The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979 (1996)
Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another child in a large tire. Billy Corgan sings as he is driven in the backseat of a Dodge Charger. Clips of disaffected suburban teenage life play throughout.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris.
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Billy Corgan as Man in Backseat of Car |
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Jimmy Chamberlin as Police Officer #1 |
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James Iha as Convenience Store Clerk |
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D'arcy Wretzky as Irate Neighbor |
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Giuseppe Andrews as Teen |
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Tim Gooch Lougee as Police Officer #2 |
| Directing | Jonathan Dayton | Director |
| Directing | Valerie Faris | Director |
| Production | Bart Lipton | Producer |
| Sound | Billy Corgan | Music |
| Sound | Billy Corgan | Music Producer |
| Production | Tim Talbott | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Alan Moulder | Music Producer |
| Sound | D'arcy Wretzky | Music |
| Writing | Billy Corgan | Writer |
| Sound | James Iha | Music |
| Sound | Jimmy Chamberlin | Music |