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Hang The DJ is a 1998 music documentary film debut by identical twin brothers Marco and Mauro La Villa. The idea for this documentary came to them in 1992 while they were working at their uncle's pizza store on St-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal to help pay tuition for a degree in Film Studies at Concordia University. The brothers originally had no interest in DJs or documentaries but became interested in the scene after working late nights and meeting the regular neighborhood club crowd. Mauro has said, "we heard a lot about the gossip and conflicts of the DJ world", which gave the brothers the idea to make a documentary by following disc jockeys around the world to get a sense of what being a DJ really was. Featuring Roger Sanchez, Junior Vasquez, DJ Qbert and A-Trak, the film presents the cult of DJs in the era that catapulted them into superstars from the underground. The documentary contains a mix of DJ sets from around the globe counterbalanced with commentary from fans and interviews with the DJs.
Original Release
09/18/1998
Cast
Name | Character |
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Junior Vasquez | Self |
Roger Sanchez | Self |
DJ Q-Bert | Self |
A-Trak | Self |
Jellybean Benítez | Self |
Carl Cox | Self |
Cut Killer | Self |
Claudio Coccoluto | Self |
X-ecutioners | Themselves |
Danny Tenaglia | Self |
Directors
Marco La Villa, Mauro La Villa
Writers
Marco La Villa, Mauro La Villa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Junior Vasquez | Self |
Roger Sanchez | Self |
DJ Q-Bert | Self |
A-Trak | Self |
Jellybean Benítez | Self |
Carl Cox | Self |
Cut Killer | Self |
Claudio Coccoluto | Self |
X-ecutioners | Themselves |
Danny Tenaglia | Self |
Kevin Aviance | Self |
Christopho G. Bassat | Self - Interviewee |
Futura | Self |
Rich Mixsell | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Andreas Kragaris | Executive Producer |
Carlos Orengo | Executive Producer |
Rafael Rodriquez | Executive Producer |
Marco La Villa | Producer |
Mauro La Villa | Producer |
Stefan Nicoll | Producer |
Don Terry | Producer |
Henrique Vera-Villanueva | Producer |