The read
Every source lands within 5 points of the others.
Synopsis
A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic65/100
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Guy FerlandDirector
- Joe EszterhasScreenplay
- Nicholas PikeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kevin BaconBilly Magic
- Brad RenfroKarchy 'Chucky' Jonas
- Maximilian SchellDr. Istvan Jonas
- Calista FlockhartDiney Majeski
- Tony DevonDanny Hogan
- Paul DooleyFather Norton
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersKevin Boyle
- Luke WilsonHenry
- Damen FletcherAmos
- Jerry SwindallAndy "Croak" Stas
- K.K. DoddsJustine
- James KisickiCecil Simms
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Themes
immigrantdisc jockeyradiomoneycitizenshipnostalgicspiked drinkpayolaradio djhall of fame1960slighthearted