American Hot Wax

  • Release Date: 1978-03-17
  • Runtime: 1Hours 31Minutes
  • Language: English, Italian.
  • Director: Floyd Mutrux.
  • Production Companies: Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures.
  • Overview: 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 consumption; persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the "payola" scandals.

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