Film
High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines
2019 · 55m · Documentary · History · Music
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- 7.0
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Overview
By the end of the seventies, disco music, considered too mainstream, was dead. But DJs and dance floors still needed new records and faster rhythms. Built on synthesizer sounds, the hi-nrg (high energy) style swept the gay clubs before hitting the charts during the eighties.
Cast
Olivier Monssens
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dwayne Holt
Self - DJ
Fancy
Self - Musician
Evelyn Thomas
Self - Singer
Bobby Viteritti
Self - DJ
Denyse LePage
Self - Singer
Pete Waterman
Self - DJ
Dan Lacksman
Self - Sound Engineer
Carmelo La Bionda
Self - Musician
Michelangelo La Bionda
Self - Musician
Ivana Spagna
Self - Musician
Michael Cretu
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Donna Summer
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Ian Levine
Self - DJ
Patrick Cowley
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Olivier MonssensDirector · Writer
- Heike LettauProducer
- Michèle LeginProducer
- Guillaume RoyProducer
- Patrick LauberProducer
- Isabelle ChristiaensProducer
- Michaël GrassiProducer
- Naëlle SamriProducer
- Véronique MénardExecutive Producer
- Benjamin SchoosOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 19, 2019
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie
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