First, the good news: It looks like Vinyl’s correcting some of its missteps. Richie’s clean and sober (for now), and…
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Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Terence Winter, Rich Cohen
Synopsis
Set in the early/mid-1970s, the life and times of a record executive, Richie Finestra (played by Bobby Cannavale). His record company, American Century, has fallen on hard times and he is busy negotiating its sale to Polygram Records. We see how he started in the industry, the start of his company, its ups and downs, the casualties of his progress and what rock music means to him. Meanwhile, he is also an accessory to a murder.
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