AC/DC Movies

For over thirty years, AC/DC have been rocking audiences around the world with their tough, swaggering no-frills brand of blues-based hard rock. The secret of AC/DC's success has been the consistent strength of their live show, and AC/DC: Plug Me In is a two-DVD set that features highlights from twenty television broadcasts and concerts captured on film or video, ranging from a 1975 performance on an Australian awards show (the group's first television appearance) to three songs from a raucous concert before over 400,000 Toronto fans in 2003. The set also includes rare footage of AC/DC playing a concert at an Aussie high school in 1976, and a bonus clip of guitarists Angus Young and Malcolm Young sitting in with the Rolling Stones in 2003. Songs include "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "Highway To Hell", "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation", "The Jack" and many, many more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

This disc documents a 2000 concert from Rock and Roll Hall of Famers AC/DC. The band thunders through close to two-dozen classics including "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Back in Black", "Let There Be Rock", "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)", and "Stiff Upper Lip". ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Based on a best-selling autobiography, this comedy drama is the surprisingly sweet-natured life story of a controversial radio personality. Howard Stern, who stars as himself, is a nerdy New York kid who dreams of a disc jockey career despite being a self-loathing klutz who lacks a traditional broadcaster's voice. A strikeout artist in college, Stern's romantic travails end when he meets and marries Alison (Mary McCormack), a beautiful social worker. Stern's early career at several radio stations is undistinguished. Bored, he makes his life the centerpiece of his show, including his obsessions with sex and bathroom humor, and he finds willing cohorts in news reporter Robin Quivers and producer Fred Norris. After an abortive tenure at a Washington D.C. station that loathes his high-rated antics, he lands at NBC in New York. Again, Stern clashes regularly with executives, especially Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton (Paul Giamatti), who runs roughshod over Stern's team. At home, Stern's tendency to discuss the intimate details of his marriage takes a toll, reaching a meltdown when he jokes about Alison's recent miscarriage on-air. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

In September 1991, only a few days after an attempted military coup failed to restore Communism to the newly democratic Russia and its affiliated nations, 500,000 rock music fans converged in Moscow to enjoy the first open-air rock festival to be held in the former Soviet Union. For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow features performances from AC/DC, Metallica, the Black Crowes, and Pantera; along with the music, the video also offers a look at the efforts by the Russian army to postpone the concert, as well as the violent behavior of some of the soldiers assigned to act as security. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

A musical video which shows the British group AC/DC up close and personal through rare, private footage from concerts all over the world. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide

Writer-director Stephen King falls short in his debut at the helm with Maximum Overdrive, an absurd tale about a radiation storm that somehow animates machines across the world, causing them to turn on their makers. The film focuses on a group of survivors held captive at the Dixie Boy Diner by a group of bad-tempered semis. Led by Emilio Estevez, the diner-goers do their impression of Ten Little Indians, waiting their turn until each gets bumped off one by one. There are holes in the plot big enough for the semis to drive through; for example, why don't the trucks run over the diner at the start of the film rather than wait for ninety minutes? Maximum Overdrive's only distinction is that it is, without question, one of the worst films released in the '80s. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide

This is the third children's feature to appear in 1981 from director Dieter Koester with the assistance of his wife, Hannelore Conradsen-Koester, and unlike the other two features, this story was made for television. A group of youngsters in their pre-teen years are thrown together simply by the fact that they live in the same neighborhood in West Berlin, unique in that it is surrounded by the Berlin Wall on three sides. All the kids in the group are from working-class families struggling to keep their heads above water -- and so the art of survival is definitely passed on from parent to child. In spite of the economic hardships they share, one has been able to get a Super-8 film camera and starts to shoot interesting neighborhood scenes, from the local subway station to graffiti on the Wall. This and other activities often get them into trouble, though most of the trouble consists of being chased and not getting caught by people like customs guards, conductors on the subway, and similar authority figures. Their antics stand in high relief against the Wall erected by their elders, a divider that is taken as a part of the landscape like everything else. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Though there is no actual concert or performance footage of AC/DC themselves, this unauthorized biography offers insight into the foundation of the band and the band's personal lives. Among the footage includes interviews with the individual band members, a brief career retrospective, and never before seen moments of behind-the-scenes antics before and after concerts. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide