A documentary regarding the making of Quadrophenia. The full story of the making of the film contained in "The Making Of Quadrophenia" - by Simon Wells. Available from Omnibus Books and good bookshops worldwide.
@@simonwells61 well Simon how are you doing these days mate)) Brilliant movie QUADROPHENIA YOU GUYS DID US ALL VERY PROUD)) The best music and song’s ever in a movie)) Brighton dancehall and the scenes at the pier you all done well there)) Love you and all the gang did another great movie please)) God bless all of ya’s especially the W.H.O. best group ever and we all have great memories of them times,, Best songs best looking girls best cafes with all the best jukebox’s best Levi jeans ever so well put together!! As people say they were the times for mods” and rockers just couldn’t get any better anywhere)) God bless everyone who was in the film and rest in peace in heaven to all the people that have since passed away)) Icons”and legends” mods” & rockers” their isn’t a movie or anything like quadrophenia to compare to this movie!!
Yes totally much great acting all through phil with that huge run with his mum played by kate williams powerful stuff wasted on stuff like love thy neighbour she was awesome together in that scene.
I STILL only wear a Parka Coat with Badges on. Harder to find good ones these days but i will always have one no matter what. And Quadrophenia double vinyl with Jimmy on the cover ... One of my favorite LPs ever might even have to dig it out and hang it on my wall. Purchased in 79 from Woolworths.
A very, very underrated film overshadowed by the Mod element and the tacky neo-Moddies who latched onto it. It's a film about life, far, far deeper than the Mod veneer.
I remember hearing the shots of the dancing legs are Jeff Dexter's as Sting could never get the moves right which is why only his top half is in shot. He also couldn't ride a scooter which is why he's only shown riding very briefly and even then he's dragging his feet which no self respecting mod would do especially if they'd forked out for a new pair to match the suit!
Phil Daniels at 14:55 looks like John Lydon. Lydon actually auditioned for the part of Jimmy. The film makers wanted to use him but it never happened. No way could he have pulled it off like Phil Daniels did.
According to Toyah Wilcox John Lyndon did a brilliant audition. He wanted to do the part, but insurance was the problem. I think he could have pulled it off.
I was in last year of school in 1980 & this movie had as bigger impact on my generation as punk had upon those 5 years older . one of the cooler lads in my year had bought every black sabbath album & had long hair but on realising more & more Girls really dug the new mod thing immediately cut his hair ,got the fishtail parka , the suit & turned up to youth club on a make do scooter & denied ever loving any heavy metal …..& soon got a cool girl with a pixie cut to match. Hello Bod. 😁
I've just watched this Talking Pictures again, excellent behind the scenes footage. I still haven't got the Making of.. book, does it mention if the footage of Jimmy and the model was ever found? One of my clearest memories of the film is sitting in the cinema, smoking (although still at school!) and a guy kept trying to say how the scooter sounds had been dubbed in. Very annoying, but it was at the start and he did shut up so I could watch it! PS: Great to see Jeff Dexter there, but who was the hairdresser trying to claim credit for mod style?
Yeah really enjoyable docu from back in the day. Everything about the film was spot on, but i thought the `We are the mods` chanting was pretty unrealistic and wouldn't have happened back in 64.
Ryan Smith Hi Ryan buy Simon Wells Book facebook.com/pages/Quadrophenia-the-BOOK-of-the-FILM-by-Simon-Wells/ it explains a load of things including your comment this was not scripted and was added by Gary Shail aftet Franc Roddam told him to do something, seriously buy the book it's a brilliant book so much more than the film.
I would have a really big problem now as like the mod music but prefer the bigger bikes and long hair and leather jacket look I'm somewhere in between the two lol
You don’t happen to be the NME reviewer “ Swells “ whom in 1984 encouraged us to buy an album with a brilliant title - Tell God I’m Here ! - which was the biggest load of pap I ever stupidly payed for ? 😁👍
I like this documentary but I wish Roger Daltrey wouldn't be so boastful about Quadrophenia.Saturday Night Fever was a masterpiece and the music and acting was much better than Quadrophenia.Saturday Night Fever and The Bee Gees together made a masterpiece.Quadrophinia was a very good film but not in the same league as Saturday Night Fever. Also Saturday Night Fever never copied anything from The Who movie as the original 'tribal rites of a Saturday night' which the film originated from was based on a mod anyway and not an American Italian.
The problem is that they slightly changed the music from the album to make easily digestible for the film but they should have kept the music just how it was from the album as it was much rawer
