The entire MODS & ROCKERS 2002
Film Festival at a glance
- THURSDAY JUNE 27 2002
Opening Night!
Californian Premiere!!7:30 PM
- BLUE WILD ANGEL: JIMI HENDRIX LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Brand-new concert film of mostly never-before-seen footage from Hendrix's legendary last major performance at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival - FRIDAY JUNE 28 2002
7:00 PM
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THE BUTTERCUP CHAIN
Cast and Crew Reunion!
Brand New 35 mm. Print!
60's icon Jane Asher and Hywel Bennett (from the Paul McCartney-scored movie "The Family Way") seduce Leigh Taylor-Young and a Scandinavian hunk into literally swinging their way through the late sixties! - 9:45 PM
The Mod Who Would Be Caine!
A Tribute To Michael Caine Double Bill!
Score TWO hits of 'Caine in One Show!
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THE ITALIAN JOB
Wild robbery caper with Michael Caine leading a crew of British thieves heisting Italian gold with the aid of their souped up Mini-Coopers. Features possibly the best car chase scenes ever!
ALFIE
60's loverboy Michael Caine does all the 'birds' including gorgeous Jane Asher and and tells us 'what it's all about" Undercurrent of gritty reality occasionally intrudes. But Caine is cool. "Not a lot of people know that..." Sonny Rollins scores the film and CHER 'does' the theme-song! -
SATURDAY JUNE 29 2002
"I Saw Some Films Today!"
Four Solo Beatle movies!5:00 PM
Ringo and George Double-Header!! -
THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN
- Ringo's first solo co-starring role - playing Peter Sellers' son in a Terry Southern-scripted cult classic. With cameos and writing assists from future Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman. And theme song written and produced by Paul McCartney.
WONDERWALL
George Harrison composed the brilliant acid-rock-raga score to director Joe Massot's wild headtrip comic fantasy about an eccentric scientist voyeuring the endless sex life of gorgeous nymph Jane Birkin. ("Nous T'aimons Tu Jane - Moi Non Plus"!) We lost George and Joe in the last few months. This is our tribute to them both. - Ringo's first solo co-starring role - playing Peter Sellers' son in a Terry Southern-scripted cult classic. With cameos and writing assists from future Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman. And theme song written and produced by Paul McCartney.
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9:00 PM
John and Paul Double-Header!! -
HOW I WON THE WAR
Richard Lester's way-ahead-of-its-time war movie satire anticipates M*A*S*H and the Python spoofs of the British military. And inspired co-star John Lennon's "A Day In The Life" ("I saw a film today oh boy - the English army had just won the war...") A must-see for fans of Musketeer Gripweed! Also stars Michael Crawford.
THE FAMILY WAY
Paul was the first Beatle to undertake a solo music project - scoring this 1966 Hayley Mills comedy-drama. Ultra-rare screening of this lost gem. McCartney's score - arranged by George Martin is quite exquisite. -
SUNDAY JUNE 30 2002
An All-Day Salute to John Entwhistle
2:30 PM
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THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
Mint-Condition Print!
Who docu director Jeff Stein in-person!- Rare theatrical screening (with mint-condition print) - of the wild 1978 documentary about the Who - focusing heavily on their 60's years - plus last major performance of the group with Keith Moon.
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TOMMY
Brand New Stereo Print!
Ken Russell Meets The Who! Throw in Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margaret, Elton John and Tina Turner - plus Russell's trademark outlandish visuals and you have the ultimate fantasia. As Keith Moon announced when the Who played "Tommy" at the New York Met - "Show some respect. It's a #%@-ing opera..."
LISTENING TO YOU: THE WHO AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL
One of their all-time greatest live performances - at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival. Sensationally shot and featuring digitally remixed sound. This is a great live concert experience. -
WEDNESDAY JULY 3 2002
British Auteur Directors Double-Bill!
Classic John Schlesinger feature and rare Lindsay Anderson short in one show!7:30 PM
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DARLING
Julie Christie's Oscar winning performance as the ultimate 60's 'bird' in fellow Oscar-winner Frederic ("Glittering Prizes") Raphael's brilliant script. This film IS the 60's.
THE WHITE BUS
Before he directed "If..." Lindsay Anderson made this striking, short about a young secretary's hallucinatory tour of London. Ultra-rare! -
FRIDAY JULY 5 2002
7:00 PM
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LORD LOVE A DUCK
Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld in subversive high-school black comedy. Was to the 60's what "Heathers" was to the 80's.Plus, a special 30-minute "Mods & Rockers Trailer Show" featuring Swinging 60's movie trailers!
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FRIDAY JULY 5 2002
Swinging 60's Sexploitation Double Header!
10:00 PM
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CAMILLE 2000
Groovy Euro-trash classic - featuring a beautiful aristocratic gal who just can't get enough sex! Features an unbelievable psychedelic S&M orgy scene!
COOL IT CAROL!
British sleazefest in which an innocent young couple arrive in London and get sucked into a depraved whirlpool of all-night parties, anonymous sexual encounters and rock & roll. Guaranteed 100% sordid!! -
SATURDAY JULY 6 2002
O.D. On 'Caine!
All Three Harry Palmer Movies In One Day!5:00 PM
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THE IPCRESS FILE
The first of the series starring Michael Caine as author Len Deighton's anti-Bond. A neo-realistic spy. A cool role model for the guys. An unlikely sex symbol for the birds - and the look and accent which inspired Austin Powers! - 7:30 PM
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FUNERAL IN BERLIN
Future Bond director Guy Hamilton directs the sequel and turns Harry Palmer into a franchise.
BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN
Ken Russell turns the third of the series into the franchise's finale (perhaps not intentionally!) with a wildly surreal Scandinavian adventure - featuring gorgeous, enigmatic Francoise Dorleac (Catherine Deneuve's sister) and a deranged Ed Begley. -
SUNDAY JULY 7 2002
5:00 PM
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CELEBRATION AT BIG SUR
Directors Baird Bryant and Johanna Demetrakas In Person!!
Get out the patchouli oil and the incense! Classic documentary of the 1969 hippie fest at Big Sur - featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Mimi Farina and others. The music lives on. -
7:45 PM
Two-time Oscar winning director Robert Amram In Person! -
THE MINI-MOB
A quartet of Mod princesses are so desperate for boyfriends that they're forced to kidnap them - including pop singer Georgie Fame! A Bee Gees film score and the early talents of future two-time Oscar winner Robert Amram bring this glorious 60's fable to improbable cinematic life! It lasted about 3 days in the theaters when it was premiered in 1968! Is it now time for this lost gem to be properly appreciated?!
DOLLYBIRDS!
A triumphant return for Robert Amram's classic 1966 docu short - tragically shelved before its release and then world premiered 34 years later at the Mods & Rockers 2000 festival - to great acclaim! -
WEDNESDAY JULY 10 2002
7:00 PM
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DEEP END
Director Jerzy Skolimowski In Person!!
A teenage psychopath working in a public bathhouse becomes obsessed with doe-eyed Jane Asher with shocking results! A lost classic with score by krautrock greats Can and Cat Stevens. -
9:45 PM
Led Zeppelin & the World's Worst Orchestra Movie Double-Bill! -
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
Led Zeppelin stomp their way through performances of "Stairway To Heaven," "Dazed And Confused," "Whole Lotta Love," and others - interspersed with wildly-bizarre fantasy segments featuring Plant, Page, Bonham and Jones in their acting debuts...
Plus, the ultra-rare short film
HALLELUJAH! THE PORTSMOUTH SINFONIA AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
The World's Worst Orchestra massacres Beethoven, Bach and many other composers in their first (and last!) Albert Hall concert. The 82 members (including Brian Eno and film composer Michael Nyman) are joined by a choir of 350 of the World's Worst Singers to mangle Handel's "Messiah"
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