FM (1978)

Regisseur:

John A. Alonzo

Drehbuchautor:

Ezra Sacks (written by)

Premierendatum:

April 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama

Werbezeile:

A Now Story With Now Music!

Plot:

Q-SKY is the #1 radio station in Los Angeles mainly because of the music they play, and running the station the way they want to...

Plot Keywords:

Record | Satire | Disc Jockey | Concert Footage | Radio Station

Nutzerkommentare:

Tongue-in-cheek...Needle on the groove.

Besetzung

Michael Brandon	...	Jeff Dugan
Eileen Brennan	...	Mother
Alex Karras	...	Doc Holiday
Cleavon Little	...	Prince
Martin Mull	...	Eric Swan
Cassie Yates	...	Laura Coe
Norman Lloyd	...	Carl Billings
Jay Fenichel	...	Bobby Douglas
James Keach	...	Lt. Reach
Joe Smith	...	Albert Driscoll
Tom Tarpey	...	Regis Lamar
Janet Brandt	...	Alice
Mary Torrey	...	Cathy
Roberta Wallach	...	Shari Smith
Terry Jastrow	...	Michael J. Carlyle

Länge:

104 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

USA:PG (Approved No. 25238) | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Sweden:Btl

Drehorte:

The Summit - 10 Greenwood Plaza, Houston, Texas, USA

Firma:

Universal Pictures

Dies und das:

The first cinema release to feature a song by Queen ("We Will Rock You"). Since then they have had one or more songs featured in 43 different films (up to 2005).

Dialogzitate:

The Mother: Don't worry, you still have me for two months because that's what my contract says.

Soundtrack:

Baby Come Back

Tongue-in-cheek...Needle on the groove.

This is one of those movies which I've seen at least a dozen times, but it never seems to outstay it's welcome or bore me. F.M. to me, accurately depicts the internal situations and wrangles of a radio station - called Q-SKY in this instance - during the late 1970s, in a tongue-in-cheek way. I certainly can remember one station in England, which employed DJs using faux personalities like the Prince. The cast is well chosen, featuring some mainstays of film and television of that era. Especially good is Michael Brandon as the maverick new station boss, who's almost late for his first day at work. Along with other members of the cast like Cassie Yates, James Keach, Martin Mull, and the late Cleavon Little as The Prince, it's quite clear that they are all performing with their tongues firmly lodged into their collective cheeks.

The soundtrack is very impressive, and I'm someone who doesn't really like rock. Linda Rondstadt (not my cup of tea) appears at one funny point in the film, in which the station 'illegally' broadcasts her in concert. But best of all is the music played in the background, which includes artists like Michael MacDonald, The Doobie Brothers, and Fleetwood Mac. Steely Dan's title track also helps to set up the pace and tone of the film.

Ultimately however, the idyllic atmosphere of the station is about to change, as some of the DJ's become dissillusioned with what they are doing, and interference from the station owner and managers causes all the employees to stage a revolt. This has been done countless times before in other films as someone else has mentioned, but hey, the movie didn't pretend to have a message, or be thought provoking from the beginning anyway.

I believe that F.M. 'inspired' a long running US TV sitcom called 'WKRP in Cincinatti'