Mayor of the Sunset Strip | |
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Directed by | George Hickenlooper |
Written by | George Hickenlooper |
Produced by | Greg Little |
Starring | Rodney Bingenheimer |
Edited by | Julie Janata |
Music by | Anthony Marinelli |
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Distributed by | First Look Studios |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mayor of the Sunset Strip is a 2003 documentary film on the life of Rodney Bingenheimer directed by George Hickenlooper, and produced by Chris Carter.[1][2][3][4]
Meet L.A. DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, who helped launch the careers of Blondie, the Ramones, Van Halen, the Go-Go's and countless others.
I was against the idea of the film at first," notes Bingenheimer, speaking from his apartment in Hollywood, which in the film appears crammed full of music and archived memorabilia. "But then all my friends - Cher, Nancy Sinatra, David Bowie - said they would do it, so I agreed to it.