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Flame [DVD] [1975]

DVD ~ Dave Hill
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Dave Hill, Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Don Powell, Tom Conti
  • Directors: Richard Loncraine
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Union Square Music
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Mar 2003
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00008NUX2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 61,770 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features

16:9 Wide Screen
English
Region 0
Noddy Holder Interview Conducted By Gary Crowley In London 2002
Slade In Fame Photo Gallery
Full Slade Discography


Synopsis

In the middle of the 1970's, Slade were possibly the biggest rock band in Britain and so it was no surprise that they looked to branch out and make a feature film. What was a surprise was that they chose to make a bleak, unglamorous look at the life of a fictional working band at the prey of an unscrupulous industry. Despite the film's undoubted quality it was poorly received by their confused fanbase and marked the beginning of their commercial decline.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Slade In Flame, 20 May 2005
By 12stringbassist "Ian" (NorthWest, UK) - See all my reviews
  
Everyone expected them to make a sort of glam version of 'Hard day's night' when we heard they were making a film. No-one expected a dark and grittily violent story, about a struggling pub band who gave up their day jobs when they got discovered... that's riddled with contarct thefts, threats and intimidation and a real downer of an ending.

There is some humour in the film, Jim chatting Nod up to join their band early on, while in the gents is a killer, plus a silly car showroom scene when Barry (Dave Hill) buys a Rolls Royce. Don Powell is unintentionally hilarious throughout and his aiudition and the 'on the train scene' are classic. So is the bit where he walks by the canal with his old boss from the foundry where he was a sheet metal worker, discussing what floats in the canal!!

The music is exactly what you would hope for from Slade - great stuff. Most people will know their two big hits from the soundtrack: Far far away and How does it feel. There sin't a duff song in the film.

The film sadly didn't do Slade much good in the long run. On their concert tour to promote the album, they were forever telling their audiences that they weren't splitting up and that Nod and Jim didn't hate each other. Flame were THAT fractured in the film.

Slade toured the UK then decided to take themselves off to America and to all intents and purposes, for the 12-18 months that they were away, as far as the UK was concerned, they might as well have spilt up.

The film is one of the very few made by a group that deals with this kind of subject matter well.

Tom Conti made one of his earliest appearances in this film and stumbles vaguely through his lines, playing himself.

More on Slade at www.crazeeworld.plus.com

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well., 12 May 2003
Sadly, the company producing this DVD put no effort into making
this film worth watching. The beginning and end credits are "widescreen" and still cut off the edges. The rest of the film is full frame, showing you less than 1/2 of the picture. Absoluitely dreadful. On the plus side, the special features include a nice long interview with Noddy Holder on the making of the film, and THAT is the only reason to make this purchase. Here's hoping the film with be re-released by a more quality conscious company in the future.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Widescreen !!, 9 May 2003
By S. M. Engel (Amsterdam Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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It's good to see this brilliant movie on DVD: this is one of the best rockfilms ever. One point of critcism though: this is not a widescreen version: the funny thing is that during the extra Noddy Holder interview some bits of the movie are shown in widescreen ! Therefore only 3 stars.
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