Franc Roddam's terrifically energetic movie, set to music from the Who's Quadrophenia, is--at the very least, the best film ever based on a rock album (and, yes, that includes Tommy, Pink Floyd: The Wall, and Jesus Christ Superstar). Actually, this tale of the battle between two early 1960s youth subcultures--Mods and Rockers--in the seaside teenage wasteland of Brighton, isn't so much a cinematic "version" of the Who's 1979 double-record rock opera as it is a story based on the sequence of songs on the album. Quadrophenia is about that crucial time in teenhood when... the lion's share of your sense of identity is tied up in the music you listen to, the clothes you wear, and the groups you hang out with. Jimmy (Phil Daniels) identifies himself with the sharp-dressing, scooter-riding Mods, who listen to American soul and British pop-rock. The Rockers, on the other hand, are leather-jacketed, black-booted, motorcycle-riding tough guys who listen primarily to classic American rock & roll. The film captures this minor pop-culture revolution perfectly. Look for Sting as a club-hopping slickster, who's shameful secret is that he's a hotel bellboy by day. --Jim Emerson [show more]
The mods and the rockers - never the twain shall meet. This is based in the 60s round the music of THE WHO and centred on the main character JIMMY. Jimmy is a working class lad with ideas of being bigger than what he is - he's a good time lad who is part of the 'in-gang' and he's rebelling against work and home life eating into his love of the MOD scene. The film follows jimmy through his day to day life and then the adventures of his social life and his experiments along the way. Will his fast pace life destroy him? Will he get the girl of his dreams? Will he become a 'face' in the gang? Or will he destroy himself and his relationship with his family and friends along the way? A classic dvd and most definitely a must see, based loosely on a famous mod and rocker clash in the 60s - you will love it.
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This film caused a sensation when it was released. It accurately recreates all the excitement and aggression of the Mods and Rockers in the 60s. Includes an 8 minute montage.
Jimmy (Phil Daniels) is a young Mod looking for pills, thrills and a sense of identity in 60s London. His increasing reliance on the buzz provided by the gang mentality of his friends reaches its height in the Brighton Bank Holiday confrontations with the Rockers. An inevitable comedown follows when he is expected to return to the plodding banality of everyday life.
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