High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2019-02-19
Runtime: 55 mins
Director: Olivier Monssens
Writer: Olivier Monssens
Spoken language: English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano
Genres: Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie
Original title: High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines
Production Companies: ARTE GEIE, Flair Productions, Kaos Films, RTBF, Universal Music France
Production Countries: Belgium, France, Germany
Cast
Olivier Monssens
Dwayne Holt
Fancy
Evelyn Thomas
Bobby Viteritti
Denyse LePage
Pete Waterman
Dan Lacksman
Carmelo La Bionda
Michelangelo La Bionda
Ivana Spagna
Michael Cretu
Donna Summer
Ian Levine
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