FM (1978)

Directed by

John A. Alonzo

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Staff at an FM radio station deal with internal conflicts and interference from corporate management. The film focuses on the characters and their struggles to keep the station true to its free-spirited format.

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What happens

FM is a 1978 American comedy drama film about internal conflicts at an FM radio station directed by John A. Alonzo and starring Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull and Cassie Yates with special appearances by Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffett in his feature film debut. The screenplay was written by Ezra Sacks. The film was produced by Universal Pictures and originally released to theaters in the spring of 1978. The film performed poorly at the box office, but its soundtrack was a Platinum-certified disc, selling over one million records. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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