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The movie Joan Jett doesn’t want you to see.
Alan Sacks co-created “Welcome Back, Kotter,” giving John Travolta his big break. He produced films for the Disney Channel and the Jonas Brothers. Most recently, he was the manager of the kid heavy metal band, “Unlocking the Truth.” But for me, he’s best known for the Ray Sharkey LA Punk Rock art house flick, duBeat-e-o.
Sacks has left the hit show and is hanging out in the LA Punk scene. He finds himself hired to turn a bunch of footage of Joan Jett and the Runaways into a real movie. A year later, we get an experimental masterpiece.
On the podcast, Alan Sacks goes into great detail about his experience in the punk scene and what brought him there.
We started talking about other careers that Alan Sacks launched, like John Travolta. It’s nice to hear that he was superstar from day one. Then I mined him for whatever “Welcome Back, Kotter” stories I could get from him.
My big question was – How does a guy go from running the biggest show on TV to hanging out in punk clubs? Alan Sacks had an interesting journey. He’s still on it.
The story of making duBeat-e-o is one of privilege, mental breakdowns, punk rock and making art with what you have.
A programming note – We had to use the phone. So the sound quality is not best on either end. A great interview though.
All of Alan Sack’s opinions are Alan Sack’s.
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So the movie this week we’re talking about is due Dubeat-e-o.
So this movie the Dubeat-e-o would speak to the director of the movie does a great interview with them. You’d be surprised who made it and his journey and who he is and this is a fascinating story.