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The members of Led Zeppelin are called back from vacation by manager Peter Grant to play Madison Square Garden. The film is enhanced by each of the band member's personal fantasies (hallucinations?), such as the opening scene (which is awfully confusing the first time around) in which Peter Grant, d β¦ressed in a 1930s black gangster suit drives a 1930s black Ford to a house and blasts everyone with a machine gun. (Read More)
Subgenre: | semi documentaryheist |
Themes: | travelheroconcert filmfriendship |
Locations: | castlebeachnew york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock guitarmusic bandrock bandsword fightsong in titletitle based on songrock singermurderous fantasystairway to heavenmadison square gardenfamily unitdrum sololed zeppelindragstermaiden β¦police escortmusic groupmidnight moviedrag racingsafe deposit boxfansrock groupcountry lifemob hitrock climbingprivate jetmusic industryhermitorganpsychedelicconcert footageworld trade center manhattan new york cityjoydrumscrowdtourcliffmedieval timesbackstagescotlandrock concertrock starknightgroup of friendsperformancefametv newscowrock 'n' rollfantasy sequencemicrophonelimousinebandnewspapermanhattan new york citytelephoneguitarrock musicswordsonginterview (See All) |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | travelfriendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandrock singermusic grouprock groupmusic industrydrumstourrock concertrock starfamerock 'n' rollmicrophonebandtelephoneguitar β¦rock musicsonginterview (See All) |
In 1975, San Fernando Valley teen Joan Larkin reinvents herself as Joan Jett, a guitarist who wants to form an all-girl punk band. She pitches the idea to a sleazy manager, Kim Fowley, who pairs her with a drummer and then searches for a face: he finds Cherie Currie, at age 15, the perfect jailbait β¦image for his purpose; by luck, she can sing. Two others round out the band, The Runaways. Fowley books a tour, signs them to Mercury Records, and packs them off to crowds in Japan. Seeds of conflict sprout early: Fowley puts Cherie front and center in the publicity, she's soon strung out on drugs and vodka, and jealousies arise. Without adult supervision, where can Joan and Cherie end up? (Read More)
Themes: | travel |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandrock singermusic grouprock groupmusic industrydrumstourrock concertrock starfamerock 'n' rollmicrophonelimousinebandguitar β¦rock musicsong (See All) |
Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar pr β¦odigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | rock guitarmusic bandrock bandrock singerrock groupdrumsjoyrock concertrock starrock 'n' rollbandguitarrock musicsong |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o β¦f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | music bandrock bandtitle based on songmusic grouprock groupdrumsjoycrowdbackstagegroup of friendsrock 'n' rollmicrophonebandtelephoneguitar β¦rock musicsong (See All) |
Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force β¦performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. (Read More)
Locations: | beachnew york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandrock singerrock groupmusic industrycrowdtourbackstagerock concertrock starperformancefamerock 'n' rollfantasy sequencemicrophonerock music β¦swordinterview (See All) |
In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored the β¦re to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | song in titlefansmusic industryfamerock 'n' rollmicrophonelimousinebandnewspapertelephoneguitarsonginterview |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | rock banddrumstv newscowrock 'n' rollmicrophonelimousinebandnewspapertelephoneguitarrock music |
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death a β¦nd Sid is arrested for her murder. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandworld trade center manhattan new york citytourrock starrock 'n' rollfantasy sequencelimousinemanhattan new york cityguitarrock musicsong |
Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the name in the meantime has been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and β¦ he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgium Annik whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandrock singerrock grouprock concertrock starrock 'n' rollbandsong |
In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis, β¦culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Story: | rock grouptourrock concertrock 'n' rolllimousinebandtelephoneguitarrock musicinterview |
The Beatles--the world's most famous rock and roll band--travel from their home town of Liverpool to London to perform in a television broadcast. Along the way they must rescue Paul's unconventional grandfather from various misadventures and drummer Ringo goes missing just before the crucial concert β¦. (Read More)
Themes: | travel |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | rock bandtitle based on songbackstagerock concertrock starfamerock 'n' rollbandrock music |
Four members of a high school band called Mystery do everything they can to attend a KISS concert in Detroit. In order to make it to the show they must steal, cheat, strip, deal with an anti-rock mom and generally do whatever it takes to see the band that has inspired them to be musicians.
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | singer |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandtitle based on songmusic groupdrumsrock concertrock 'n' rollmicrophonebandguitarrock musicsong |
Hedwig, born male as Hansel in East Berlin, fell in love with an American G.I. and underwent a Gender Confirmation Surgery in order to marry him and flee to the West. Unfortunately, nothing worked out quite as it was supposed to - years later, Hedwig is leading her rock band on a tour of the U.S., t β¦elling her life story through a series of concerts at Bilgewater Inn seafood restaurants. Her tour dates coincide with those of arena-rock star Tommy Gnosis, a wide-eyed boy who once loved Hedwig - but then left with all her songs. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | rock bandtourrock starlimousinebandsong |
A documentary on the life of 'Amy Winehouse' (qv), the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | concert footagebackstagefamerock 'n' rollmicrophonebandmanhattan new york citytelephoneguitarsonginterview |
Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to β¦ rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | tourbackstagerock starmicrophonebandtelephonesonginterview |
Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mon β¦days, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda - a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70's to the early 90's, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandtitle based on songrock concertrock starrock 'n' rollmicrophonebandtelephoneguitarrock musicsonginterview |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early β¦flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | tourbackstagefametv newsmicrophonelimousinebandguitarsong |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a β¦rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | title based on songfanshermitrock 'n' rollmicrophonelimousinebandnewspapermanhattan new york cityguitarsonginterview |
Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic years in the 1960s, as his inner demons and obsessions trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for years. In β¦ the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the unscrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationship grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandtitle based on songdrumsbackstagerock 'n' rollmicrophonelimousinetelephoneguitarrock musicsong |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York β¦and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | rock concertrock 'n' rollmicrophonelimousinebandmanhattan new york cityguitarsong |
While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennesse β¦e and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter. Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the relationship between June and John grow more,and his marriage to his first wife ends. June finds out about the drugs, and help him overcome it. True love and care helped John eventually stop the drug usage, and finally proposes to her in front of an audience at a show. (Read More)
Themes: | travel |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | title based on songtourbackstagerock 'n' rollmicrophoneguitar |
The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame. Robert "Fish" Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius, who is living the rock n' roll dream until he is unceremoniously kicked out of the band. Twen β¦ty years after his rock star fantasies are destroyed, just when Fish has finally given up all hope, he hears that his nephew's high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer. They reluctantly make him the newest member of the band, giving him a chance to reclaim the rock God throne he's always thought he deserved, and taking the young band along for the ride of their lives. (Read More)
Characters: | musician |
Story: | rock bandrock concertrock starfameband |
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's s β¦oon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association. (Read More)
Locations: | beachnew york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | title based on songfansfantasy sequencemicrophonemanhattan new york citysonginterview |
On August 7, 1974, 'Philippe Petit (I)' (qv), a French wire walker, juggler, and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday, spent 45 minutes walking, dancing, kneeling, and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Towers. Uses contemporary interviews, archival foot β¦age, and recreations to tell the story of his previous walks between towers of Notre Dame and of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, his passions and friendships, and the details of the night before the walk: getting cable into the towers, hiding from guards, and mounting the wire. It ends with observations of the profound changes the walk's success brought to Philippe and those closest to him. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | world trade center manhattan new york citycrowdfamenewspapermanhattan new york citysong |
The movie tells the story of rock singer "Pink" who is sitting in his hotel room in Los Angeles, burnt out from the music business and only able to perform on stage with the help of drugs. Based on the 1979 double album "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, the film begins in Pink's youth where he is crushed by β¦ the love of his mother. Several years later, he is punished by the teachers in school because he is starting to write poems. He slowly begins to build a wall around himself to be protected from the world outside. The film shows all this in massive and epic pictures until the very end where he tears down the wall and breaks free. (Read More)
Characters: | singer |
Story: | rock singermidnight moviepsychedelicbackstagerock concertrock starfantasy sequencerock music |
This is the story of a friendship that changes the course of rock history forever, of the fateful collision of minds between JB and KG that led to the creation of the precedent-shattering band Tenacious D, and of the two heroes' quest to find the fabled Guitar Pick Of Destiny...
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | rock bandrock 'n' rollfantasy sequencebandguitarrock music |
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician β¦. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | backstagemicrophonebandguitarsonginterview |
Chris Cole was born to rock. His longtime girlfriend Emily believes his talent could take him all the way - but Chris worships at the altar of Bobby Beers, the fiery frontman for heavy metal legends Steel Dragon. By day, Chris still lives at home with his parents and spends his days repairing copy m β¦achines. But when Chris takes the stage, fronting Pennsylvania's premiere Steel Dragon tribute band, all of that disappears. Chris Cole is Bobby Beers - mesmerizing audiences with his perfect imitation of Beers' electrifying vocals. The night his bandmates boot him out of the group, Chris is devastated - until an unexpected phone call changes his life forever: He, Chris Cole, has been tapped to replace Bobby Beers as the lead singer of Steel Dragon. In an instant, Chris rockets to the dizzying heights of sudden stardom, rising from devotee to icon, from rock fan to rock god - the wanna-be who got to be. So what happens when an average guy gets everything he wants - and discovers it's not enough? (Read More)
Characters: | singer |
Story: | rock bandrock concertrock starfamelimousinebandrock music |
1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challenges the seriousness within the flower power generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rock star, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys β¦himself. Unable to escape the character role of "Maxwell Demon" that he created, he plots his own murder. When fans discover the murder is not real, his star falls abruptly and he is quickly forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the tenth anniversary story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and growing up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened to his old glamrock hero. (Read More)
Themes: | hero |
Locations: | new york city |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rock bandfansrock starnewspaperinterview |
Sexy, romantic comedy about a girl in her early 20s named Violet Sanford going to NYC to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. Violet gets a "day" job as a bar maid at a nightclub called Coyote Ugly. Coyote Ugly is the city's newest hot spot where the employees are a team of sexy, resourceful wom β¦en that provoke the clientele and press with their mischief. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | music industryworld trade center manhattan new york citynewspapermanhattan new york cityguitar |
An anthology film retelling the story of the famous Studio 54, a hot disco hangout for the social elite of New York. The movie follows several characters at once, some of whom are in desperate straits and on the verge of crashing.
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | world trade center manhattan new york citymicrophonemanhattan new york citysonginterview |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | microphonemanhattan new york citytelephoneguitarsong |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an β¦d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | drumsmicrophonebandmanhattan new york cityguitarsong |
Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her ow β¦n. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | music bandfamemanhattan new york cityguitarsong |
Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other β¦ plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | musician |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | joyrock 'n' rollsong |
After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open β¦is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time? (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | singer |
Story: | organjoycrowdrock concertgroup of friendsbandguitarsong |
Wayne is still living at home. He has a world class collection of name tags from jobs he's tried, but he does have his own public access TV show. A local station decides to hire him and his sidekick, Garth, to do their show professionally and Wayne & Garth find that it is no longer the same. Wayne f β¦alls for a bass guitarist and uses his and Garth's Video contacts to help her career along, knowing that Ben Oliver, the sleazy advertising guy who is ruining their show will probably take her away from him if they fail. (Read More)
Story: | rock bandrock concertrock stargroup of friendslimousineguitarrock music |
English rock star Aldous Snow relapses into drugs and booze after a break up and a disastrous record. In L.A., Aaron Green works for a record company stuck in recession. Aaron's boss gives him a career making task - to bring Aldous from London to L.A. for a concert in 72 hours. That day, Aaron's gir β¦lfriend Daphne tells him she wants to finish her medical residency in Seattle. Aaron's sure this ends their relationship. In London, things aren't much better: Aldous delays their departure several times, plies Aaron with vices, and alternates between bad behavior and trenchant observations. Can Aaron moderate Aldous's substance abuse and get him to the Greek? What about Daphne? (Read More)
Themes: | travelfriendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | music industryrock concertrock starrock music |
Wayne is back, this time trying to organize a rock festival with help from friend Garth and the spirit of Jim Morrison (Doors). Meanwhile, his girlfriend's manager is busy trying to woo her away from Wayne and move her to LA. Life gets interesting when Wayne must rush from the concert to try and sto β¦p the wedding. Aerosmith are featured at the concert. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Story: | rock bandsword fightbackstageguitarrock musicsword |
The up-and-down-and-up-again story of musician Dewey Cox, whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 36 kids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to - an β¦d then kicks - every drug known to man; but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman - longtime backup singer Darlene. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | backstagerock starguitar |
Recounts a fable of a pop rock band formed a year after the Beatles took America by storm in early 1964. Jazz aficionado Guy Patterson, unhappily toiling in the family appliance store, is recruited into the band the Oneders (later renamed the Wonders) after regular drummer Chad breaks his arm. After β¦ Guy injects a four/four rock beat into lead singer Jimmy's ballad, the song's undeniable pop power flings the Wonders into a brief whirlwind of success, telling the tale of many American bands who attempted to grab the brass ring of rock and roll in the wake of the British Invasion. (Read More)
Characters: | singer |
Story: | rock bandmusic industrybandrock musicsong |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain β¦in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | hermitdrumsbackstagefantasy sequencebandtelephonesong |
Cheery Alex Fletcher lives comfortably in Manhattan off the residuals from his 80's pop success and reprising his hits at school reunions, theme parks, and state fairs. But those gigs are declining, so he jumps at the chance to write a song and record it with reigning teen idol Cora Corman. Trouble β¦is, he's good at melodies but needs a lyricist and has less than a week to finish. Enter Sophie Fisher, subbing for a friend who waters Alex's plants; she's a pretty good poet, quick witted, and could do it, if she'd agree. But there's some sort of shadow over her head that Alex may not be able to charm his way past. And what if they do get a song written, what then? (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | music industrybackstagebandsong |
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | beachnew york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | title based on songmadison square gardenfansprivate jetmusic industrytourrock starfamerock 'n' rollfantasy sequencebandtelephoneguitarrock musicsong |
A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student wants to achieve greatness, and the professor pushe β¦s him. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | title based on songdrum solodrumsmanhattan new york city |
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soo β¦n faces its greatest challenge yet β finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | music bandrock bandsong in titletitle based on songmadison square gardenmusic industryrock concertrock starfamerock music |
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series β¦of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find." (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | music bandperformancecowmicrophoneguitar |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | private jetfamelimousineband |
Jersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons-the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert (though it does include numbers from the popular Four Seasons songbook), β¦Jersey Boys gets to the heart of the relationships at the center of the group-with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto. In addition to following the quartet's coming of age as performers, the core of the show is how an allegiance to a code of honor learned in the streets of their native New Jersey got them through a multitude of challenges: gambling debts, Mafia threats and family disasters. Jersey Boys is a glimpse at the people behind a sound that has managed to endure for over four decades in the hearts of the public. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | music bandmusic groupbandsong |