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<bDel (Del Walker), a young apprentice, and his 15-year-old girlfriend Irene (Anne Gooding) have no money and nowhere to go. Angry and frustrated, they turn to 'Bronco Bullfrog - fresh out of borstal and living an independent lifestyle - for a taste of fun and freedom. Powerful and authentic, this fascinating record of the then-emerging suedehead subculture, largely improvised by a non-professional cast of teenagers from East London, is released here in a fully remastered High Definition presentation
Extra Features:- Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
- Director approved High Definition transfer from the original negative
- Everybody's An Actor, Shakespeare Said (1968, 30 minutes): Platts-Mills' documentary charts Joan Littlewood's theatre work with the teenagers who would star in Bronco Bullfrog.
- Joan Littlewood interview (1968, 21 minutes): the formidable and outspoken theatre director discusses her career
- Seven Green Bottles (Eric Marquis, 1975, 35 minutes): a cautionary tale of seven young delinquents, played by non-professional actors
- Fully illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essays, photographs and film credits.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
This low budget film follows the fortunes of a group of working class teenage lads and one in particular, Del. They live a bored, semi-delinquent life in East London and when Del finds himself a girlfriend, the limitations of his own life hits him. Bronco Bullfrog is the lad from Borstal who has the swaggering, independent lifestyle that Del doesn't have and which he is tempted by. He then searches for his own independence.
This film was personal for me and one of the reasons why I loved it. I have lived in the area where this was filmed for some years and to see what it looked like in 1969 was fascinating. A great location nostalgia trip! The main reason however why I love this film is because of the actors. They were all non-professionals and their rawness, their unpolished performances give the film an extra edge. There is an authenticity that I was not expecting. The script is loose, which sometimes doesn't quite work (The Detective is not good) but it mostly gives it a startling realism. Del and his girlfriend completely capture all the awkwardness and innocence of their relationship because of the unsophisticated, free approach to their acting.
I enjoyed this very much as a low-key, unflashy film about lads, a teenage romance and the unwelcome intrusion of the realisms of life.
This film was personal for me and one of the reasons why I loved it. I have lived in the area where this was filmed for some years and to see what it looked like in 1969 was fascinating. A great location nostalgia trip! The main reason however why I love this film is because of the actors. They were all non-professionals and their rawness, their unpolished performances give the film an extra edge. There is an authenticity that I was not expecting. The script is loose, which sometimes doesn't quite work (The Detective is not good) but it mostly gives it a startling realism. Del and his girlfriend completely capture all the awkwardness and innocence of their relationship because of the unsophisticated, free approach to their acting.
I enjoyed this very much as a low-key, unflashy film about lads, a teenage romance and the unwelcome intrusion of the realisms of life.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By 3D
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Purchased this for 7 green bottles for some primary school nostalgia and seeing 70's London again. Hit the spot. The main feature isn't bad either.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By EC
Format:Blu-ray
I first watched this film in 1975 and it ran me over.
This is the first re-watch and only the soundtrack seems dated.
The charachters remain totally convincing. Still love it. In my top five.
This is the first re-watch and only the soundtrack seems dated.
The charachters remain totally convincing. Still love it. In my top five.
By Xerxes
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Film isn't up to much but it's fun plying spot the East London locations. Extras make it worthwhile e.g. interviews with Joan Littlewood and see Danny Jon Jules before he found fame as 'Cat' in Red Dwarf.
10 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By lee moran
Format:Blu-ray
I have seen this film hundreds of times only got it cos paul weller rated it as one of his favourite films. Not a great story line and the actors(i think)are from a local drama group , not sure if thats correct though, cos the acting is a bit wooden.
Bronco bull frog is not the main character this will be del a 17 year old welders apprentice. Bronco is just out of borstal and del and his mates decide to do a robbery with him. Great rare film this, shows that teenage life was just as bad in 1969 as it is today. Brill soundtrack from "The audience"
A must buy for mods,skinheads,suedeheads or anybody who loves the 60s era.
Bronco bull frog is not the main character this will be del a 17 year old welders apprentice. Bronco is just out of borstal and del and his mates decide to do a robbery with him. Great rare film this, shows that teenage life was just as bad in 1969 as it is today. Brill soundtrack from "The audience"
A must buy for mods,skinheads,suedeheads or anybody who loves the 60s era.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Cobra
Format:Blu-ray
I say it's a good educational film that preaches a message to deter young people from committing crime.Especially one of the extra's Seven Green Bottles which shows what can happen if young offenders keep on going around offending.
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