It was first produced on the stage at the saville theatre, london, on 23 april 1958. James kenney bongo herbert rudge paul scofield johnny millicent martin maisie king meier tzelniker mr. Despite berts protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, johnny starts him on. A bit dated, but that almost adds to the interest of the film. Former musician and full time crookmanager johnny jackson discover bongo and singing talent bert rudge at some bar.
Cliff richard in expresso bongo 1959, out of print the most successful of several british elvis clones remember billy fury or dave berry. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Expresso bongo 1959 val guest, laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, drama, music june 5, 2017 johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge singing in a coffee house. Director val guests 1959 british drama stars laurence harvey, cliff richard, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, hermione baddeley, susan hampshire and. Expresso bongo 1959 pg 12011959 gb comedy 1h 48m user score. Good record of the life and times at a milestone in cultural history, as a film, mostly harmless. Fortunately, the val guestdirected expresso bongo 1959 offers little of this. A seedy london promoter turns a naive, workingclass teenager into a pop singing sensation. French comic artist blutch makes an experiment of mitchum. Expresso bongo british board of film classification. Hunching his coat across his shoulders, slitting his eyes cannily and poking a cigarette deftly into the area in front of his face, he probes through the film in avid fashion, like some tinhorn, questing and shamelessly conniving for an honest, and therefore gullible, man bongo herbert. There are scenes set in a strip club where barebreasted dancers perform a musical revue.
Expresso bongo is a 1959 satire on the music industry with. Looking forward to playing a few gigs for our fans soon and adding some new people, too. Expresso bongo 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The production starred paul scofield with hy hazell, millicent martin and james.
A voice in the wilderness, recorded by cliff richard from the film expresso bongo. An opportunistic talent agent stumbles on a meek bongo player performing in a coffee shop, and attempts to turn him into a pop. Expresso bongo 1959 british board of film classification. Directors val guest cast includes cliff richard, laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, meier tzelniker, gilbert harding. Val guests 1959 londonshot brit beat classic charts the fortunes of aspiring musician bert rudge cliff richard. It is adapted from the stage musical of the same name, which was first produced on the.
One of the best british rock n roll films of the 50s. Cliff richard stars as bongo herbert, yes, bongo herbert. Cast includes cliff richard, laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, meier tzelniker, gilbert harding. Bongo is also a hit with the young debutante set, who visit his dressing room. Johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert. Bluray video quality expresso bongo 1959 has been brought to you via the british film institute, with two versions of the film and has been presented with a new 1080p hd master made from a 2k scan from the original 35mm camera negative, that has been on loan to the bfi from cohen media in its original aspect ratio of 2. For the film of expresso bongo 1959, only two of the seventeen numbers remained, and more commercial songs were added to promote cliff richard. An adaptation of wolf mankowitzs 1958 showbiz musical, bristling with period flavour, from the casts brylcreemed coiffures and snazzy ties to the. A sleazy hustler always on the lookout for fresh talent to. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Expresso bongo has it all in one package, with joint. Expresso bongo is a 1959 british musical comedy drama about an unscrupulous talent agent who attempts to propel an innocent young man to stardom as a pop singer. It still amazes me that cliff richard, one of the most famous rock stars in great britain and other areas of the world, is practically unknown in the u. Cohen film collection in this fastpaced drama, opportunistic soho talent agent laurence harvey, always on the lookout for a fast buck, signs up a singer and bongo player pop star cliff richard and transforms him into.
Cliff richard and the shadows a voice in the wilderness dont be mad at me columbia uk 1960 next by artist cliff richard and the shadows expresso bongo columbia uk 1959. Cliff richard and the shadows wow the crowds in this toetapping brit beat classic, available on bfi dfe from 18. Voir film expresso bongo en streaming vf, telecharger film expresso bongo en entier, regarder film expresso bongo en francais. Val guest may not have a name that rivals carol reeds or alfred hitchcocks in terms of its public recognition factor, but wherever you look in the history of british cinema from the 1930s to the end of the 1970s, this versatile former theatre actortur. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their. Hard to belive this is only a few years before the beatles changed everything.
Telecharger film expresso bongo gratuitement, regarder film expresso bongo en streaming, voir film expresso bongo en ligne. Bluray video quality expresso bongo 1959 has been brought to you via the british film institute, with two versions of the film and has been presented with a new 1080p hd. Its book was written by wolf mankowitz and julian more, with music by david heneker and monty norman, also the colyricist with julian more. Baixar filme expresso bongo hd completo, assistir filme expresso bongo legendado, baixar filme expresso bongo em portugues, baixar filme expresso bongo. Despite berts protestation that he really is only interested in. There is cliff, and there are pensionable teenagers, but at its core this gem of a movie is a rapierlike satire on. Rudge stands little chance in the music business but is propelled to major stardom after being discovered in an expresso coffee shop. Expresso bongo is a 1958 west end musical and a satire of the music industry. For the film of expresso bongo 1959, only two of the seventeen numbers remained, and more commercial songs were added to promote cliff richard presenting a time capsule of the exploitative aspects of britains 1958 pop music business, bongo is set in and around. A talent agent named johnny jackson tries to resurrect his flagging career when he stumbles upon a talented young rock n roll musician, bert rudge.
Aug 16, 2016 laurence harvey the manchurian candidate stars alongside cliff richard and yolande donlan in this satirical look at the music industry. Mayer charles gray captain cyril mavors elizabeth ashley lady rosemary susan hampshire cynthia rosaline haddon. Compared are the 1962 rerelease version and the theatrical version from 1959. With laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, cliff richard. The production starred paul scofield with hy hazell, millicent martin and james kenney. Renamed bongo herbert and fitted out with a loud, rhythmic song called expresso party, the boy quickly becomes a fashionable success. Voir expresso bongo 1959 en streaming complet streamvoir. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Feb 01, 2017 johnny jackson laurence harvey, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge cliff richard singing in a coffee house. At once joyous fluff and sharp satire, it skewers everything from teen dance crazes to bbc documentaries to the career of its star. Where cliff richard stars as a english elvis, who is discovered by the quicktalking laurence harvey and set on his path to stardom. Johnny jackson laurence harvey, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge cliff richard singing in a coffee house. Expresso bongo is a film directed by val guest with laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, cliff richard, year.
So i was thrilled when i learned that it would finally released on vhs, though only in the uk, in the mid1990s. A fasttalking wouldbe pop impresario leads a pageant of sleazy characters hoping to cash in on fresh talent in the 1959 british film expresso bongo, now available in the u. Espresso bongo is the second studio album released by mental as anything. Expresso bongo is a 1959 film satire of the music industry directed by val guest, shot in an uncredited dyaliscope and starring laurence harvey, cliff richard. Rent expresso bongo 1959 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. He realizes hes found a winner in the form of bongo player bert rudge, a kid he christens with the stage name of bongo herbert and pushes as a pop singer in the local coffee bars.
Voir en expresso bongo 1959 vf gratuit film complet. Download free, ultra hd bluray movies, 4k movies, hd movies, bluray movies, remux, 2160p, 1080p, 720p, free ultra hd movies, free 4k movies, free bluray movies, download hd movies, highdefinition movies free. For the film adaptation, see expresso bongo 1959 film. Bongo becomes a pop culture sensation, of course, but johnnys hubris eventually proves to be his undoing. Rudge stands little chance in the music business but is propelled to major stardom after being discovered in an expresso coffee shop by sleazy soho agent johnny laurence harvey. Cliff richard and the shadows expresso bongo 1960, vinyl. Agent johnnie discovers herbert rudge playing bongo drums in a coffee bar in soho and signs him to a management contract. Expresso bongo is a 1959 film satire of the music industry directed by val guest, shot in an uncredited dyaliscope and starring laurence harvey, cliff richard, and yolande donlan. It is adapted from the stage musical of the same name, which was first produced on the stage at the saville theatre, london, on 23 april 1958. To obtain this category cuts were required but the details are not available. Laurence harvey the manchurian candidate stars alongside cliff richard and yolande donlan in this satirical look at the music industry. Expresso bongo is very much a product of its time, which fact may limit its appeal to most modern audiences. Expresso bongo 1959 expresso bonkers one of the daftest titles in british movie history although personally i think robert hartforddavis gonks go beat gets the no. Johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge singing in a coffee house.
Cohen film collection introduces this fifties british classic, a fastpaced story set in the cutthroat world of pop music. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of expresso bongo with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Expresso bongo, a 1958 west end musical and a 1959 film, is a satire of the music industry. Expresso bongo 1959 john llewellyn proberts house of. Karibu kutazama habari za matukio mbali mbali yaliyojiri kwenye jamii. Rent expresso bongo 1959 starring laurence harvey and cliff richard on dvd and bluray. The bustling nighttime streets, with expresso bars, amusement arcades, strip clubs and street entertainers, contain many colourful. My favorite scene, of course, was the comical highlight.
While most hit 1950s broadway musicals were filmed, british ones fared much worse. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Dixie hears of bongo s 5050 deal with johnny, and passes this information to mayer. Expresso bongo 1959 bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 1. Expresso bongo 1959 val guest, laurence harvey, sylvia syms. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Decouvrez toutes les informations sur le film expresso bongo, les videos.
I saw expresso bongo on cable tv back in 1979 and thought it was marvelous. It was then filmed by val guest in 1959 with cliff richard in a version scripted by mankowitz which eased off on the satire and. Expresso bongo is an unusual film, falling somewhere between west end musical and satiric showbusiness film. Despite berts protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, johnny starts him on the road to stardom. In this witty musicbusiness satire, johnny jackson laurence harvey is a talent agent down on his luck who thinks his tide may have turned. If u find any movie with download link unavailable leave a comment under that movie i will reupload quick. The images in blutchs mitchum are technically cartoons, but the style is. Linscription est necessaire pour regarder le film en 1080p hd. Cliff richards expresso bongo dvd madman entertainment.
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