Quadrophenia (1979) ( Quadro phenia )

Quadrophenia (1979) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Quadro phenia
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Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Franc Roddam

Written By:
Dave Humphries
Martin Stellman

Actors:
Phil Daniels ..... Jimmy
Leslie Ash ..... Steph
Philip Davis ..... Chalky
Mark Wingett ..... Dave
Sting ..... Ace Face
Ray Winstone ..... Kevin (as Raymond Winstone)
Garry Cooper ..... Peter
Gary Shail ..... Spider
Toyah Willcox ..... Monkey
Trevor Laird ..... Ferdy
Kate Williams ..... Mother
Michael Elphick ..... Father
Kim Neve ..... Yvonne
Benjamin Whitrow ..... Mr. Fulford
Daniel Peacock ..... Danny

Synopsis:

Director Franc Roddam has brought us an array of young British acting talents who bring back London's nineteen-sixties Mods and Rockers. Set against the soundtrack of The Who's 1973 mighty concept album 'Quadrophenia', Phil Daniels plays working-class Jimmy, the drug-induced Mod, who hates his job and is misunderstood by his parents. But by night, he comes alive, with the all-nighters, his pills and his scooter-riding friends. Always on a high, life can't get any better. Then there's the Brighton scooter run, where both Mods and Rockers converge, ending in the battle of the cults on Brighton Beach. What goes up must come down, and with Jimmy's come-down, his life is turned around, and so begins his downward spiral into paranoia and isolation, and the four-faceted mindset: Quadrophenia. With its extremely realistic language, violent overtones and classic sixties soundtrack, this illness is bound to be contagious. Come along for the ride.

London 1964: two rival youth cults emerge - the mods and the rockers - with explosive consequences. For Jimmy (Phil Daniels) and his sharp-suited, pill-popping, scooter-riding mates, being a mod is a way of life. It's their generation. Together they head off to Brighton for an orgy of drugs, thrills and violent confrontation against the rockers. Jimmy never wants to stray from his maxim: "I don't wanna be like everybody else, that's why I'm a mod, see?" Will Jimmy emerge a hero or will he be disillusioned by his way of life?

London, 1964: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company's mailing division. Only when he's together with his friends, a 'Mod' clique, cruises London on his motor-scooter and hears music such as that of 'The Who' and 'The High Numbers', he feels free and accepted. However, it's a flight into an illusionary world.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 30 March, 2021.