Harry Chapin's "What Made America Famous?" got an unsuccessful musical, but never a film. In a modern update, the song's "hippies" are instead gutter punks squatting an abandoned building, and the fat plumber is the one non-MAGA in the town's volunteer fire department.
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Peter Jones - Kilkelly (Ireland), it also has an interesting backstory
It's very sad, but indicative of the time.
Bob Dylan - Hurricane (which actually became a movie starring Denzel Washington in 1999).
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Dream Theater - Metropolis.
Alternatively, Metropolis pt II - Scenes from a Memory, if you find an ambitious producer.
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Tom Petty, running down a dream.
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