American Pop

Wizards Far from the masterful treatment that groundbreaking animator Ralph Bakshi gave the similarly themed The Lord of the Rings just a year later, Wizards feels amateurish. A simplistic distillation of fantasy tropes, the scenario is millions of years after nuclear war wipes out civi...	Heavy Metal (Collector's Edition) As long as there is a need for adolescent male sexual fantasy, there will be an audience for Heavy Metal. Released in 1981 and based on stories from the graphic magazine of the same name (possibly the greatest publication to simultaneously provoke imagination and masturbation), ...	The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat That infamous cat and his twisted life are back! Staying within the tradition set by the audacious and racy Fritz the Cat, director-co-writer Robert Taylor takes Robert Crumb's way-cool felinecharacter from the boundary-pushing '60s to the harsh realities of Vietnam, racial riots...	Fire and Ice (2-Disc Limited Edition) The mighty-muscled heroes and big-bottomed babes of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta inspired animator Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat, Wizards) to create the swords-and-sorcery epic Fire and Ice. Bakshi uses a technique called rotoscoping, which uses live-action film of actors as the ...	Heavy Metal 2000 In the tradition of the ground-breaking 1981 animated cult classic film heavy metal 2000 is a stylish mix of jaw-dropping visuals and original soundtrack featuring some of the biggest names in rock and mind-bending story. Special features: english french spanish portuguese langua...
Rock and Rule Although it featured songs by Debbie Harry, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Cheap Trick, and Earth, Wind & Fire, Rock and Rule (Canada, 1983) never received a general US release. Set in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by mutants, the underdeveloped story centers on the rock star Mok and ...	Cool World	Kentucky Fried Movie This insane collection of comedy skits includes such now famous sketches as the kung-fu parody a fistful of yen and the legendary catholic school girls in trouble. Enjoy the future of moviegoing with the feel-a-round theater experience. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 09/07/20...	J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King) The Hobbit The J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy classic set in Middle-earth was adapted into this excellent 1978 animated feature first broadcast on television. Codirectors Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., working from a script by Romeo Muller, are faithful to Tolkien's story and for t...	Fantastic Planet Studio: Facets Multimedia Release Date: 10/23/2007

Impressive Pop
This is a classic. Visually stunning and engaging, it follows a family through several generations trying to make it in the entertainment industry. In my opinion, Bakshi outdid himself with this one. My only problem is that the final episode was too easy. It lacked the pathos of the rest of the movie. It seemed like an anticlimax. But the music was great!

An incredible dedication to American Pop music and culture
Probably the most outrageous animated film I've seen. You are never left doubting the creative vision of the filmmakers. Some of the music seems a bit out of left field, but generally well picked. Enjoy.

An American classic by an American master...
An honest look at American pop music and the roots of it's pain and suffering buried beneath the commercial glitz of mass-media marketing. I've seen the film mistakenly reviewed as a condemnation of punk music and a glorification of top forty hit makers and nothing is further from the truth. Bakshi takes us through the roots of American music and the suffering of the people it has always masked. We sing because we seek relief from our daily suffering. As the pain gets worse the music gets angrier and angrier until we are screaming though the music of today that enough is enough. We are human beings, not cogs in the great machine of the industrial complex. As we get buried deeper and deeper beneath the insensitive, uncaring excrement of the corporate entity our need for rebellion gets harder and harder to suppress. Music is humanities cry for recognition of our souls. It is our rebellion against the corporate entity that sees us only as machine parts to be used as nothing more than production tools in the manufacture of profit for the corporate [...].

Happy with product
American pop came in a timely manner. The item was packed well and the dvd plays wonderful. I'm very happy with my product. Sphinx

A CLASSIC I GREW UP WITH!!!
I first saw this movie on cable TV when I was 11 years old in 1982. Having loved music since I could remember, I was immediately drawn to this film. While the premise of the movie seems a little flimsy at times to some people, you have to ask: Has this ever been done before or since? I think if you give this film a chance you won't be dissapointed. 5 stars all around!!!!!