Flame (DVD)

Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 1974 / Director: Richard Loncraine / Actors: Dave Hill, Noddy Holder ... / DVD ... more

Flame (DVD) ... released 17 March, 2003 at Union Square Music / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen

Newest Review: ... saw Mud and The Rubettes glamming it up in some story about a mad professor, or perhaps the equally dubious "Remember Me ... more

... This Way" featuring Gary Glitter as a Kung Fu hero. Instead, they went for an expose of the reality of the pop business. A young director, Richard Loncraine was appointed and a screenplay was commissioned from dramatist Andrew Birkin. The first draft was reportedly too "nice" which led to Slade inviting Birkin and Loncraine to tour America with them to experience the reality of band life as opposed to the myth. They only lasted just two weeks, but presented a new version of the screenplay which was f...more

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	Flame [DVD] [1975] Release Date: 2003 - 03 - 17, Rating Parental Guidance, Last Update 10.12.2009 06:10	£ 19.98

Flame [DVD] [1975]
Release Date: 2003 - 03 - 17, Rating Parental Guidance,

Last Update 10.12.2009 06:10

£ 19.98

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Flame (DVD): Looking Beyond The Flared Trousers (1338 words)
by - written on 31/08/05 (Very useful, 445 readings)
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They're the group with a healthy bank balance every Christmas. According to Vic Reeves, they are all Cup-a-soup addicts and lead singer Noddy Holder is wheeled out to comment on how much fun the 70s were on every TV and Radio retrospective going. I remember that Glam Rock really was fun with a capital F back in the early to mid 70s and Slade always gave the impression that they were having slightly more fun than their contemporaries. So when, as an 11 year old in 1974, I heard that Slade had made their cinema debut, I sat with a group of fellow Glam rock fans at the local picture house ready for fun, but emerged disapointed. So where was the fun ? ... Read the complete review

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