The Rock & Roll Film Encyclopedia

by John Kenneth Muir

Description by OLDIES.com:

From the 1950s and the age of "juvenile delinquents" in such films as Blackboard Jungle to more intimate, twenty-first century rock band portraits such as Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster, this book by noted film authority John Kenneth Muir also features entries on rock documentaries such as Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz, movies starring rock stars, and even films boasting extensive rock soundtracks, for example George Lucas's paean to the age of cruising, American Graffiti.

Includes 231 highly detailed yet reader friendly, alphabetical film entries from 1956 through 2005, including cast lists, creative personnel, MPAA ratings, running times and DVD availability; biographical entries on players who made a significant impact on the silver screen, from Elvis Presley and The Beatles to Alice Cooper and Prince; interviews with rock movie directors Allan Arkush (Rock'N'Roll High School), Martin Davidson (Eddie And The Cruisers) and Albert Magnoli (Purple Rain).

With films from Beach Blanket Bingo to the notorious Bubba Ho-Tep, readers are in for a rockin' good time!