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Shake, Rattle and Rock! | 
 enlarge | Director: Allan Arkush
Actors: Renée Zellweger, Howie Mandel, Patricia Childress, Max Perlich, Latanyia Baldwin
Studio: Dimension
Category: DVD
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 87658
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 83 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 786936159943
ISBN: 0788830104
UPC: 786936159943
EAN: 9780788830105
ASIN: B00005K3OV
Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 1994
Release Date: August 7, 2001
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: This is a new DVD from a distributor.
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Product Description
Teens start a rock band and open a night club in a conservative, resistant town.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 6-MAY-2003
Media Type: DVD
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Renée Zellweger stars in this approximate remake of a 1956 rock & roll comedy that featured Fats Domino and Joe Turner in concert, and starred Mike Connors, Sterling Holloway, and Margaret Dumont in a story about killjoy adults trying to ban a teen-dance television show. Zellweger's 1994 update, made as part of Showtime Cable's Rebel Highway series, is similarly set during rock's late-'50s primordial beginnings and costars Nora Dunn, Mary Woronov, and P.J. Soles as uptight citizens putting the squeeze on a dance show hosted by a chipper hipster (Howie Mandel). Director Allan Arkush (Rock 'n' Roll High School) brings his arch touch to this silly but endearing tale (with a big boost from former Warhol mainstay Woronov), while America's sweetheart, Zellweger, literally throws herself into the high-octane part of a wannabe singer-songwriter relentlessly wooed by a bad-boy biker (nice work by musician John Doe). The original tunes could be better, but a subplot involving the uphill aspirations of an African American girl group (led by Latanyia Baldwin) in a racist entertainment industry allows for some vibrant doo-wop performances. --Tom Keogh
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 Renee Zellwegger probably wants to forget this... September 21, 2004
TrezKu13 (Norfolk, VA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
From Renee Zellwegger's God-awful dubbing to the acting by the rest of the cast to the fact they put her teenage character up against some old ugly guy...you will hate this movie each second you co-exist with it.
I remember I saw this before I watched "A Knight's Tale" some years ago. My dad and younger sister still joke to this day about how ironic that a movie set in the Middle Ages had a better rock soundtrack than a movie actually about rock.
Definitely worth a look July 24, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Although not many people have seen this it's definitely worth a look. Renee Zellweger is very convincing as a piano playin rocker n the music is great, featuring stuff from Little Richard and Eddie Cochran. The next time you pass Blockbusters it's worth going in and lookin for this, you wont be disappointed.
 Shake baby Shake! August 22, 2002
Serrah (Ya)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This movie really is good! There should of been a sequal to this. The characters were really good. The story is based sort of off the movies Hairspray and Grease. The rock tv show, the african americans, and the rock n roll are the heart of this movie! Your minutes wont be wasted. Short movie though.
Fun little movie August 22, 2002
Jon E Johnson (Boston, Massachusetts)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Once in a while someone manages to get a handle on the spirit of the early rock 'n' roll movies of the '50s. And, to his credit, director Allan Arkush has done it twice; first with "Rock 'n' Roll High School" - quite probably the greatest rock 'n' roll movie ever made - and again fifteen years later with "Shake, Rattle, and Rock." Is it great art? Naw, but it's fun. Be sure to watch for original "Rock 'n' Roll High School" stars Mary Woronov, P.J. Soles, and Dey Young playing their "RnRHS" characters' mothers.
Renee Zellwegger Is Awesome September 23, 2001
Josh (Sc, Usa)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I came across this little movie, and I'm glad I did. Shake, Rattle and Rock! reminds me of a toned-down Grease with it's doo-wop songs and group of characters. A small town is taken back by rock-n-roll music. The teens love it, along with a radio tv show host (Howie Mandell), but the parents despise it. Especially Susan Doyle's (Renee) mother and her group of friends. The characters in this movie are great and ultimately fit into the time era. There's your group of kids who have a band (Renee Zellwegger, Patricia Childress, and Max Perlich), the radio tv host dj (Howie Mandell), the bad boy (John Doe), and a group of young black girls (Latanyia Baldwin, Necia Bray, Josina Elder, & Wendi Williams) trying to make it big in a racial music business. The acting was very good. Especially that given by lead actress Renee Zellwegger. She is so awesome. Shake, Rattle and Rock! is a great movie, and your 90 minutes will not be wasted.
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