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Mods and Rockers is a 1964 British short film directed by Kenneth Hume and produced by Anglo-Amalgamated. [1] It features the Western Theatre Ballet company based on their ballets "Mods and Rockers" and "Non-Stop". They also perform a dance to Beatles compositions.
The 2010 remake of the 1948 film Brighton Rock is set in the era of mods and rockers, with Bank Holiday tribal clashes on Brighton promenades and beaches. The 1979 film Quadrophenia starring Phil Daniels as Jimmy, Leslie Ash as Steph and Sting the lead singer of the English band Police as Ace Face, is set against the background of the 1964 ...
Kenneth Hume (22 March 1926 – 25 June 1967) was a British filmmaker and manager known for being married to Shirley Bassey. [1]Hume made the ballet film Mods and Rockers. [2]
The film, set in London in 1964, depicts a period of emotional turmoil in the life of Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels), a young Mod who escapes from his dead-end job as a postroom boy by dancing, partying, taking amphetamines, riding his scooter and brawling with Rockers.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Modishly cynical and negative exposé of the obvious: strip-tease, the birth of a baby, how to kill a battery chicken, a rippling tour of a musclebound man's torso, TV-type interviews with Mods, Rockers, Beatniks and strippers, an uncomfortably staged party during which married couples pair off with partners picked out by the luck of the draw.
Quadrophenia Alley is located between number 10 and 11 East Street Brighton and was the location for a scene in the 1979 film Quadrophenia. The Alley has become a shrine to the Mod movement, [1] and people come from all over the world to find this alleyway. [2] The cult film was set in Brighton in 1964, the period of the Mods and Rockers.
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Mondo Mod (1967) My Generation (2000) My Hippies Reflection from two couples living in Haight Ashbury in the sixties. Project Nim (2011), interviews and footage of the free and expressive upbringing of a chimpanzee taught sign language in the 1970s. Ram Dass Fierce Grace (2001) Revolution (1968) Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie (2008)