American Pop 1-Disc Box Set DVD

American Pop is a 1981 animated feature directed by Ralph Bakshi that traces a single immigrant family's musical lineage across the twentieth century, threading personal stories through the broader popular-music history that defined each successive generation. With voice work from Mews Small, Ron Thompson, and Jerry Holland, the film commits fully to its ambitious register, refusing to soften its source story for broader appeal and treating its musical thread with the kind of seriousness more animated features avoid.