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1) Rock dog
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
For the Tibetan Mastiffs living on Snow Mountain, a dog's life has a simple riff: Guard a peaceful village of wool-making sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux and his rabid pack. To avoid distractions, Mastiff leader Khampa forbids all music from the mountain. But when Khampa's son Bodi discovers a radio dropped by a passing airplane, it takes just a few guitar licks for his fate to be sealed: Bodi wants to be a rock 'n' roll star.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Lady Gaga is well recognized for her sense of style as a recording artist, in fashion, in performance, and in her music videos. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements, including five Grammy Awards, twelve nominations, two Guinness World Records, and the estimated sale of 23 million albums and 64 million singles worldwide.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1062
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Martin Scorsese's pseudo-documentary film, composed of both fictional and non-fictional material, about Bob Dylan's legendary 1975 tour, which featured a band of troubadours including Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell, and blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief.
4) Footloose
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ren MacCormack moves from Boston to the small town of Bomont, where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out. Bomont's councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by invoking ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizes the town, and falls in love with...
5) Footloose
Language
English
Description
Ren MacCormack moves from Boston to the small town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out. Bomont's councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by invoking ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizes the town, and falls in love with...
Language
English
Description
When his band votes him out due to his embarrasing musical antics, Dewey has to make the rent somehow. After intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned, Dewey finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. Dewey decides to take on the music program and makes it his goal to teach them the gospel of rock and roll. His ulterior motive is to get them to compete against his former band for a cash prize.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music.
8) The Doors
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jim Morrison, one of the most sensual and exciting figures in the history of rock and roll, explodes on the screen. The electrifying movie about a time called the sixties and a legendary outlaw who rocked America's consciousness - forever.
9) Tommy
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A classic rock opera about a boy who is traumatized by the death of his father. He is "cured" several years later, only to be hailed as a "Messiah."
10) Help!
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows The Beatles as they become passive recipients of an outside plot that revolves around Ringo's possession of a sacrificial ring, which he cannot remove from his finger. As a result, he and his bandmates John, Paul, and George are chased from London to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas by religious cult members, a mad scientist, and the London police.
11) Get cracy
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
From Allan Arkush, the acclaimed director of the cult classics Hollywood Boulevard, Rock 'n' Roll High School, and Heartbeeps, comes this raucous musical comedy that invites you to get crazy ... and say goodbye to your brain! It's December 31, 1982, and Saturn Theater owner Max Wolfe is attempting to stage the biggest rock and roll concert of all time. But things aren't going right. His doctor tells him he might have a fatal disease; his nephew and...
12) Sing Street
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
See 1980s Dublin through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Conor, who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents' relationship and money troubles while trying to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher. He finds a glimmer of hope in the mysterious, uber-cool Raphina. With the aim of winning her heart he invites her to star in his band's music videos. There's only one problem: he's...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
From the author of Awakenings comes a heartwarming tale of a father and son, who find a connection through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s. An unforgettable soundtrack features the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Crosby Stills and Nash, and many more.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n' roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator--the originator--Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archival footage, performances, and interviews, the film unspools the icon's life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions." --container.
16) Jersey Boys
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
17) Not fade away
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It's the 1960s and rock n' roll is changing the world. Inspired by a bold new era and his success in a local band, Douglas drops out of college to pursue his musical dreams, only to discover the harsh realities of the music industry. Douglas is forced to choose between listening to his father or listening to his heart.
18) The last waltz
Pub. Date
[2005], 1978.
Language
English
Description
The Band, one of rock's superstar groups, decided to call it quits after sixteen grueling years on the road. The group held this farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day, 1976, at San Francisco's Winterland, the site of their first performance. The performance is interspersed with interview footage.
19) Creation stories
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Dramatized story about Alan McGee, co-founder of the British record label Creation Records.
20) London town
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in '70s London, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers stars in film about the rise of legendary punk rock band The Clash and how they changed the life of one teenage fan.
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