FM (1978)
Movie Info
Cast
as Jeff Dugan
as Mother
as Eric Swan
as Doc Holiday
as Prince
as Laura Coe
as Carl Billings
as Bobby Douglas
as Lt. Reach
as Albert Driscoll
as Regis Lamar
as Alice
as Cathy
as Shari Smith
as Michael J. Carlyle
as Maggie
as Jack Rapp
as Buxom Blonde
as Delores Deluxe
as Alice's Assistant
as Police Captain
as Cop #1
as Messenger
as Johnny Fury
as Izzy Segal
as Newsboy
as TV Interviewer
as Office Girl
as Guard Frank
as Stage Manager
as Girl Disc Jockey
as Herself
as Himself
as Himself
as Cop #2
Critic Reviews for FM
All Critics (9) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (7)
Dugan, who's heavily into the music biz, is against commercials on commercial radio (but since QSKY pumps out an endless stream of Ronstadt, the Eagles and Queen, wouldn't a few mindless jingles go unnoticed?)
A preposterously self-serving variation on 1960's themes.
It gets the standard rock-movie formula backwards by trying to base a revolution around some of the safest, least revolutionary music in the history of rock.
Embarrassing youth cult film, founded on the shaky premise that the staff of a "progressive" LA rock station have to fight their management for the right to play Olivia Newton-John.
Mull, as a spaced-out DJ, steals the show, emanating energy with which neither the other actors nor the music can compete.
FM, for all its ingratiating players, is an unredeemable mess that can't even make it to simplistic.
Audience Reviews for FM
70's time capsule is chock full of fantastic music, the soundtrack is justly famous, and excellent actors. The basic story line is David vs. Goliath but is entertainingly played and provides a look at what FM radio use to be. Good concert footage of Jimmy Buffet and Linda Ronstadt give a sense of what live concerts were at the time. Of the performers while all are good a few stand out. Martin Mull is a hoot as the egotistical and somewhat child like disc jockey Eric Swan and the great Eileen Brennan makes a lot out of her small part as the world weary DJ Mother. No one did world weary as well as Eileen Brennan. Not a great picture but for any music lover unmissable.
Super Reviewer
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