---
title: 'Detroit Rock City (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Adam Rifkin'
released: '1999-08-13'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/detroit-rock-city-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165710/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Detroit Rock City (1999)

1999 · 95 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Detroit Rock City is a 1999 American teen comedy film directed by Adam Rifkin and written by Carl V. Dupré. It tells of four teenage boys in a Kiss tribute band who try to see their idols in a concert in Detroit in 1978. It took its title from the Kiss song of the same name. The film stars Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Sam Huntington, the members of Kiss, Natasha Lyonne, and Lin Shaye.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Adam Rifkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-rifkin)
- **Screenplay:** [Carl V. Dupré](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-v-dupre)
- **Original Music Composer:** [J. Peter Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-peter-robinson)
- **Producer:** [Gene Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-simmons)
- **Director of Photography:** [John R. Leonetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-r-leonetti)
- **Editor:** [Mark Goldblatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-goldblatt)

## Cast

- [Paul Stanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-stanley-2) as Paul Stanley
- [Julian Richings](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-richings) as Ticket Taker
- [James DeBello](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-debello) as Trip Verudie
- [Robert Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-smith) as Simple Simon
- [Michael Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-barry-2) as Nerd
- [Pamela Bowen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-bowen) as an anti-Kiss conservative
- [Kristin Booth](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristin-booth) as Cashier
- [Giuseppe Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-andrews) as Lex
- [Kiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiss) as Kiss
- [Natasha Lyonne](https://cinepixo.com/people/natasha-lyonne) as Christine
- [Cody Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/cody-jones) as Little Kid
- [Edward Furlong](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-furlong) as Hawk
- [Joe Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-flaherty) as Father Phillip McNulty
- [Jimmy Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-carter) as Jimmy Carter
- [David Quane](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-quane) as Bobby

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