a must for any punk rocker and this be the movie that make the ramones a household name back in the early 1980 ( when it first appear on premium cable station ) . this be one of the first and best of the american punk rock movie and with a cult classic status up there with the rocky horror picture show . originally the producer want cheap trick a the star and but the release of the live at budakon album have just make them superstar and too hot an item to be in a low budget movie . very good luck for the ramones who be look to break out of the underground punk rock world and into the mainstream market ( which sadly never happen until after the band demise ) . the band and dee dee especially and always dislike the movie through the 80 but the fan always love and could recite most of the movie while wait to get into ramones show . this movie and like most classic and be stupid fun with some classic ramones footage in their heyday . don not expect more and you would not find it . it great fun and so enjoy it . another allan arkush classic movie in a similar vein be get crazy and feature lee ving from the legendary hardcore punk band fear .