Nonureva
Really Surprised!
Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
Nessieldwi
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
jjnxn-1
70's time capsule is chock full of fantastic music, the soundtrack is justly famous, and excellent actors. The basic story line is David vs. Goliath but is entertainingly played and provides a look at what FM radio used to be and shows what's been lost by the homogenization of the airwaves, at least the non satellite airwaves. Good concert footage of Jimmy Buffet and Linda Ronstadt give a sense of what live concerts were at the time. Of the performers while all are good a few stand out. Martin Mull is a hoot as the egotistical and somewhat child like disc jockey Eric Swan and the great Eileen Brennan makes a lot out of her small part as the world weary DJ Mother. No one did world weary as well as Eileen Brennan. Not a great picture but for any music lover unmissable.
mtn-chik
I, too, was fortunate enough to see this movie in the theater upon its release in '78 (no multiplex--an actual one-movie theater non-corporatized). All I can say, is that it is such an accurate portrayal of the pre-Clear Channel debauchery-that which illustrates all that was a good and simple way of music life, and what we were fortunate enough to live, breath, be molded by, and experience during radio privatization (long since gone). True life to the hilt- for the day! My heart breaks for those who didn't get to experience it real and first hand, for it was truly a magical time!! Alas, those days are gone, we at least have FM to watch (and perhaps learn from). BTW, for the youngsters...Tom Petty's music started long before the 90's!
ecrocker
I have not seen this movie in many years but it shows how relevant it all is. Look at the state of radio today. It is no longer about the music then it is about the money. Maybe that is why satellite radio is taking off. Satellite radio is taking us back to the days when the music was the power. What more can I say. This movie hits home. I for one am glad there is Sirius Satellite Radio out there. Don't get sucked in to HD. It will go away just like Quadrophonic did in the early 70's. The movie also goes back to a time when the cost of seeing a live concert was well under $10. The acting in this movie is superb. The music takes me back to a better place.
johno-21
A film with a great soundtrack of the late 70's rock era although it belies the lyrics from the title song where Steely Dan sings about setting the mood for getting it on with a girl with funk and reggae because there is no funk or reggae in the movie. The film has a simple premise in the radio station staff rebels over the commercialization of what is a commercialized business to begin with. This is not a public or college station but regular commercial station but they take on the corporate world in a strike against the stations plans to be top 40 rock rather than free-form album rock with non-stop music and enlist their listeners help in their fight against the man. Despite this most of the songs in the movie aren't deep album cut album rock but mostly top 40 rock single releases. It does feature a great soundtrack in music by Steely Dan, The Eagles, Boston, Steve Miller, Boz Scaggs, Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Joe Walsh, The Doobie Brothers, Queen, Billy Joel, Walter Egan, Foreigner, Reo Speedwagon, and concert footage of Jimmy Buffett and Linda Ronstadt. A good cast which includes Eileen Brenna, Martin Mull, Clevon Little, Michael Brandon, Alex Karas and James Keach. There are some moments of good satirical comedy but kind of weak as a story but that's OK because it's fun ride in a rambling sort of way. David Myers is the film's cinematographer who compiled quite a resume in the 70's in music films and documentaries photographing Woodstock, Mads Dogs & Englishmen, The Grateful Dead, Soul to soul, Wattstax, Elvis on Tour and Renaldo & Clara. John Alonzo directs in his first and only theatrical film. He did go on to direct a couple of made-for TV movies but he had been a cinematographer and returned to photographing films. He had been a cinematographer on such films as Vanishing Point, Harold & Maude, sounder, Lady Sings the Blues and Chinatown and continued filming up until his death with such films as Scarface, Star Trek: Generations, Steel Magnolias and Cool World. although not a great film, this movie is worth a look. It debuted on screens in the spring of 1978 and is a great snapshot and soundtrack of the late 70's rock radio. I would give it a 7.0 out of 10.
