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Rock of Ages (2012)

★ 6.2 · 1,346 ratings on TMDB

Nothin' but a good time.

Rock of Ages poster★ 6.2

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

DirectorAdam Shankman
CastAlec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough, Malin Åkerman
GenresComedy, Drama, Music, Romance
The emergence reading

Rock of Ages keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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