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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396140103
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledPortugueseSubtitledJapaneseSubtitled
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: D14010D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Running Time: 162 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 21, 1956
Editorial Review:
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 23-JAN-2007
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
Rock 'n roll movies have rarely been more true to the spirit of the music than these two from the mid-'50s. That's not to say that Don't Knock the Rock and Rock Around the Clock, both of which were directed (in black & white) by Fred Sears and released in 1956, are anyone's idea of classic cinema. On the contrary, this is assembly-line stuff: the stories are flimsy and predictable; the dialogue is often risible, and much of the acting is on a high school drama club level. But these movies are all about the music (featuring multiple performances by Bill Haley and the Comets, Little Richard, the Treniers, the Platters, and others), with a lesser but still heavy emphasis on dancing, and on those levels they are an unexpected but unqualified delight. In Rock Around the Clock, agent Steve Hollis (Johnny Johnston) and his bass playing pal Corny (Henry Slate) quit their big band gigs and hit the road, where they happen upon Haley and his band in a Podunk farming town. Although they don't quite know what to make of the Comets' music ("It isn't boogie, it isn't jive, it isn't swing… it's kinda all of 'em!"), they know a hot prospect when they find one and promise to secure them a legitimate shot at the big time (with the help of Alan Freed, the pioneering Ohio disc jockey, who plays himself, albeit in a different capacity). Complications ensue, including romantic ones, but, well, who really cares? Haley and his band are on fire; they're lip-syncing, but the recordings of "See You Later Alligator," the title tune (which had made its debut a year earlier in Blackboard Jungle), and others are filled with snap and crackle, the musicians are great (especially jazz-influenced guitarist Franny Beecher), the stage show is a riot, and the dancing siblings played by Lisa Gaye and Earl Barton are simply amazing.
It's more of the same in Don't Knock the Rock, in which reluctant star Arnie Haines (Alan Dale, a crooner who's not entirely convincing as a rocker), weary of life on the road, packs it in and heads home to sleepy Mellondale, wherever that is. The kids love him, but the adults, led by the odious old mayor, ban his "outrageous, depraved" music; Arnie then sets out to show them that "rock 'n' roll is a safe and sane dance for all young people." Once again, the plot is about as subtle as a Slayer concert, but Haley, Little Richard, and especially the hip and hilarious vocal trio the Treniers more than make up for that, as do several dynamic, beautifully choreographed dance numbers. The two-disc set includes no bonus features. --Sam Graham
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Rating:  -
I have not seen rock around the clock for years the last time i saw it must have been late sixties any way i was playing some of my rock n roll records and rock around the clock came on and i thought i must get the movie i found it on AMAZON it was fantastic to go back to the (future) and relive the great music that rock n roll is and don't knock the rock both are great movies so put on your dancing shoes slick back the hair and go back to the future for a couple of hours and enjoy both these movies ... Read More
Rating:  -
Saw this in the 1950s. ( I am getting on ! ). It now seems very corny, but I had to have it !
Rating:  -
Two stars because it is historic having early rock and rollers on camera. Also is a double feature. It is a sad story line. The movies were made just to make a quick buck, which it did. Even though you get two movies, the price is still too high. This should sell for about 6 or 7 bucks max. Too much money for what you get. If the money doesn't matter, and your a fan of the comets, then go ahead and get.
Rating: -
The story line in both films is puerile rubbish but the nostalgic and historic value is priceless. The visual quality of the reproductions is excellent. Were they lovingly restored or merely almost perfect master copies? I had a copy of Rock Around the Clock videotaped from TV back in the 1970s and have been searching for a commercial copy ever since. I am amazed it took until 2007 for Sony/Columbia to release these icons of their era but the wait has been rewarded in full. Rock is by far the better ... Read More
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Technically speaking, these two DVD's were excellent. The video was crystal clear, and the audio was hi-fidelity mono.
Back in the good old days when these movies were first released and I saw them for the first time, it didn't really dawn on me that they were
dealing with some serious issues, especially the "generation gap" and the
issue of good and evil music. It was the rock and roll music acts that
I mostly liked about the movies. Being a Bill Haley fan was the main reason ... Read More
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