The High Concept:

The High Concept is one of the most over used terms in Hollywood today. Everyone has “THE” high concept for a movie. If that’s true, why are there so many mediocre movies being made today in Hollywood. I was recently having a discussion with some friends about how long it has been since we were able to open up the movie section of the newspaper and have a real dilemma about which movie to go and see. Instead, we open the movie section and cannot find a movie that even peaks our interest enough to want get up off the couch. And today, with 300 cable channels at our fingertips, along with videogames and the internet, it makes it even harder to find a reason to leave the house and go down to the local theater.
However there is something about sitting in the movie theater with your fresh box of popcorn and waiting for the lights to go down, that cannot be recreated on the couch. Recreating that feeling of the anticipation of seeing something great is what I want to achieve with American Star.

I want American Star to be a movie that will bring back those feelings of what it was like to be alive in the 1970’s. I believe there is a huge audience of 40 to 60 year old boomers that will identify with not only this movie, but also the amazing soundtrack of 70’s rock. This is a “High Concept” that has not been created since a movie like The Big Chill. The music soundtrack is huge part of this movie.

Beyond an amazing original score, below is the soundtrack list for American Star.
Celebration Day Led Zeppelin
You Can’t Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones
Black Maria Todd Rundgren
Can’t Get It Out Of My Head Electric light Orchestra
College The James Gang

Time Of The Season The Zombies
Long Cool Woman The Hollies
Like A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin
American Girl Tom Petty
Hope I’m Around Todd Rundgren