy so if anyone knows if or when i can get this movie please let me know ,,,, a lot of Aussies i speak to say the same thing about this movie and others like it so keep making them for all us oldies but softies, rock and roll is here to stay it will never die , as sung in American Hot Wax the best movie of all time in my eyes thanks and enjoy