Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Writer: Billy Corgan
Producer: Bart Lipton
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.
4 min
Rating: 10/10
Released
Top Cast

Billy Corgan
Man in Backseat of Car

Jimmy Chamberlin
Police Officer #1

James Iha
Convenience Store Clerk

D'arcy Wretzky
Irate Neighbor

Giuseppe Andrews
Teen
Movie Info
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Writer: Billy Corgan
Producer: Bart Lipton