| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Giuseppe Andrews |
Lex
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| James DeBello |
Trip Hurudie
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| Edward Furlong |
Hawk
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| Sam Huntington |
Jeremiah Bruce
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| Rodger Barton |
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| Kristin Booth |
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| Emmanuelle Chriqui |
Barbara
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| Miles Dougal |
Elvis
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| Joe Flaherty |
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| David Gardner |
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| Melanie Lynskey |
Beth Bumsteen
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| Natasha Lyonne |
Christine
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| Lin Shaye |
Mrs. Bruce
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| Nick Scotti |
Kenny
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Director |
Adam Rifkin |
| Producer |
Michael De Luca; Kathleen Haase |
| Writer |
Carl V. Dupré; Carl V Dupre |
| Studio |
New Line Home Entertainment |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
95 |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| It's hard to call Detroit Rock City a "coming of age" movie--since it's hard to argue that any of the characters do any genuine growing up. But even though it's about four young metalheads trying to get to a KISS concert, the movie actually has more in common with sincere portraits of adolescence than it does with raucous teen comedies. The four heroes are members of a teen metal band called Mystery (the s is written in the same font as the letters of KISS, lest anyone mistake their source of inspiration). After the drummer's religiously zealous mother burns their tickets to a long-awaited concert in nearby Detroit, the boys go anyway and try to get tickets through theft, skullduggery, and entering a male stripper contest. The jokes are broad and the movie culminates in an orgy of male adolescent wish-fulfillment, but here and there some loving attention is paid to the details of 1970s teenage life--the haircuts, clothes, and toys the filmmakers probably had when they were kids. Edward Furlong, as the band's singer, is his usual scruffy self and exudes his particular lopsided charm; the rest of the cast play their parts with similar high spirits. Though Detroit Rock City was probably meant to be a no-holds-barred comedy in the vein of American Pie, the end result is curiously wistful; no one's going to mistake it for The Last Picture Show, but something sincere and elegiac lurks in those bang-covered eyes. --Bret Fetzer |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
New Line Platinum Series |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| Barcode |
794043489921 |
| Release Date |
12/21/1999 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Three multiple angle features: - "Detroit Rock City" performed by Kiss: Direct Your Own Video - Check out Film's high school band, Mystery, playing Kiss and sit in on the live recording sessions - The extended "Confessional" scene and a rare look at the actors' auditions More than 15 minutes of deleted scenes Song Express: Learn to play "Rock n Roll All Nite" on the guitar Three feature length commentaries Two music videos from the soundtrack Original theatrical trailer Filmographies & more DVD-ROM Features: - "Script to Screen" - Watch the film while you read the script! - E-mail-able cast trading cards - up to the minute cast, crew and trivia info. - the entire website…on the DVD |
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