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Release Date: 1979
Cast: P. H. Moriarty, Leslie Ash, Kate Williams, Phil Daniels, Ray Winstone, George Innes, Benjamin Whitrow, Sting, Marvin Gaye, Phil Davis, Timothy Spall, Mark Wingett ...MORE
Cast: P. H. Moriarty, Leslie Ash, Kate Williams, Phil Daniels, Ray Winstone, George Innes, Benjamin Whitrow, Sting, Marvin Gaye, Phil Davis, Timothy Spall, Mark Wingett, John Bindon, Toyah Willcox, Michael Elphick, James Brown, Hugh Lloyd, Trevor Laird, John Phillips, Gary Shail, Daniel Peacock, Jeremy Child ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Period Piece, Drama Film, Musical, Indie, Coming Of Age, Cult, Teen
Quadrophenia is a 1979 British film, loosely based around the 1973 rock opera of the same name by The Who. The film stars Phil Daniels as a Mod named Jimmy. It was directed by Franc Roddam in his feature directing debut. Unlike the film adaptation of Tommy, Quadrophenia is not a musical film.
The film, set in 1965, follows the story of Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels), a London Mod. Disillusioned by his parents and a job as a post room boy in an advertising firm, Jimmy finds an outlet for his teenage angst with his Mod friends Dave (Mark Wingett), Chalky (Philip Davis) and Spider (Gary Shail).... MORE
Quadrophenia is a 1979 British film, loosely based around the 1973 rock opera of the same name by The Who. The film stars Phil Daniels as a Mod named Jimmy. It was directed by Franc Roddam in his feature directing debut. Unlike the film adaptation of Tommy, Quadrophenia is not a musical film.
The film, set in 1965, follows the story of Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels), a London Mod. Disillusioned by his parents and a job as a post room boy in an advertising firm, Jimmy finds an outlet for his teenage angst with his Mod friends Dave (Mark Wingett), Chalky (Philip Davis) and Spider (Gary Shail). However, his angst and confusion are compounded by the fact that one of the Mods' rivals, the Rockers, is in fact childhood friend Kevin (Ray Winstone). An assault by aggressive Rockers on Spider leads to a serious unprovoked attack on a Rocker who, unbeknownst to Jimmy and his Mod mates, is Kevin.
A bank holiday weekend provides the excuse for the rivalry between Mods and Rockers to come to a head, as they both descend upon the seaside town of Brighton. A series of running battles ensues. As the police close in on the rioters, Jimmy escapes down an alleyway with Steph (Leslie Ash), a girl on whom LESS
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