American Pop (1980)

Directed by

Ralph Bakshi

Genre

drama film, musical film, live-action/animated film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 123 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows four generations of the Belinsky family, a family of musicians. Their careers and lives trace the history of American popular music through the 20th century.

nostalgicmelancholicenergeticepichistoricalreflectivemusicalgenerations-spanning

What happens

American Pop is a 1981 American adult animated epic jukebox musical drama film starring Ron Thompson and produced and directed by Ralph Bakshi. It was the fourth animated feature film to be presented in Dolby sound. The film tells the story of four generations of the Belinskys, an immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century. The majority of the film's animation was completed through rotoscoping, a process in which live actors are filmed and the subsequent footage is used for animators to draw over. However, the film also uses a variety of other media including water-colors, live-action shots, and archival footage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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