The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan (2013)

Original title

The Legend of Cool Disco Dan

Directed by

Joseph Pattisall

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Washington, D.C. in the 1970s and 1980s through the eyes of a local character named Cool Disco Dan. It mixes commentary from people who lived there with old footage to show what the city was like back then.

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What happens

The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan is a 2013 American documentary film written and directed by Joseph Pattisall. The film was released on April 15, 2013 in conjunction with the release of the book Pump Me Up: DC Subculture in the 1980s. The documentary was narrated by Washington, D.C.-native Henry Rollins. The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan provides a documentation of Washington, D.C. during the 1970s and 1980s from the perspective of Cool "Disco" Dan, and blends commentary by local Washingtonians combined with archival footage, forming a comprehensive portrait of this time period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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