Quadrophenia

[Torquemada]

Being at school when this film came out this was an iconic image of the time:







Some of these went on to be household names, but not all. I recognise



Phil Daniels

Lesley Ash

Mark Wingett

Phil Davis

Toyah 'Nimby' Wilcox

And of course uber-pain-in-the-backside Sting



Others like seemed to have dropped off the map



Gary Shail and the two others seemed to disappeared completely (who I don't know the name of).



So anyone know what these three are doing now?

[Harleybloke]

Being at school when this film came out this was an iconic image of the time:

Some of these went on to be household names, but not all. I recognise



Phil Daniels

Lesley Ash

Mark Wingett

Phil Davis

Toyah 'Nimby' Wilcox

And of course uber-pain-in-the-backside Sting



Others like seemed to have dropped off the map



Gary Shail and the two others seemed to disappeared completely (who I don't know the name of).



So anyone know what these three are doing now?

Such a great film, they will always be 'there'..!

[clitheroekid]

A film I have somehow never got around to seeing

[grillreaper]

Funny you ask....



I saw Phil Davis doing some shopping and minding his own business the other week.....

I think he still does the odd film here and there. Face with Robert Carlisle was great.



The bellboy went on to being a musician of somesorts

[Klark Crass]

I just went downstairs to the dining room wall where I thought I had a framed Quadrophenia poster... to then realise months back I swapped it with Blow Up - and Quadrophenia is right next to me! Note to self: get glasses.



Anyway, I can see Garry Cooper (name's a little familiar?) who pops up once or twice (in the Bill?) and he looks the same.



Philip Davis was in BIRTHS DEATH & MARRIAGES with Ray Winstone.



The black guy with the hat who plays Ferdy the drug supplier - that's Trevor H Laird who was in QUADROPHENIA (mechanic under the car Bob Hoskins kicks the jack away) and in the Jude Law/Ray Winstone film LOVE HONOUR & OBEY (singing Fireball XL5 with Sean Pertwee)



- and yes, who's Gary Shail?



The rest you know! Hope that helps!

[grwblunden]

hi there

Quadrophenia had quite a distinguished cast, with many of the actors moving on to be household names.

check out the book Chasing the Wind:A Quadrophenia Anthology

to read all about this cult film.



quadmodbook





"I don't wanna be like everybody else, that's why i'm a mod, see?"

[Brett Sinclair]

I've never noticed this before, but bearing in mind that one of the key stories in the film is the decaying friendship of Phil Daniels and Ray Winstone (Winstone getting more screen time than some of those featured in the posters), Winstone doesn't appear in any of the posters. A conscious decision to keep everything 'mod'...a lone 'Rocker' being out of sync?

[ommerum]

I just want to get a plug in for a new Quadrophenia site .... go here.. Quadrophenia - Schizophrenic I'm Bleeding Quadrophenic . You'll find that Jimmy rides south along Gravesend Road and the P.O. van is travelling west along Sawley Road in Wormholt when they collide. Stuff all to do with Hemlock Road or Yew Tree Road as you'll read elsewhere. If you wanna make out under a canal bridge may i suggest the Great Western Road.. Get off at Westbourne Tube Station and head North... It's a 12 month project so please bare with us... we know 90% of locations, just uploading them..... OK one more.... the scrapyard is opposite the Bramley Arms pub.. in the film looking back out of the scrapyard you can see the Bramley Arms window.. Bramley closed in late 1988...early 99..



Quadrophenia - Schizophrenic I'm Bleeding Quadrophenic

[ommerum]

There was more than 1 house used as the Cooper residence.. go here.. Quadrophenia - Schizophrenic I'm Bleeding Quadrophenic

[Happy Pill]

This has to be the best film ever!

[Steve Crook]

This has to be the best film ever!

That says it all really



Steve

[batman]

Great music!



Bats.

[marker]

Great music!



Bats.

Great fights !!

[batman]

Great scooters!!!



Bats.

[redstar65]

i first saw this in 1980 (2nd release with scum as the b movie)

these were great times for us lot

i was obsessed by clothes and the 60s well before this anyway so when it did come out i could easily relate to it.

[maninasuitcase]

i first saw this in 1980 (2nd release with scum as the b movie)

Yes, so did I. My mates all preferred 'Scum' but it was 'Quadrophenia' for me. Quite simply one of the best films of the 1970's with a terrific OST.

[vetchbook]

check out the book all about the film:



Chasing the Wind:A Quadrophenia Anthology.

On Ebay/ Amazon or at



http://chasing_book.tripod.com

[byebyebadman]

love the clothes! mods are the best dressed race on earth. visit sherry's just off carnaby street to see why

[davidb]

did anybody see the brief behind the scenes shot of this on that season of british films documentary last year ? somebody was trying to teach sting how to dance ,the eventual sequence of him in the finished film is only from the waist up and something they just had to improvise cos they couldnt do it !

[billy bentley]

There's a ton of mean spirited, nasty and snide comments I wanted to make about Sting's dancing abilities, most of them tied to the music he has purveyed. But I'm on my best Britmovie behaviour and won't say a word. However, I do feel sorry for whoever it was that had the thankless and impossible task of trying to teach him a couple of decent moves - it was never gonna happen !