Detroit Rock City (New Line Platinum Series) |  | Actors: Giuseppe Andrews, Rodger Barton, Kristin Booth, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James DeBello
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  142 reviews
Sales Rank: 2611
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN4899D
ISBN: 0780628527
UPC: 794043489921
EAN: 9780780628526
ASIN: B000031EFY
Theatrical Release Date: August 13, 1999
Release Date: December 21, 1999
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Product Description
IT'S 1978 AND FOUR MIDWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ON AN UNSTOPPABLE MISSION TO SCORE KISS CONCERT TICKETS. THE QUARTET FACES OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY, FROM AUTHORITARIAN NIGHTMARES AND PARENTAL HYPOCRISY TO TRIALS OF CONSCIENCE AND THE EVER PRESENT INFLUENCE OF DISCO IN THEIR PURSUIT OF A ROCK-N-ROLL FANTASY.
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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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 One of the funnest movies ever! February 3, 2010
Rolland Nielsen
This movie brings back all of the memories from this era of us growing up with the Greatest Band in the world, You asked for them, KISS!
 THIS MOVIE CAPTURES IT! December 20, 2009
walter ruether (Tempe az)
I HAVE BEEN A HUGE KISS FAN SINCE 1975 AND I SAW THEM AS A KID IN 1977 AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS FILM REALLY CAPTURES THE ENERGY KISS HAD AND THE WAY KISS FANS LIVED THIS MOVIE TELLS IT LIKE IT WAS TAKE FROM SOMEBODY THAT WAS THERE FIVE STARS!
Detroit Rocks City Rocks! December 15, 2009
J. Horvat (upper Michigan)
I grew up in the 70's. I was a KISS fan and saw them 4 times back then. This movie is an unbelievable re-creation of that time period. It was like watching my own life through the window of a time capsule. I just couldn't believe it! I was waiting to see myself pop up on the screen. Everything in this movie portrays this time period JUST like it was. It's like somebody was actually taking the film back then. The clothes, the teenage attitudes, the parental attitudes,the stereo types (freaks, jocks, disco freaks, nerds, punkers, new wavers and more) The relationship between the main characters and their parents was especially realistic. As was the back round music which seemed to feature every other band that was popular between 1977 and 1980. The featured band "KISS" was no exception! And funny! I have seen many teen age comedies and this one surely ranks with the best of them. I couldn't stop laughing! Even my 71 year old father thought the movie was hilarious and well made. He would know too because when I was growing up back then he was the one doing the parenting. He too was intrigued. He just couldn't stop watching. The attitude and feel of this movie says nothing BUT the late 70's. If you grew up back then and want to see that time period once more then this movie is a must! Wither you were a KISS fan or not doesn't matter. This movie portrays that time period better than any other movie ever made! Even though it was actually made 20 years later one thing is obvious......the producers of it actually experienced it. A MUST for ANY 70's fan!!!
A lot of stuff in one September 14, 2009
RockinRobin411
It's a nostalgia film for people who grew up then, it's a coming of age film for others, it's a KISS movie for some, it's a comedy for many, it's a drama for many others, it's a bunch of stuff in one film. The story is of a group of teenagers planning on going to see a KISS concert, but then something happens to the tickets. The film is about the adventure to seeing a KISS concert. It's like a realistic version of The Lord of the Rings or The Wizard of Oz. The characters go on a journey, and in this case, it's to see a KISS concert.
What's interesting is that all of the ideas on how to get to a KISS concert were ideas that were done. You could think of the craziest story on how someone got a KISS ticket, it probably happened. That's how much people wanted to see KISS. This film shows a lot more than just how big KISS were. The films heart is not just in KISS, but it's in ROCK MUSIC ITSELF! The incidental music used is a ton of classic rock tunes from the seventies. The one disappointment in that was only to the director, which he made a comment on.
The DVD has so many special features, you wouldn't believe that a single disc could be so jam packed. An extended version of one of the scenes, with alternate camera angles, how to play "Rock and Roll All Night," and the music video for a Donnas cover version of "Strutter" (one of the highlighting points for me). It includes a couple of documentaries on the film, and a lot more special features. However, the most special feature is the movie itself. This film is what KISS are all about. If you don't understand KISS, this is the real way to understand KISS. I haven't even had a chance to see them live yet, but this film really shows the way that fans felt about KISS, and these were fans who had never seen them live.
Overall, this movie is amazing, and although it seems more like a nostalgia film or a film as part of a culture (the KISS culture), it's a great film in general.
Sam Huntington August 4, 2009
Kassieis2 (Long Island, New York)
Sam Huntington is the main reason I even purchased this movie. I knew nothing about it before hand, but I ended up ABSOLUTELY loving this movie. You don't have to like the band KISS to watch and/or enjoy it. It's a crazy movie. :D
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