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13 February 1981 (USA) moreTagline:
All those years, all those dreams, all those sons... one of them is going to be a star. morePlot:
The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish family of musicians parallels the history of American popular music in the 20th century. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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I'm amazed that this isn't in the top 50 for animation more (49 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ron Thompson | ... | Tony / Pete (voice) |
 | Mews Small | ... | Frankie (voice) (as Marya Small) |
 | Jerry Holland | ... | Louie (voice) |
 | Lisa Jane Persky | ... | Bella (voice) |
| Jeffrey Lippa | ... | Zalmie (voice) |
| Roz Kelly | ... | Eva Tanguay (voice) |
| Frank DeKova | ... | Crisco (voice) (as Frank De Kova) |
| Richard Singer | ... | Benny (voice) |
| Elsa Raven | ... | Hannele (voice) |
| Ben Frommer | ... | Palumbo (voice) |
| Amy Levitt | ... | Nancy (voice) |
| Leonard Stone | ... | Leo Stern (voice) |
| Eric Taslitz | ... | Little Pete (voice) |
| Gene Borkan | ... | Izzy (voice) |
| Richard Moll | ... | Beat Poet (voice) |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
96 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | USA:R (No. 25799) | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:L | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AAFun Stuff
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Except for a few bits of live-action stock footage and the still drawings in the opening credits, the movie is entirely rotoscoped. moreQuotes:
[the 1980s - Pete has grown up dealing cocaine. He arrives at a recording studio]Pete: Pizza Man! We deliver!
Musician: You got the coke, daddy-o?
Pete: What do I look like, man? A soda fountain?
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I thought this film was one of the finest animation films I have ever seen. The film continually keeps building and building until it peaks at the end when the last guy becomes a star. It almost has the feel of a documentry on life in a America by the way it continually keeps pounding the nail on the head in terms of the storyline and the action scenes cut to music were absolutely brilliant. Considering this film was ahead of anything even close to this (even ahead of MTV for gods sake) it's far and away one of the finest animation films ever made. I think anyone grading this film before a eight just isn't looking at this film as a film and instead putting it against a Disney film or something that's pretty but has no point. For my money I'd easily stack this film against any other animation ever made. Also I saw some people nay saying this film because of the soundtrack, but it's all a natural progression man and in this film it shows the progression of life and music and in 1981 that's what was popular and I thought it was a great choice since it's still listen-to-able today.
Extremely great film, if you haven't yet... Go see it now!