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1965 "It's the new INTERNATIONAL BEAT that's ROCKIN' the WORLD!"
6.3| 1h8m| NR| en
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A compilation of proto-music videos featuring leading British rock bands of the 60s, including The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, and Herman's Hermits.

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Associated British-Pathé

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Also starring Matt Monro

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Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
aremyhandsdirty Man, barely unwatchable.As staged as you can get, lipped synced the whole way, except for a few of the Beatles numbers, which was filmed for other reasons but includied here for a perk that 3 other groups appear in the film that the Beatles's manager had under contract.The backdrops scenery, spoiler, they spared no expense thru most of this, a painted bed sheet would have been better.About the only bright spot was Matt Monro, a guy with a wonderful voice. A couple of typical The Animals songs we have seen before and synced, would have been nice to see a live performance. Most of the rest pretty MEH, especially the music. This looks just like what it was a cheesy cashing in on things like Hard Days Night. Maybe it's a British thing to like this?
DKosty123 This movie is a bunch of syn-ch performances of British groups in the mid-1960's. It proves that not all Brits groups then made it big in the USA. I mean I never heard of the Pennies until I saw this. It does open with an excellent Beatles clip and closes with another.A highlight to me is the Animals doing "House of The Rising Sun" which was recently remade again and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". There are a lot of sequences where the sync-hing is obvious but it is all in color. A British DJ sort of hosts this hodge podge collection. The DJ made headlines in recent years as a child molester.This is a good collection of the era though I prefer Hard Days Night - Beatles for their music. Richard Lester did a much better job. Still the featuring of the Honey Combs here with one of the first women to be a rock drummer makes this notable.This is viewable and some of the songs have held up over time. Herman's Hermits are another highlight here too.
preppy-3 A compilation of British groups of 1964 who were big hits...in Britain. The film is bookended with Beatles live in concert doing "She Loves You" and "Twist and Shout". That footage is great and the constant screaming and views of the female audience are amusing.The rest of the film varies. It's shot in strong color and the songs are performed on very interesting sets...but not all the songs are good. Highlights are Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas doing "Little Children"; the Four Pennies doing "Julie"; the Animals doing "House of the Rising Sun" (look for the moment when the lead singer forgets to lip sync a word!) and Peter and Gordon doing "Please Lock Me Away". Also Sounds Incorporated jump around a lot and overact to a degree that's almost embarrassing.The rest of the acts range from OK to pretty terrible--the Nashville Boys will have you reaching for the fast forward button. Also the lip syncing and fake playing of instruments is pretty obvious. But this is interesting to watch and a valuable time capsule of the "British invasion" of the early 1960s. A must see if you're a 1960s music fan. I give it a 7.
Lloyd Lawrence This is a fun film showcasing a number of hits from 1964, many of the performances stages specifically for the film. I had not seen it in years, but it has re-emerged on AMC, so if that year's music holds any interest to you, watch and have a ball.

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