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Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999)
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Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999)
Original name: Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: This is the story of Alan Freed. He was working as a DJ in Cleveland, Ohio, and he discovered how amazing R&B or Rhytym & Blues is, however, the music is considered to be "BLACK" music. So, most radio stations won't play it. However, Freed believed that it's the next wave, so he fights to have it played on the air. Eventually, he went into the big time - New York, and he decided to dub this music "ROCK & ROLL". Despite his success, he still had a lot of opposition and made deals with the wrong people, which would lead to his downfall.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic
Plot: racism, music, rock, love and romance, life is a bitch, showbiz, society, media, ambition, against the odds, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, rising to stardom, r&b, biopic, dancing, pregnancy, hollywood, bus, piano, drums, mounted police, dj, radio show, saxophone ...
Time: 50s
Place: ohio, new york, usa, boston, manhattan new york city, cleveland ohio, nashville tennessee

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