Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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.

Woodyanders Late, great, sorely undervalued character actor supreme Tim McIntire, who supplied the stingingly sardonic voice of the vicious canine Blood in the sci-fi post-nuke pip "A Boy and His Dog" and was also a singer/songwriter who did several flavorsome folk ballads for the Western "Jeremiah Johnson" before he died of a heart failure at the shockingly young age of 42, excels in a rare starring role, delivering a fabulously moody and sharply delineated portrayal of pioneering 50's rock'n'roll disc jockey Alan Freed. Freed was one of the first genuine rock music rebels (he was constantly at loggerheads with killjoy censors and unsympathetic radio station executives), the man largely credited with coining (or at least popularizing) the expression "rock'n'roll," the key player who initially made allegedly "forbidden" music recorded by black artists accessible to white middle class kids, and, sadly, one of rock's early untimely victims who took a heavy fall during the notorious 1960 payola scandal and subsequently degenerated into a lonely, forgotten, penniless alcoholic. Director Floyd Mutrux's vibrant, loving, sweetly nostalgic cinematic valentine to Freed and the electric, joyously innocent 50's rock scene recreates this magical era with meticulous care and tremendous affection. William A. Fraker's bright, sparkling cinematography imbues the lively proceedings with an eye-filling array of hazy colors. Fran Drescher as Freed's loyal, irritable secretary and Jay Leno as Freed's always joking wiseguy chauffeur provide broadly funny comic relief. Lorraine Newman gives an endearing performance as a Carol King-like aspiring songwriter. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis all appear as themselves in the raucously thrilling concert finale. "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" author Cameron Crowe, veteran session vocalist Brenda Russell, and New Orleans rhythm and blues singer Frankie "Sea Cruise" Ford pop up in cameo roles. Granted, the film does suffer somewhat because of John Kaye's erratically plotted and historically inaccurate script (50's and 60's rock songs and performers are all meshed together into a rather preposterous mishmash), but that's a minor debit in an otherwise fine and hugely enjoyable rock movie biopic.

Raymond Dunn Looking over the VHS/DVD titles in the reduced price area of local department stores, I find it impossible to believe that some of these titles make the light of day and "American Hot Wax" is not available for purchase. I'm lucky enough to have taped it off of cable or I would be reduced to its limited showing on AMC. This failure to make this movie available reminds me of the 20 years it took for "Hollywood Knights" to make it's appearance. If you have a chance to see this movie, don't miss it. This movie is a classic. The performances of Jay Leno and Fran Dresher are very enjoyable. The job done by Tim McIntire defies description. Although I didn't know Alan Freed, I feel McIntire probably hit the mark in his portrayal.

waxowilko I saw this movie when released in the cinema chains and enjoyed. The plot line, although a bit fairy tale in concept, was supported by a great musical score and personal appearances such as Jerry Lee Lewis. An example is Chuck Berry, who told when he was not going to get paid said words to the effect that he would do it for the love of rock 'n' roll!The soundtrack was released on vinyl but sadly, like so many other rock 'n' roll movies including but not limited to 'The Girl Can't Help It' this film has yet to be issued in DVD disc format.The film companies, by their apathy, are denying movie musical historians access to legendary, and not so legendary, performances of the music that swept the past away like an avalanche. They are also opening the market place up to bootleggers, not a good practice.