QUADROPHENIA : The Story Of A Generation
Quadrophenia is a 1979 British film, loosely based around the 1973 rock opera of the same name by The Who.
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. : "We Are The Mods"
The Film:
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
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
Oliver Pierre as Jimmy and Danny's tailor
Julian Firth as drugged-up Mod
Simon Gipps-Kent as party host
Mickey Royce as Ken 'Jonesy' Jones
James Lombard as Nicky
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