Detroit Rock City (film)

Detroit Rock City
Theatrical release poster by Phil Roberts
Directed byAdam Rifkin
Written byCarl V. Dupré
Produced byBarry Levine
Gene Simmons
Starring
CinematographyJohn R. Leonetti
Edited byMark Goldblatt
Peter Schink
Music byJ. Peter Robinson
Production
companies
Base-12 Productions
Takoma Entertainment Group
KISS Nation
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • August 13, 1999 (1999-08-13)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$17 million[2]
Box office$5.8 million[2]

Detroit Rock City is a 1999 American teen comedy film directed by Adam Rifkin and written by Carl V. Dupré. It tells of four teenage boys in a Kiss tribute band who try to see their idols in a concert in Detroit in 1978. It took its title from the Kiss song of the same name. The film stars Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Sam Huntington, the members of Kiss (Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss), Natasha Lyonne and Lin Shaye.

The film was primarily shot in Canada, such as at Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute in Toronto and Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, but also at Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed approximately $6 million against a $17 million budget.[2]

  1. ^ "DETROIT ROCK CITY (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 13, 1999. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
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