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I Want My MTV [Played June 9 as part of AARP's Movies for Grownups and available June 11 on various VOD platforms.] Tyler Measom's and Patrick Waldrop's educational, nostalgic, fascinating, entertaining, 86-minute, 2019 documentary based on Craig Marks's and Rob Tannenbaum's 2011 novel I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution that examines the origins, success, and influence of the 24-hour music television cable channel that began in August 1981 and showcased rock'n roll music and consists of archival photographs, television clips, and insightful commentary by MTV cofounders John Lack and Robert E. Pittman, general manager Jarl Mohn, artists Jack Antonoff and Matt Nathanson, singers (such as Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Sting, Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart, Julie Brown, Michael Nesmith, Billy Idol, Timothy Nordwind, Nancy Wilson, Dee Snider, Mark Mothersbaugh, Magne Furuholmen, Fab 5 Freddy, Tyler Glenn, Bret Michaels, Darryl McDaniels, Jeff Ayeroff, Jerry Cantrell, Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, Tori Amos, Karen Cronin, and Doctor Dré), creative directors Judy McGarth and Candy Kugel, creative team member Mark J. Goodman, producers Norman Lear and Lenny Waronker, MTV VJs (such as Alan Hunter, J. J. Jackson, Nina Blackwood, and Martha Quinn), talent relations Gale Sparrow and Rick Krim, MTV executives Fred Seibert and John Sykes, chief engineer Andy Setos, author Rob Tannenbaum, editor Lyndsey Parker, programming director Les Garland, entertaining executive Thomas Freston, record producer Seymour Stein, photographer Tabitha Soren, musicians (such as Benji Madden, Joel Madden, and Damian Kulash), film director Mark Pellington, executive producer Susanne Daniels, co-creator Jonathan Murray, announcer Adam Curray, production manager Doug Herzog, filmmaker Frank Paul Bacon, commentator Todd Boyd, and comedians Michael Ian Black and Pauly Shore.   Redhead: Year: 2021 Rating:  NR View I Want My MTV on the Internet Movie Database