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Subject: Quadrophenia (1979)
Quadrophenia is a 1979 British drama film, loosely based on the Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name. It was directed by Franc Roddam in his feature directing début. Unlike the adaptation of Tommy, Quadrophenia is not a musical film, and the band does not appear live in the film.
The film is set in London in 1964, a time when the working class youth broadly aligned themselves with one of two factions, who frequently fought each other. The Mods wore sharp suits, listened to current pop and soul music, took amphetamines and rode scooters. Rockers rode powerful British motorcycles such as Triumph and BSA, wore black leather jackets and listened to 1950s rock'n'roll.
The film stars Phil Daniels as Jimmy, a young mod who escapes from his dead-end job as a mailroom boy by dancing, partying, taking amphetamines, riding his scooter and brawling with Rockers. After he and his friends participate in a huge brawl with the Rockers at the seaside town of Brighton, he is arrested and his life starts to spiral out of control; he loses his love interest (Leslie Ash), gets kicked out of his house by his parents and discovers that his idol, the popular, successful mod nicknamed Ace Face (Sting), is actually a bellboy at a hotel.
Plot
In 1964 young London Mod Jimmy Cooper, disillusioned with his parents and a dull job as a post-room boy at an advertising firm, vents his teenage angst by taking amphetamines, partying, riding scooters and brawling with Rockers, accompanied by his Mod friends Dave, Chalky and Spider.
An attack by hostile Rockers on Spider leads to a retaliatory attack on Jimmy's childhood friend Kevin, one of the rival Rockers. Jimmy initially participates, but on realising the victim is Kevin he berates the other attackers but does not stop them, instead riding away on his scooter, revving his engine loudly in frustration.
A planned bank holiday weekend away provides the excuse for the rivalry between Mods and Rockers to escalate, as both groups descend on the seaside town of Brighton. Jimmy plans to be noticed as a 'face' and hints to Steph – a girl on whom he has a crush – that he would like her to ride with him, but she confirms plans to ride instead with Pete, an older, well-heeled Mod.
To prepare for the weekend the pals try to buy some recreational drugs from London gangster Harry North but are cheated with fake pills. After vandalising the drug-seller's car in retaliation they desperately rob a pharmacy, finding a large quantity of their favourite ‘blues’.
After an early morning group ride from London to the south coast the friends gather on the seafront, where Jimmy first sees a flamboyant scooter-riding Mod he describes as Ace Face. Later, in a dance hall, Jimmy suggests that he will help Steph, whose escort is now chatting to an attractive American girl, to dance with Ace Face but on the dance floor ushers her away to dance by himself. Steph leaves Jimmy to dance with Ace Face, whereupon Jimmy plots to gain attention by climbing up on to the balcony-edge and dancing with much applause, annoying Ace Face. After diving into the audience Jimmy is ejected by bouncers. Steph's escort leaves with the American girl, and once again Jimmy tries to get with Steph, this time for the night, but she has arranged accommodation with a female friend.
The lads spend the night sleeping rough, meet up at a cafe the following morning, then proceed along the promenade, where a series of running battles ensues. As the police corner the rioters Jimmy escapes down an alleyway with Steph and they have sex. When the pair emerge they find themselves amidst the melee just as police are detaining rioters. Jimmy is arrested and detained with the volatile Ace Face. When fined a hefty £75—equivalent to £1,600 in 2021—Ace Face mocks the magistrate by offering to pay on the spot with a cheque, impressing the fellow Mods with his presumed wealth.
Back in London Jimmy becomes severely depressed. His mother throws him out after finding his stash of amphetamine pills. He then leaves his job, spends his severance package on more pills and learns that Steph is now his friend Dave's girlfriend. After briefly fighting with Dave, the following morning his rejection is confirmed by Steph, and his beloved Lambretta scooter is damaged in a crash involving a Royal Mail parcel van. Jimmy takes a train back to Brighton, taking increasing levels of pills and becoming more emotionally unstable.
Lonely and unsure what to do with himself, he revisits the scenes of the riots and his encounter with Steph. Then Jimmy horrifyingly discovers that his idol, Ace Face, has a menial job as a bellboy at the Grand Brighton Hotel. Jimmy steals Ace's Vespa scooter and heads to Beachy Head, riding close to the cliff-edge. For a time he appears to be having an enjoyable ride in the sunshine, but then he stops and glares miserably at the sea. Finally the scooter is seen crashing over the cliff-top, which is where the film began (with Jimmy walking back against a sunset backdrop - this is not repeated).
Cast
Phil Daniels as Jimmy Cooper
Leslie Ash as Steph
Philip Davis as Chalky
Mark Wingett as Dave
Sting as Ace Face
Ray Winstone as Kevin Herriot, Jimmy's childhood friend
Gary Shail as Spider
Garry Cooper as Peter Fenton, Steph's boyfriend
Toyah Willcox as Monkey
Trevor Laird as Ferdy
Andy Sayce as Kenny
Kate Williams as Mrs Cooper, Jimmy's mother
Michael Elphick as Mr George Cooper, Jimmy's father
Kim Neve as Yvonne Cooper, Jimmy's sister
Benjamin Whitrow as Mr Fulford, Jimmy's employer
Daniel Peacock as Danny
Jeremy Child as Agency Man
John Phillips as Magistrate
Timothy Spall as Harry the Projectionist
Patrick Murray as Des the projectionist assistant
George Innes as Cafe Owner
John Bindon as Harry North, gangster
P. H. Moriarty as Barman at Villain Club
Hugh Lloyd as Mr Cale
Gary Holton as aggressive Rocker 1
John Altman as Johnny 'John the Mod' Fagin
Jesse Birdsall as aggressive Rocker 2
Olivier Pierre as Jimmy and Danny's tailor
Julian Firth as drugged up Mod
Simon Gipps-Kent as party host (uncredited)
Mickey Royce as Ken 'Jonesy' Jones
Dave Cash as newsreader (uncredited)
John Blundell as the Rockers leader (uncredited)
John Lydon (Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) screen-tested for the role of Jimmy. The distributors of the film refused to insure him for the part and he was replaced by Phil Daniels.
Most of the cast were reunited after 28 years at Earls Court on 1 and 2 September 2007 as part of The Quadrophenia Reunion at the London Film & Comic Con run by Quadcon.co.uk. Subsequently, the cast agreed to be part of a Quadrophenia Convention at Brighton in 2009.
Subject: Quadrophenia (1979)
Quadrophenia is a 1979 British drama film, loosely based on the Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name. It was directed by Franc Roddam in his feature directing début. Unlike the adaptation of Tommy, Quadrophenia is not a musical film, and the band does not appear live in the film.
The film is set in London in 1964, a time when the working class youth broadly aligned themselves with one of two factions, who frequently fought each other. The Mods wore sharp suits, listened to current pop and soul music, took amphetamines and rode scooters. Rockers rode powerful British motorcycles such as Triumph and BSA, wore black leather jackets and listened to 1950s rock'n'roll.
The film stars Phil Daniels as Jimmy, a young mod who escapes from his dead-end job as a mailroom boy by dancing, partying, taking amphetamines, riding his scooter and brawling with Rockers. After he and his friends participate in a huge brawl with the Rockers at the seaside town of Brighton, he is arrested and his life starts to spiral out of control; he loses his love interest (Leslie Ash), gets kicked out of his house by his parents and discovers that his idol, the popular, successful mod nicknamed Ace Face (Sting), is actually a bellboy at a hotel.
Plot
In 1964 young London Mod Jimmy Cooper, disillusioned with his parents and a dull job as a post-room boy at an advertising firm, vents his teenage angst by taking amphetamines, partying, riding scooters and brawling with Rockers, accompanied by his Mod friends Dave, Chalky and Spider.
An attack by hostile Rockers on Spider leads to a retaliatory attack on Jimmy's childhood friend Kevin, one of the rival Rockers. Jimmy initially participates, but on realising the victim is Kevin he berates the other attackers but does not stop them, instead riding away on his scooter, revving his engine loudly in frustration.
A planned bank holiday weekend away provides the excuse for the rivalry between Mods and Rockers to escalate, as both groups descend on the seaside town of Brighton. Jimmy plans to be noticed as a 'face' and hints to Steph – a girl on whom he has a crush – that he would like her to ride with him, but she confirms plans to ride instead with Pete, an older, well-heeled Mod.
To prepare for the weekend the pals try to buy some recreational drugs from London gangster Harry North but are cheated with fake pills. After vandalising the drug-seller's car in retaliation they desperately rob a pharmacy, finding a large quantity of their favourite ‘blues’.
After an early morning group ride from London to the south coast the friends gather on the seafront, where Jimmy first sees a flamboyant scooter-riding Mod he describes as Ace Face. Later, in a dance hall, Jimmy suggests that he will help Steph, whose escort is now chatting to an attractive American girl, to dance with Ace Face but on the dance floor ushers her away to dance by himself. Steph leaves Jimmy to dance with Ace Face, whereupon Jimmy plots to gain attention by climbing up on to the balcony-edge and dancing with much applause, annoying Ace Face. After diving into the audience Jimmy is ejected by bouncers. Steph's escort leaves with the American girl, and once again Jimmy tries to get with Steph, this time for the night, but she has arranged accommodation with a female friend.
The lads spend the night sleeping rough, meet up at a cafe the following morning, then proceed along the promenade, where a series of running battles ensues. As the police corner the rioters Jimmy escapes down an alleyway with Steph and they have sex. When the pair emerge they find themselves amidst the melee just as police are detaining rioters. Jimmy is arrested and detained with the volatile Ace Face. When fined a hefty £75—equivalent to £1,600 in 2021—Ace Face mocks the magistrate by offering to pay on the spot with a cheque, impressing the fellow Mods with his presumed wealth.
Back in London Jimmy becomes severely depressed. His mother throws him out after finding his stash of amphetamine pills. He then leaves his job, spends his severance package on more pills and learns that Steph is now his friend Dave's girlfriend. After briefly fighting with Dave, the following morning his rejection is confirmed by Steph, and his beloved Lambretta scooter is damaged in a crash involving a Royal Mail parcel van. Jimmy takes a train back to Brighton, taking increasing levels of pills and becoming more emotionally unstable.
Lonely and unsure what to do with himself, he revisits the scenes of the riots and his encounter with Steph. Then Jimmy horrifyingly discovers that his idol, Ace Face, has a menial job as a bellboy at the Grand Brighton Hotel. Jimmy steals Ace's Vespa scooter and heads to Beachy Head, riding close to the cliff-edge. For a time he appears to be having an enjoyable ride in the sunshine, but then he stops and glares miserably at the sea. Finally the scooter is seen crashing over the cliff-top, which is where the film began (with Jimmy walking back against a sunset backdrop - this is not repeated).
Cast
Phil Daniels as Jimmy Cooper
Leslie Ash as Steph
Philip Davis as Chalky
Mark Wingett as Dave
Sting as Ace Face
Ray Winstone as Kevin Herriot, Jimmy's childhood friend
Gary Shail as Spider
Garry Cooper as Peter Fenton, Steph's boyfriend
Toyah Willcox as Monkey
Trevor Laird as Ferdy
Andy Sayce as Kenny
Kate Williams as Mrs Cooper, Jimmy's mother
Michael Elphick as Mr George Cooper, Jimmy's father
Kim Neve as Yvonne Cooper, Jimmy's sister
Benjamin Whitrow as Mr Fulford, Jimmy's employer
Daniel Peacock as Danny
Jeremy Child as Agency Man
John Phillips as Magistrate
Timothy Spall as Harry the Projectionist
Patrick Murray as Des the projectionist assistant
George Innes as Cafe Owner
John Bindon as Harry North, gangster
P. H. Moriarty as Barman at Villain Club
Hugh Lloyd as Mr Cale
Gary Holton as aggressive Rocker 1
John Altman as Johnny 'John the Mod' Fagin
Jesse Birdsall as aggressive Rocker 2
Olivier Pierre as Jimmy and Danny's tailor
Julian Firth as drugged up Mod
Simon Gipps-Kent as party host (uncredited)
Mickey Royce as Ken 'Jonesy' Jones
Dave Cash as newsreader (uncredited)
John Blundell as the Rockers leader (uncredited)
John Lydon (Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) screen-tested for the role of Jimmy. The distributors of the film refused to insure him for the part and he was replaced by Phil Daniels.
Most of the cast were reunited after 28 years at Earls Court on 1 and 2 September 2007 as part of The Quadrophenia Reunion at the London Film & Comic Con run by Quadcon.co.uk. Subsequently, the cast agreed to be part of a Quadrophenia Convention at Brighton in 2009.
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