American Pop

Actors: Hilary Beane, Robert Beecher, Gene Borkan, Beatrice Colen, Ben Frommer
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 reviews
Sales Rank: 14331

Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6

MPN: COLD19599D
ISBN: 0767809548
UPC: 043396195998
EAN: 9780767809542
ASIN: 0767809548

Theatrical Release Date: February 13, 1981
Release Date: June 17, 1998
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5 out of 5 stars I use it for my American History Class    December 9, 2008
L. Duffey (St. Louis, Missouri)
I saw it in 1981 my first year of college.
I like the history in it and the music
I always tell my students "hey everyone you just heard in the video in this segment died of drugs or lost a band member"
It has great real pictures mixed in with the story and it tells an interesting story of a family coming from a pogram in Russia.


4 out of 5 stars Impressive Pop    October 13, 2008
Wolf Vanzandt (Selma, Alabama)
This is a classic. Visually stunning and engaging, it follows a family through several generations trying to make it in the entertainment industry.

In my opinion, Bakshi outdid himself with this one.

My only problem is that the final episode was too easy. It lacked the pathos of the rest of the movie. It seemed like an anticlimax.

But the music was great!


4 out of 5 stars An incredible dedication to American Pop music and culture    October 8, 2008
Penny Gilford
Probably the most outrageous animated film I've seen. You are never left doubting the creative vision of the filmmakers. Some of the music seems a bit out of left field, but generally well picked. Enjoy.


5 out of 5 stars An American classic by an American master...    May 31, 2008
DirkStar
An honest look at American pop music and the roots of it's pain and suffering buried beneath the commercial glitz of mass-media marketing. I've seen the film mistakenly reviewed as a condemnation of punk music and a glorification of top forty hit makers and nothing is further from the truth. Bakshi takes us through the roots of American music and the suffering of the people it has always masked. We sing because we seek relief from our daily suffering. As the pain gets worse the music gets angrier and angrier until we are screaming though the music of today that enough is enough. We are human beings, not cogs in the great machine of the industrial complex. As we get buried deeper and deeper beneath the insensitive, uncaring excrement of the corporate entity our need for rebellion gets harder and harder to suppress. Music is humanities cry for recognition of our souls. It is our rebellion against the corporate entity that sees us only as machine parts to be used as nothing more than production tools in the manufacture of profit for the corporate [...].


5 out of 5 stars Happy with product    April 5, 2008
Ilana Wilson
American pop came in a timely manner.
The item was packed well and the dvd plays wonderful.
I'm very happy with my product.
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