--- title: 'The Idolmaker (1980)' type: 'film' director: 'Taylor Hackford' released: '1980-01-01' runtime_minutes: 117 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Music' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-idolmaker-1980' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080913/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Idolmaker (1980) 1980 · 117 min · Drama, History, Music · United States ## Synopsis The Idolmaker is a 1980 American musical drama directed by Taylor Hackford in his feature directorial debut, written by Edward di Lorenzo, and starring Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land, Tovah Feldshuh and Joe Pantoliano. Loosely based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, whose discoveries included Frankie Avalon and Fabian and who served as a technical advisor for the production, the film marked the screen debuts of both Gallagher and Land. ## Credits - **Director:** [Taylor Hackford](https://cinepixo.com/people/taylor-hackford) - **Screenplay:** [Edward di Lorenzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-di-lorenzo) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jeff Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-barry) - **Producer:** [Gene Kirkwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-kirkwood) - **Director of Photography:** [Adam Holender](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-holender) - **Editor:** [Neil Travis](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-travis) ## Cast - [Maureen McCormick](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-mccormick) - [Ray Sharkey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-sharkey) - [Paul Land](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-land) - [Joe Pantoliano](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pantoliano) - [Peter Gallagher](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-gallagher) - [Olympia Dukakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/olympia-dukakis) - [Renata Vanni](https://cinepixo.com/people/renata-vanni) - [Tovah Feldshuh](https://cinepixo.com/people/tovah-feldshuh) - [Richard Bright](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bright) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.mgm.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-idolmaker-1980 Film facts: Wikidata (Q979417); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.