Quadrophenia (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD) R
A Way of Life
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 28, 2012
- Originally Released: 1979
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Phil Daniels & Sting | |
Performer: | Mark Wingett, Phil Davis, Ray Winstone, Leslie Ash, Garry Cooper, Toyah Wilcox, Kate Williams & Timothy Spall | |
Directed by | Franc Roddam | |
Edited by | Mike Taylor | |
Music by | The Who | |
Screenplay by | Dave Humphries, Martin Stellman & Franc Roddam | |
Written by | Martin Stellman & Dave Humphries | |
Composition by | The Who | |
Art Direction by | Simon Holland | |
Produced by | Roy Baird | |
Director of Photography: | Brian Tufano |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/4 --
An anti-musical...based on The Who's 1973 "rock opera" concept album...all the more brilliant for this seemingly counter-intuitive approach. [Blu-ray]
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Groucho Reviews
...[The film] retains its reeling us-versus-them urgency...
Entertainment Weekly
Roddam translates the Who's rock opera into a vivid recreation of mid-1960s mod culture, preserving the clothes, music and Vespa scooters...
Sight and Sound
Rating: A+ --
"Quadrophenia" is a glorious representational story of male teen angst that transcends its British locations and great music with a sense of the confused romantic notions that young men the world over carry with them.
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ColeSmithey.com
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Manages to be both quintessentially British and irrefutably universal.
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Creative Loafing
...An authentic piece of nostalgia....With a fine soundtrack by The Who which plays a strong integral part in the storytelling...
Variety
Rating: B+ --
The film lives through the superb raw angst-ridden performance of Phil Daniels.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Product Description:
After essentially inventing the rock opera format, The Who followed the cult favorite TOMMY and numerous aborted rock-opera projects with the album QUADROPHENIA. This film version, directed by Franc Roddam, illuminated the feelings of disillusionment and confusion evident in songs such as "Love Reign O'er Me," "Dr. Jimmy," "The Real Me," and "Bellboy."
The film follows the bitter battle between the Mods and the Rockers, two rival biker gangs. The story is seen through the eyes of Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels), an angry young man whose hatred of authority and mediocrity is matched only by his passion for rhythm and blues music. When the Mods and Rockers both arrive in Brighton on holiday a riot breaks out, landing Jimmy in prison with Ace (Sting in his acting debut), the idolized leader of the Mods. Jimmy returns to London where his parents kick him out and he loses his job. He then discovers Ace is working as a bootlicking bellboy, leaving Jimmy confused and enraged. He hijacks a scooter and rides to the cliff tops that act as a highly symbolic backdrop for the film's bleak conclusion.
The film follows the bitter battle between the Mods and the Rockers, two rival biker gangs. The story is seen through the eyes of Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels), an angry young man whose hatred of authority and mediocrity is matched only by his passion for rhythm and blues music. When the Mods and Rockers both arrive in Brighton on holiday a riot breaks out, landing Jimmy in prison with Ace (Sting in his acting debut), the idolized leader of the Mods. Jimmy returns to London where his parents kick him out and he loses his job. He then discovers Ace is working as a bootlicking bellboy, leaving Jimmy confused and enraged. He hijacks a scooter and rides to the cliff tops that act as a highly symbolic backdrop for the film's bleak conclusion.
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