Record executives want a highly-regarded record producer to focus on a white pop act whom they feel has the sound America wants. To keep his creative integrity, Buckmaster carefully begins to fight the system that has made him the respected producer he has become.
Score
Earth, Wind & Fire's album is the real protagonist here.
Acting
Keitel seethes with quiet desperation as the sellout producer.
Writing
Surprisingly sharp industry critique from a music film vet.
Director
Sig Shore
Harvey Keitel
Coleman Buckmaster
Ed Nelson
Carlton James
Cynthia Bostick
Velour Page
Bert Parks
Franklyn Page
Jimmy Boyd
Gary Page
Michael Dante
Mike Lemongello
Maurice White
Early
Ron Gorton
Warren Barfield
Sig Shore
Norman Shulman (as Mike Richards)
Murray Moston
Coleman Buckmaster's Father
Charles McGregor
Mantan
Francesca De Sapio
Amanda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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