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Quadrophenia Details

1979 Certificate 18
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This film version of the Who's rock opera Quadrophenia makes a few tentative stabs at explaining the alienation of 1960s British working-class youth, but its major selling point is its nonstop rock-and-R? musical score, including the hit single Love Reign O'er Me. Phil Daniels (replacing the original opera's Roger Daltrey) .. Read more

Starring Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox
Director Franc Roddam
Genres Drama

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Quadrophenia

This film version of the Who's rock opera Quadrophenia makes a few tentative stabs at explaining the alienation of 1960s British working-class youth, but its major selling point is its nonstop rock-and-R? musical score, including the hit single Love Reign O'er Me. Phil Daniels (replacing the original opera's Roger Daltrey) plays Jimmy, a member of a well-dressed, drugged-up teenaged gang called the Mods, forever duking it out with the cycle-punk Rockers. The rivalry between the two gangs comes to a head during three tempestuous days in the seaside town of Brighton. Here Jimmy makes love to lovely local Steph (Leslie Ash), and forges a strong friendship with unofficial Mod leader Ace Face (Sting). A series of disappointments and setbacks in his own London neighborhood convinces Jimmy to return to Brighton to pick up the pieces. If you aren't fascinated by the visual pyrotechnics of Quadrophenia, just close your eyes and revel to the soundtrack music of the Who, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, the Chiffons, Manfred Man, and many others.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Starring Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Michael Elphick, Sting, Kate Williams, Ray Winstone
Director Franc Roddam
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 55 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 55 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released Production year: 1979

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DVD: 20 Sep 1999
Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental
Blu-ray: 14 Nov 2011

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      It's the Mods versus the Rockers in this striking adaptation of the Who's classic rock opera about alienated youth in the 1960s. The film follows Jimmy (Phil Daniels) an angry young man who feels that he can only achieve a sense of identity and meaning in life through his gang and rock and roll ...
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    • Quadrophenia
      This film version of the Who's rock opera Quadrophenia makes a few tentative stabs at explaining the alienation of 1960s British working-class youth, but its major selling point is its nonstop rock-and-R&B musical score, including the hit single Love Reign O'er Me. Phil Daniels (replacing the ...

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