A strong contender for worst movie of the 1970s. The idea of dramatizing the Beatles songs into a full length movie may have sounded like a good idea after the success of The Who's TOMMY, but in execution, SGT PEPPER is mind numbingly bad. Peter Frampton and the BeeGees substitute for the Fab Four as a band who have to battle the evil Mr. Mustard (Frankie Howerd)for control of their hometown Heartland. Heartworm is more like it. The mayor is the decrepit George Burns and people like Elvin Bishop, Peter Allen, Carol Channing and Leif Garrett make up the town's population. An abysmal, out of touch movie that soils the reputations of a lot of really talented people. Thrown into the mix are Aerosmith, Donovan, Minnie Riperton, Steve Martin and Donald Pleasence...which makes one wonder if the casting director was suffering from a fit of dementia when assembling this lot.
