Kiss the rules goodbye.
In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!
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Unpretentious, nostalgic, comic and classical in form.
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- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Giuseppe AndrewsLex
- James DeBelloTrip Hurudie
- Edward FurlongHawk
- Sam HuntingtonJeremiah 'Jam' Bruce
- Lin ShayeMrs. Bruce
- Melanie LynskeyBeth Bumsteen
- Natasha LyonneChristine
- Shannon TweedAmanda Finch
- Emmanuelle ChriquiBarbara
- Kristin BoothCashier
Crew
- Adam RifkinDirector
- Carl V. DupréWriter
- John R. LeonettiDirector of Photography
- J. Peter RobinsonOriginal Music Composer
- Mark GoldblattEditor
- Peter SchinkEditor
- Kathleen HaaseProducer
- Barry LevineProducer
- Gene SimmonsProducer
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