I Want My MTV (2019)

★ 7.5 1h 26m IMDb
Documentary Music
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The film is about the formation of a music channel that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the life of a whole generation of Americans changed forever - on this day MTV began its broadcasting day, making VJ a new teen hero and creating a canon of music video as a vivid artistic statement.

I Want My MTV

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Pauly Shore
Pauly Shore as Self (archive footage) Age 58 · Hollywood, California, USA Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American comedian and actor who starred in several comedy films in the 1990s and hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990...
Sting
Sting as Self Age 74 · Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, activist, and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave b...
Benji Madden
Benji Madden as Self Age 47 · Waldorf, Maryland, USA From Wikipedia: Benjamin Levi Madden is an American musician. He is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Good Charlotte, for which he has received various awards, as well as po...
Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith as Self Died 2021 · Houston, Texas, USA Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and c...
Norman Lear
Norman Lear as Self Died 2023 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was a legendary American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Goo...
Billy Idol
Billy Idol as Self Age 70 · Middlesex, England, UK William Michael Albert Broad (born November 30, 1955), better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Gener...
Director Tyler Measom
Cast Pauly Shore, Sting, Benji Madden, Michael Nesmith, Norman Lear, Billy Idol, Dee Snider, Michael Ian Black, Pat Benatar, Candy Kugel

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