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8 November 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | History | Music more
Tagline:
surviving the northwest rock explosion
Plot:
Documentary covering the growth and subsequent overexposure of the Seattle "grunge" music scene in the early 90s full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 2 nominations more
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great movie for anyone interested in music. more (9 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| 7 Year Bitch | ... | Themselves | |
| Valerie M. Agnew | ... | Herself - 7 Year Bitch (as Valerie Agnew) | |
| Carrie Akre | ... | Herself - Hammerbox | |
| Jeff Ament | ... | Himself - Pearl Jam | |
| Dawn Anderson | ... | Herself - Local Music Critic | |
| Michael Anderson | ... | Himself - Blood Circus | |
| Paul Arkin | ... | Band Practice Space Tour | |
| Mark Arm | ... | Himself - Mudhoney | |
| James Atkins | ... | Himself - Hammerbox | |
| John Atkins | ... | Himself - Seaweed | |
| Jon Auer | ... | Himself - The Posies | |
| Love Battery | ... | Themselves | |
| Leighton Beezer | ... | Himself - Stomach Pump / The Thrown Ups | |
| Martin Bernier | ... | Himself - Some Velvet Sidewalk | |
| Nils Bernstein | ... | Himself - Sub Pop Records | |
| Don Blackstone | ... | Himself - Gas Huffer | |
| Don Blair | ... | Himself - Some Velvet Sidewalk | |
| Kurt Bloch | ... | Himself - The Fastbacks / The Young Fresh Fellows | |
| Blood Circus | ... | Themselves | |
| Dan Bolton | ... | Himself - The Supersuckers | |
| James Bosch | ... | Himself - Hammerbox | |
| Coffin Break | ... | Themselves | |
| David Brooks | ... | Himself - Coffin Break | |
| Brien Bublitz | ... | Kid with Noseplugs | |
| Bob Bulgrien | ... | Himself - Seaweed | |
| Matt Cameron | ... | Himself - Soundgarden | |
| Bill Campbell | ... | Himself - Flop | |
| Ryan Campbell | ... | Himself - Hovercraft (as Campbell 2000) | |
| Art Chantry | ... | Himself - Graphic Designer | |
| Robbe Clarke | ... | Himself - Zipgun | |
| Kurt Cobain | ... | Himself - Nirvana (archive footage) | |
| Fred Cole | ... | Himself - Dead Moon | |
| Toody Cole | ... | Herself - Dead Moon | |
| Van Conner | ... | Himself - Screaming Trees | |
| Chris Cornell | ... | Himself - Soundgarden | |
| Crackerbash | ... | Themselves | |
| Dave Crider | ... | Himself - The Monomen / Estrus Records | |
| Sean Croghan | ... | Himself - Crackerbash | |
| Dale Crover | ... | Himself - The Melvins | |
| Dan Cunneen | ... | Himself - Zipgun | |
| Kurt Danielson | ... | Himself - Tad | |
| Elizabeth F. Davis | ... | Herself - 7 Year Bitch (as Elizabeth Davis) | |
| Doug Day | ... | Himself - Blood Circus | |
| Dead Moon | ... | Themselves | |
| Thomas A. Doyle | ... | Himself - Tad (as Tad Doyle) | |
| Matt Dresdner | ... | Himself - The Gits | |
| Roisin Dunne | ... | Herself - 7 Year Bitch | |
| Chris Eckman | ... | Himself - The Walkabouts | |
| Jack Endino | ... | Himself - Record Producer | |
| Heidi Englebert | ... | Herself - Bon Marché Decorator | |
| Bruce Fairweather | ... | Himself - Love Battery | |
| The Fastbacks | ... | Themselves | |
| Jason Finn | ... | Himself - Love Battery | |
| Steve Fisk | ... | Himself - Record Producer | |
| Flop | ... | Themselves | |
| Dave Fox | ... | Himself - The Posies | |
| Scott Fox | ... | Himself - Crackerbash | |
| Lulu Gargiulo | ... | Herself - The Fastbacks | |
| Gas Huffer | ... | Themselves | |
| Jeff Gilbert | ... | Band Practice Space Tour | |
| Girl Trouble | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
| The Gits | ... | Themselves | |
| Stone Gossard | ... | Himself - Pearl Jam | |
| David Grohl | ... | Himself - Nirvana (archive footage) | |
| Hammerbox | ... | Themselves | |
| Frank Harlan | ... | Himself - Producer | |
| Ron Heathman | ... | Himself - The Supersuckers | |
| Daniel House | ... | Himself - President, C / Z Records | |
| Tad Hutchison | ... | Himself - The Young Fresh Fellows | |
| Jack Irons | ... | Himself - Pearl Jam | |
| Megan Jasper | ... | Herself - Sub Pop Records | |
| Calvin Johnson | ... | Himself - Co-Founder, K Records | |
| Nate Johnson | ... | Himself - Flop | |
| Kelly Kime | ... | Herself - Painted Body | |
| Alan Larsen | ... | Himself - Some Velvet Sidewalk | |
| Beth Liebling | ... | Herself - Hovercraft (as Sadie 7) | |
| Peter Litwin | ... | Himself - Coffin Break | |
| Andrew Loomis | ... | Himself - Dead Moon | |
| Jeff Lorien | ... | Himself - Coffin Break | |
| Matt Lukin | ... | Himself - Mudhoney | |
| Barrett Martin | ... | Himself - Screaming Trees | |
| Scott McCaughey | ... | Himself - The Young Fresh Fellows (as Scott MacCaughey) | |
| Mike McCready | ... | Himself - Pearl Jam | |
| The Melvins | ... | Themselves | |
| Theodore Miller | ... | Himself - Crackerbash | |
| The Mono Men | ... | Themselves (as The Monomen) | |
| Steve Moriarty | ... | Himself - The Gits | |
| Ledge Morisette | ... | Himself - The Mono Men | |
| John Mortensen | ... | Himself - The Mono Men | |
| Mudhoney | ... | Themselves | |
| Mike Musburger | ... | Himself - The Fastbacks / The Posies | |
| Wade Neal | ... | Himself - Seaweed | |
| Joe Newton | ... | Himself - Gas Huffer | |
| Ron Nine | ... | Himself - Love Battery | |
| Nirvana | ... | Themselves | |
| Shigeki Nishimura | ... | Japanese Fan (as Nissie) | |
| Krist Novoselic | ... | Himself - Nirvana (also archive footage) | |
| Buzz Osborne | ... | Himself - The Melvins | |
| Bruce Pavitt | ... | Himself - Sub Pop Records | |
| Pearl Jam | ... | Themselves | |
| Dan Peters | ... | Himself - Mudhoney | |
| Charles Peterson | ... | Himself - Photographer | |
| Jonathan Poneman | ... | Himself - Sub Pop Records | |
| The Posies | ... | Themselves | |
| Tom Price | ... | Himself - Gas Huffer | |
| Geoff Robinson | ... | Himself - Blood Circus | |
| Aaron Roeder | ... | Himself - The Mono Men | |
| Neil Rogers | ... | Himself - Zipgun | |
| Rottweiller | ... | Band Practice Space Tour | |
| Martin Rushent | ... | Himself - Visiting Record Producer | |
| Jim Sangster | ... | Himself - The Young Fresh Fellows | |
| Paul Schurr | ... | Himself - Flop | |
| Seaweed | ... | Themselves | |
| Ben Shepherd | ... | Himself - Soundgarden | |
| Dan Siegal | ... | Himself - The Supersuckers | |
| Susan Silver | ... | Herself - Manager | |
| Tracey Simmons | ... | Himself - Blood Circus | |
| Rob Skinner | ... | Himself - Coffin Break | |
| Some Velvet Sidewalk | ... | Themselves | |
| Soundgarden | ... | Themselves | |
| Eddie Spaghetti | ... | Himself - The Supersuckers | |
| Joe Spleen | ... | Himself - The Gits | |
| Aaron Stauffer | ... | Himself - Seaweed | |
| Ken Stringfellow | ... | Himself - The Posies | |
| Supersuckers | ... | Themselves (as The Supersuckers) | |
| Susie Tennant | ... | Herself - DGC Records | |
| Kim Thayil | ... | Himself - Soundgarden | |
| Harris Thurmond | ... | Himself - Hammerbox | |
| Carla Torgerson | ... | Herself - The Walkabouts | |
| Dave Trissid | ... | Himself - The Melvins | |
| Steve Neil Turner | ... | Himself - Mudhoney (as Steve Turner) | |
| The U-Men | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
| Conrad Uno | ... | Himself - PopLlama Records | |
| Eddie Vedder | ... | Himself - Pearl Jam | |
| Selene H. Vigil | ... | Herself - 7 Year Bitch (as Selene Vigil) | |
| Mike Vraney | ... | Himself - Promoter | |
| Kim Warnick | ... | Herself - The Fastbacks | |
| Clint Werner | ... | Himself - Seaweed | |
| Kevin Whitworth | ... | Himself - Love Battery | |
| Rusty Willoughby | ... | Himself - Flop | |
| Mark Wooten | ... | Himself - Zipgun | |
| Blake Wright | ... | Himself - Owner, eMpTy Records | |
| Matt Wright | ... | Himself - Gas Huffer | |
| The Young Fresh Fellows | ... | Themselves | |
| Mia Zapata | ... | Herself - The Gits | |
| Zipgun | ... | Themselves |
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Matt Wright: Remember, friends, this is only a movie, you're free to leave the theater at any time. more
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For anyone who was a fan of the early '90s "grunge" music, Hype! is almost required viewing. Loaded with interviews, live footage, and early demos/recordings, it is an accurate chronology of the early scene.
However, what makes Hype! so good is that it is basically two stories in one. A simple narrative about the Seattle scene is used to illustrate how the American pop-culture machine will jump on the bandwagon. An independent musical scene with a range of different influences gains a little exposure and reputation. Soon the corporate media steps in, and it all becomes wrapped up in the nice little package of "grunge" and is marketed nationwide as a music/clothing/life-style choice. The people in the original scene either play the game and take advantage of it, or they are caught up and exploited, or they are simply left behind. In the end, what was once underground becomes assimilated into the mainstream and homogenized. The cycle is left to repeat itself somewhere else as soon as the next "musical revolution" is discovered.
Hype! could have just as easily been about a different city or musical genre, and the story would have been the same. These same themes have been brought up in numerous other films, but they work a little better in Hype! because it's not simply a satire, but shows it first-hand through real people.
Once again, I think Hype! is a well-made documentary. Even if you're not a fan of "grunge", I still recommend it for its treatment of pop-culture as a whole.