---
title: 'American Pop (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ralph Bakshi'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/american-pop-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082009/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# American Pop (1980)

1980 · R · 96 min · Drama, Music · United States


## Synopsis

American Pop is a 1981 American adult animated epic jukebox musical drama film starring Ron Thompson and produced and directed by Ralph Bakshi. It was the fourth animated feature film to be presented in Dolby sound. The film tells the story of four generations of the Belinskys, an immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ralph Bakshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-bakshi)
- **Producer:** [Ralph Bakshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-bakshi), [Martin Ransohoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-ransohoff)
- **Screenplay:** [Ronni Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronni-kern)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lee Holdridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-holdridge)
- **Editor:** [David Ramirez](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ramirez)

## Cast

- [Ralph Bakshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-bakshi)
- [Frank de Kova](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-de-kova)
- [Richard Moll](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-moll)
- [Lisa Jane Persky](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-jane-persky)
- [Ron Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-thompson)
- [Vincent Schiavelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-schiavelli)
- [Mews Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/mews-small)

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