Rock & Roll spread the sound of freedom across the Iron Curtain and throughout Eastern Europe and the USSR, despite Communist attempts to outlaw it and to crush what they perceived was a contamination of their youth. Over the next thirty years, thousands of underground bands and millions of young fans who yearned for Western values helped fuel the nonvio- lent implosion of the Soviet regime. FREE TO ROCK features Presidents, diplomats, spies and rock stars from the West, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who reveal how Rock & Roll music was a contributing factor in ending the Cold
Credits
Free to Rock Cast
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Character |
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Kiefer Sutherland
He was 50, now 57 years old
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as Narrator |
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George Harrison
He was 74, 58 years old when he died
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John Lennon
He was 76, 40 years old when he died
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Elvis Presley
He was 82, 42 years old when he died
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as Self (archive footage) |
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Ringo Starr
He was 76, now 83 years old
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Paul McCartney
He was 74, now 81 years old
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Billy Joel
He was 67, now 74 years old
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as Himself |
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Mikhail Gorbachev
He was 86, 91 years old when he died
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as Himself |
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Mike Love
He was 76, now 83 years old
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as Himself |
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Jimmy Carter
He was 92, now 99 years old
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as Himself |
Free to Rock Crew
