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Quadrophenia

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Quadrophenia
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R,1hr 55min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Release:
1979
Director:
Franc Roddam
Distributor:
Rhino Home Video
Starring:
Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis  ...more
Synopsis: 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 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
While Tommy was the Who's best-known concept album (and probably their best-known album, period), their 1973 release Quadrophenia was a far stronger and more personal narrative work, and while group leader and principal songwriter Pete Townshend allowed Ken Russell to turn Tommy into an entertaining but overcooked bit of pop-art lunacy, the Who kept far tighter reigns on Quadrophenia, and the result ... Full Review
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Phil Daniels
Jimmy Michael Cooper
Mark Wingett
Dave
Philip Davis
Chalky
Sting
Ace Face
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