Quadrophenia (DVD, 1979).
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Quadrophenia . is a 1979 Britishdrama film, based onthe Who's 1973rock operaof thesame name. It was directed byFranc Roddamin hisfeature directing dbut. Unlike theadaptationofTommy,Quadropheniais not amusical film, and the band does not appear live in the film.
The film is set in London in 1964, a time when the working class youth broadly aligned themselves with one of two factions who frequently engaged in gang brawls with each other. TheModswore sharp suits, listened to current British pop and American soul music, tookamphetaminesand rodescooters. TheRockersrode powerful British motorcycles such asTriumphandBSA, wore black leather jackets and listened to 1950's American rock 'n' roll. The film starsPhil Danielsas Jimmy Cooper, a young mod who escapes from his dead-end job as apostroom boyby dancing, partying, taking amphetamines, riding his scooter and brawling with Rockers. After he and his friends participate in a huge brawl with the Rockers at the seaside town ofBrighton, he is arrested and his life starts to spiral out of control; he loses his love interest (Leslie Ash), gets kicked out of his house by his parents and discovers that his idol, the popular, successful mod nicknamed Ace Face (Sting), is actually abellboyat a hotel.