American Pop
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
American Pop (1981, USA) is an Animated-Music-Drama film directed by Ralph Bakshi.
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- Featured on: TCM Underground
Main Details
- Released in 1981 | Color
- Running Time: 96 min
- Production Co: Bakshi Productions | Aspen Productions | Columbia Pictures Corporation | Polyc International BV
- Distribution Co: Columbia Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical)
- Directed by Ralph Bakski
- Written by Ronni Kern
- Starring Ron Thompson, Mews Small, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa, Roz Kelly, Frank DeKova
- Produced by Maggie Abbott, Ralph Bakshi, Lynne Betner, Martin Ransohoff, Richard R. St. Johns
- Music by Lee Holdridge
- Film Editing by David Ramirez
Plot Summary
- The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music.
Taglines
- All those years, all those dreams, all those sons... one of them is going to be a star.
- The state of the art in living animation.
