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Josie and the Pussycats
2001 · Film · 98 min
Directed by Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune.
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Logos and names are trademarked, not copyrighted. Theoretically, Apple could sue if they could argue that their trademark is being used in a way that could deceive consumers. That's the test for trademark infringement: would a reasonable person think that you are passing off a trademark as your own product?
But you don't need permission to say or use trademarks in a movie. Josie and the Pussycats is a famous example: they used a ton of trademarks to make it look like product placement, where in reality they weren't paid for all of the trademarks they used (nor did any of the named brands complain):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_and_the_Pussycats_(film)#Production
I'm going to answer about band movies, here are my favorites: The Commitments, Josie and the Pussycats, Begin Again.
The Commitments for the scene where the venue tries to screw them on pay. Josie had me at "Take the Chevy to the levy." Begin Again for that second pass through the song. All three are great throughout, but I love those particular scenes.