American Hot Wax (movie)
- User score: 5.6
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Floyd Mutrux
- Production companies: Paramount Pictures
- Genre: Drama, History, Music
- Revenue: $11,000,000
- Release date: 3/17/1978
- Run time: 91 min.
Movie description
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.
