Hype! (1996): Cast
Hype! is a 1996 music documentary directed by Doug Pray, starring Michael Anderson, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. It runs 1 hour 24 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 24m (84 min)
- Director
- Doug Pray
- Genres
- Music , Documentary
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Helvey-Pray Production
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Hype! About?
The premise of Hype! without spoilers.
The film chronicles Seattle’s music scene as it fused punk rock, heavy metal and a spirit of innovation. Starting with grassroots, self‑promoted and self‑recorded artists, it follows the breakthrough of bands such as Nirvana that drew major record labels to the Pacific Northwest, sparking a cultural phenomenon that reshaped rock.
Hype! Themes & Keywords
· 38 tags- reference to soundgarden
- reference to alice in chains
- reference to nirvana the band
- music documentary
- grunge
- punk rock
- band
- fashion
- reference to kurt cobain
- reference to eddie vedder
- reference to pearl jam
- writer
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- music producer
- fake slang
- new york times the newspaper
- recording
- sub pop record label
- heavy metal
- 1980s
- rock 'n' roll
- music history
- song
- singing
- singer
- one word title
- rock band
- generation x
- alternative music
- 1990s
- interview
- concert footage
- commercialism
- punk rock music
- pop culture
- musician
- seattle washington
- music industry
- independent film
Hype! Cast
Michael Anderson leads the cast, with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. Directed by Doug Pray; 41 actors are credited in all.
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Director Doug Pray
Also Starring in Hype!
· 37 more- Kurt Cobain
- Jeff Ament
- Matt Cameron
- Stone Gossard
- Buzz Osborne
- Kim Thayil
- Dale Crover
- Steve Turner
- Mark Arm
- Jack Endino
- Chris Cornell
- Ben Shepherd
- Calvin Johnson
- Dan Peters
- Scott McCaughey
- Matt Lukin
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- Jonathan Poneman
- Thomas A. Doyle
- Bruce Pavitt
- Ken Stringfellow
- James Atkins
- Bruce Fairweather
- Jim Sangster
- Selene H. Vigil
- Valerie M. Agnew
- Elizabeth F. Davis
- Roisin Dunne
- Kurt Danielson
- Carrie Akre
- Leighton Beezer
- Martin Bernier
- Jon Auer
- Matt Dresdner
- Tad Hutchison
- Eddie Spaghetti
- Kim Warnick
- Mia Zapata
More from Doug Pray
More films directed by Doug Pray, best-rated first: Levitated Mass, Surfwise, Scratch and Art & Copy.
Seen Hype!?
Movies Like Hype!
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Pearl Jam Twenty 2011 -
Hit So Hard 2012 -
American Hardcore 2006 -
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck 2015 -
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement 2019 -
Salad Days 2015 -
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets 2014 -
Release 1998 -
Sound for the Future 2020 -
Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory 1998 -
Punk and Its Aftershocks 1980 -
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! 2006
Hype! FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Hype!, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Hype!?
Hype! runs 1 hour 24 minutes (84 minutes).
When was Hype! released?
Hype! was released on November 8, 1996.
Who directed Hype!?
Hype! was directed by Doug Pray.
More films by Doug Pray Who is in the cast of Hype!?
Hype! stars Michael Anderson, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, among 41 credited actors.
Does Hype! have a post-credit scene?
No. Hype! has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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