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2 November 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
Hell On Wheels! morePlot:
London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company's mailing division... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Near-perfect illustration of a music masterpiece moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Phil Daniels | ... | James Michael 'Jimmy' Cooper | |
| 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 | ... | Mrs. Cooper - Jimmy's mother | |
| Michael Elphick | ... | Mr. Cooper - Jimmy's father | |
| Kim Neve | ... | Yvonne | |
| Benjamin Whitrow | ... | Mr. Fulford | |
| Daniel Peacock | ... | Danny |
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117 minCountry:
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Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | France:-18 (original rating) | Australia:R | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1979) | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Finland:K-14 (1997) | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:RFun Stuff
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Anachronisms: in one scene Jimmy is in his bedroom and a train is seen moving quickly passed his window. The train is an 'Inter-City 125' which was not introduced on British Rail until the 1970s - the film is set in the 1960s. moreQuotes:
Steph: Going to be one of the faces?Jimmy: What do you mean going to be? I AM one of the faces!
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First, as you perhaps can tell by my name, I'm a die-hard The Who fan and have been for a long time. Listening to the original Quadrophenia rock opera is almost a religious act for me. I also have to add that I was born in 1984, and the sixties for me are some kind of paradise perished forever. I had to wait several years after listening to the album before seeing the movie. During the first half hour, I was disappointed how few of the music was in it, but then the movie began to fascinate me by itself, it really dragged me in. This is mostly due to the great Phil Daniels. It is his portrait of Jim that really keeps the film alive. He *is* the mod of the sixties, he shows in every single scene why they were mods and why it couldn't last. The other actors also do a good job, nothing spectacular, but solid. Sting is entertaining, too. There are several changes in the story compared to the "Quadrophenia" CD booklet, but they make sense and work well. It would have been interesting to stay still closer to the rock opera, but, regarding that, when the movie was made, more than a decade had passed since the time depicted, it is understandable that the movie makers wouldn't want to go totally "musical" as in the pathetic "Tommy" film. "Quadrophenia", in my opinion, is better than "Tommy" because the story isn't torn to pieces and then mixed with tons of whatever they had left on the cutting room floor; it is a coherent line of events with the songs put in in the right moment (except, perhaps, for the divine "Love reign o'er me"). Over all, the movie really thrilled me. It is a very good adaptation of the rock opera, but also a great youth film in its own right. Call it cult if you don't like it, it has deserved it.