I Want My MTV

Patrick Waldrop
2019-05-01


7.5
86 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Pauly Shore Self (archive footage) Unowned
Sting Self Unowned
Benji Madden Self Unowned
Michael Nesmith Self Unowned
Norman Lear Self Unowned
Billy Idol Self Unowned
Dee Snider Self Unowned
Michael Ian Black Self Unowned
Pat Benatar Self Unowned
Candy Kugel Self Unowned