Rock-a-bye

Canada, 1974

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Popular idols of the rock music scene - The Rolling Stones, The Stampeders, Whiskey Howl, Alice Cooper, Muddy Waters - are seen and heard in this film. It is a penetrating look at the whole pop music sub-culture and what keeps it alive, filmed in Canada, on and off-stage, and behind the scenes at record companies, radio broadcasting studios, and board rooms where hucksters plan the sales campaigns. The film includes personal interviews in which some of the stars explain what it’s all about and features Alice Cooper hacking a doll to pieces on stage. Obscene language has been bleeped out.

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Credits

director

Jacques Bensimon

producer

George Pearson

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

313709

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Popular culture

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Sound - Recording and reproducing

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

History → History

Music & Performing Arts → Alice Cooper (Musical Group)

Music & Performing Arts → Bands (Music)

Music & Performing Arts → Muddy Waters (Musical Group)

Music & Performing Arts → Music

Music & Performing Arts → Music - 20th century - Philosophy and aesthetics

Music & Performing Arts → Music - History and criticism

Music & Performing Arts → Popular culture

Music & Performing Arts → Popular music

Music & Performing Arts → Rock music - History and criticism

Music & Performing Arts → Rock musicians

Music & Performing Arts → Rolling Stones (Musical group)

Music & Performing Arts → Sound - Recording and reproducing

People → Alice Cooper (Musical Group)

People → Muddy Waters (Musical Group)

People → Rolling Stones (Musical group)

Performance

Performance → Music - Performance

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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