Detroit Rock City (film)
1999 film by Adam Rifkin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 American teen comedy film directed by Adam Rifkin and written by Carl V. Dupré. It tells of four teenage boys in a Kiss tribute band who try to see their idols in a concert in Detroit in 1978. Comparable with other rock films such as Rock 'n' Roll High School, Dazed and Confused, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand, it tells a coming-of-age story through a filter of 1970s music and culture in the United States. It took its title from the Kiss song of the same name.
Detroit Rock City | |
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Directed by | Adam Rifkin |
Written by | Carl V. Dupré |
Produced by | Barry Levine Gene Simmons |
Starring | |
Cinematography | John R. Leonetti |
Edited by | Mark Goldblatt Peter Schink |
Music by | J. Peter Robinson |
Production companies | Base-12 Productions Takoma Entertainment Group KISS Nation |
Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $17 million[2] |
Box office | $5.8 million[2] |
The film was shot at Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Toronto and other Ontario locations including Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed approximately $6 million against a $17 million budget.