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First and foremost, of course, they were Cliff Richard vehicles: designed to showcase his all-round talents and capitalise on his first, heady wave of pop chart success. They are also unashamed homages to the heyday of the MGM B-musical with familiar themes: let's put on a show/save the youth club/make a film. But with up-and-coming directors Sidney Furie and Peter Yates making imaginative and sophisticated use of wide-angle camera work and fresh, snappy choreography by Herbert Ross and Gillian Lynne, they also have plenty of assets other than Cliff's wholesome appeal. There are some fine set pieces and surreal flashes, notably the history of cinema in Wonderful Life and the extraordinary mime sequence in Summer Holiday. They also tap into the very British energy of a group of young actors and dancers including Una Stubbs, Susan Hampshire, Melvyn Hayes and Richard O'Sullivan, as well as Cliff's band at the time, The Shadows. For sheer verve, they deserve to be seen on their own merits.
On the DVD: The Cliff Richard DVD Collection has been pristinely restored; the colours and clarity, not to mention the use of Cinemascope, leap off the screen (aspect ratio 2.35:1). The mono soundtrack recreates the authentic bandbox sound of the 1960s. Aside from theatrical trailers, the most notable extras are directors' commentaries: actually Furie and Yates in occasionally long-winded conversation with film and music writers. Both men give fascinating insight into the film-making climate in Britain in the early 1960s.--Piers Ford
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Of the three, The Young Ones is probably the most notable because it's sharp, has a tighter script and story, Robert Morley is superb. Summer Holiday was the big hit but what makes all these films a joy is the clean cut innocence, brightness and colour, energy and fun, good supporting dancing and comedic talent and nice songs. Wonderful Life drags a little is quite implausible but the centrepiece 'We love the movies' is fun and memorable.
These films ended about the same time as the innocence of film and pop gave way to the Beatles and Stones and other grittier and perhaps seedier representations. Oh! those halcyon days......
For anyone interested in English cinema or just a couple of care free hours infront of the TV, I strongly recommend this collection.
Flora
3 x DVDs Firstly 'Bold as Brass' oops! Bold indeed, but he cant sing this genre of song, he does not have the voice - its embarresing. Read more
I wanted to show my 5 year old son, and discovered this sheerly by chance on Amazon while I was looking for Summer Holiday. Read more
Thank's Cliff!
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