GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

cougarblue-696-806128 I played it for the 4th or 5th time since "American Hot Wax" was released, Nothing was lost, it's a very tight production packed with all the songs you loved when you first heard them. So many kids writing and preforming their own songs, songs that send you toetaping, hip shaking and singing along. Alan Freed played by Tim McIntire grows on you, Fran Drescher, Lorraine Newman and yes Jay Leno were really excellent playing Mr Freed's Support staff, Newman, the songwriter were convincing keeping up the frantic pace. This was the birth of rock and roll pre-Beatles and the Stones, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry play themselves

feakes American HOT WAX. Is a very beautifully nostalgia look at the 1950's. And its a fond look at Alan Freed the DJ who first coined the term Rock and Roll. To describe the new music that the kids were listening to. And the tag line was very true there was a war being fought and the battle lines were drawn on Rock and Roll.On one side the parents the authorities. On the other side the Teenagers a newly coined term for kids between 13 and 18.They were looking for something to give them a a indenity. something to help define them. Alongside them were the Rock and Roll singers themselves just struggling to find a voice and along them were men like Alan Freed who loved them for what they wee doing. Freed dragged Rock and Roll out of the dirty musty shadows. He brought it into the light and He didn't try to change it . He just wanted it to be played. Freed for all of his efforts was a hunted man. The authorities wanted him on every charge they could think of.And they finally got it in the form of payola. In which highly influential DJs were given money to play certain records and push them up to number one. Not very ethical. but in a industry still struggling to come to terms with itself. And no set rules What could it hurt they figured. but it did hurt them and effectively shut Freed down as a result Freed began drinking harder and died at the age of 42. He never survived the 60's and never lived long enough to see his creation become widely accepted and a major force for change. I think Alan Freed would have been proud.American Hot Wax tells the story of Freed struggling to put on the rock and roll show of 1959. the authorities want to shut it down and shut him down. And Freed well he wants it to go on. With the kids at his side and Rock and roll stars backing them up. Freed is determined to put the show on. A compassionate look at a man whose life was hectic and chaotic. Who still had time for his fans. And A man who still had the power to make a few dreams come true for some . A fond look at what was. And one of the best Rock and Roll movies ever made.

inspectors71 From about the same time as The Buddy Holly Story, American Hot Wax is another story of the renegade nature of rock and roll. It features an impassioned performance by the late Tim McIntyre (who was the saving grace in Robert Aldrich's imperfectly awful The Choirboys), a slew of solid rock hits, and a general feel for the greatness of the breakthrough musical genre of the late 1950's.I haven't seen AHW since USA showed it on their old "Night Flight" movies in the '80's--remember the state-of-the-art computer animation of flying over a dazzlingly lighted city? I saw the movie and loved it when HBO showed it ten years earlier and enjoyed it just as much the second time around. If you can find a copy, watch it for the nostalgia, regardless of historical accuracy.Back to McIntyre. He was a wonderfully menacing chameleon who could play bad guys on TV, then turn around and nail a renegade disk spinner like Alan Freed. McIntyre holds the movie together and you would be wise in finding a copy of American Hot Wax to add to your video--and music--collections.

gregory-adamo This is one of the few films about Rock & Roll that gets it. The film has great music much of it from some of the original musicians. It has one of the most interesting performances in film history from Tim McIntire. He makes you feel both Freed's love of the music and the complexity of an individual who had great impact on our society. But most of all the film communicates how Rock & Roll can bring people together. If you can get beyond the film's lack of a plot you can pick up on the "feeling" the film has. There are scenes, such as the one in the recording studio, that are great examples of Marshall McLuhan's concept of "all-at- onceness" that is essential to the power of Rock & Roll.