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You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. Download expresso bongo 1959 brrip xvid mp3xvid or any other file from movies category. Looking forward to playing a few gigs for our fans soon and adding some new people, too. While most hit 1950s broadway musicals were filmed, british ones fared much worse. Laurence harvey, cliff richard, yolande donlan, sylvia syms.

Johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge singing in a coffee house. The production starred paul scofield with hy hazell, millicent martin and james kenney. Expresso bongo british board of film classification. Im familiar with some of cliff richards later work in the movies but this film, being less about him and more about an upandcoming rock star, did not make full use. Expresso bongo 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The movie is great, because, unlike the elvis outings that were all fluff and no substance, this movie, guided by the talents of lawrence harvey, tells the story of the rise of a rock star and the pr that creates a totally different personality and background for the star than what is their. Includes musical performances, strip club, and nearnude scenes. Bluray and dvd full length expresso bongo 1959 theatrical of the 111 minutes premiere release of the original longer version of the film. Read about the expresso bongo dvd and browse other dvd movies. Director val guests 1959 british drama stars laurence harvey, cliff richard, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, hermione baddeley, susan hampshire and avis bunnage. Cliff richard is discovered singing in a coffee bar.

A twobit promoter launches a teenage bongo playin singer to super pop stardom. 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. In quick succession rudge changes his name to bongo herbert, gets a record deal and strikes up a relationship with an ageing american singing sensation. One of the best british rock n roll films of the 50s.

In this witty musicbusiness satire, johnny jackson laurence harvey is a talent agent down on his luck who thinks his tide may have turned. One of the best british rock and roll films of the fifties. Expresso bongo 1960 val guest cast and crew allmovie. Cliff richard was at the height of his first wave of popularity as the british elvis when expresso bongo was. It was first produced on the stage at the saville theatre, london, on 23 april 1958. Slick talent agent johnny jackson sets his sights on bert rudge, a skilled singer and bongo player he discovers in a seedy coffeehouse. 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. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their. Expresso bongo 1959 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. 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. At once joyous fluff and sharp satire, it skewers everything from teen dance crazes to bbc documentaries to the career of its star.

Rent expresso bongo 1959 starring laurence harvey and cliff richard on dvd and bluray. To obtain this category cuts were required but the details are not available. From the film expresso bongo, 1959 directed by val guest. 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 in the film, cliff richard and the shadows made their second. Black and white and a lot of my favourit songs bring back a. Sleazy london agent laurence harvey turns soho bongo player cliff richard into teen idol. Find movie and film cast and crew information for expresso bongo 1960 val guest on allmovie. Expresso bongo 2007 a talent agent named johnny jackson laurence harvey tries to resurrect his flagging career when he stumbles upon a talented young rock n roll musician, bert rudge cliff. With laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, cliff richard. Directors val guest cast includes cliff richard, laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, meier tzelniker, gilbert harding.

Expresso bongo is a 1959 film satire of the music industry directed by val guest, shot in. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Summer and smoke storm over the nile three men in a boat expresso bongo room at the top walk on the wild side silent enemy night and the caterpillar the magic christian the long the short and the tall romeo and juliet 1954 darling welcome to arrow beach i love,therefore i amby. Its book was written by wolf mankowitz and julian more, with music by david heneker and monty norman, also the colyricist with julian more. While expresso bongo never had as poisonous a reputation as showgirls, it still feels like the kind of film you have to prepare a briefing for the defence for. The traditional line is that expresso bongo the movie lacks the satirical edge of the original stage musical, but in truth the script is still gleefully spiky and more than snarky enough to. For the film of expresso bongo 1959, only two of the seventeen numbers. Changing rudges name to bongo herbert, jackson exploits his new client every way he can. So the answer is that it made no difference at all as chart eligibility rules were different, and sales had already peaked. 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. Surprisingly full of partial nudity, expresso bongo is a great snapshot of londons tin pan alley, with its shooting galleries, pinball machines, strip clubs, and espresso bars. A bit dated, but that almost adds to the interest of the film.

With bongos ascension in popularity, harveys character becomes more and more controlling. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Cliff richard performs the song love which was composed by norrie paramor. Expresso bongo is a 1958 west end musical and a satire of the music industry.

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. Play all the world of suzie wong full moviesewiosadesabu buisadwjisada. Usa val guest the biggest private known exhibition of movie posters. Former musician and full time crookmanager johnny jackson discover bongo and singing talent bert rudge at some bar. Vinyl 7 cliff richard and the shadows expresso bongo 1960, vinyl discogs. Wolf mankowitz based on expresso bongo by, julian more based on expresso bongo by 1. Rent expresso bongo 1959 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. See the full list of expresso bongo cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.

Cliff richard has been a byword for safe, unthreatening, christian pop for generations now, so much so that its. Cliff richard has allways been my favourit singer and person a guy to look ut too. In quick succession rudge changes his name to bongo herbert, gets a record deal and strikes up a. Download expresso bongo 1959 brrip xvid mp3xvid softarchive. Compared are the 1962 rerelease version and the theatrical version from 1959. Expresso bongo rivals some of the best us rock n roll movies. Despite berts protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, johnny starts him on the road to stardom. Val guests 1959 londonshot brit beat classic charts the fortunes of aspiring musician bert rudge cliff richard.