Having acted in this film I'd just like to say what a marvellous place it was for the short time we were there. Our scene was at Slough Town Hall, one of the first of the film. It was a large set with many extras, all the actors were there except Prunella Scales and Robert Hardy which was just as well as we had their trailers! The enormous set was made up for the day to look directly as us, the band Portabello (often spelt Portobello, even in the credits!). We had to mime four songs over and over again in their entirety while everyone waltzed to them. It was a great day and we met the whole cast, and I was even interviewed by Melanie Sykes of Channel 4.
I went to the premier in London and was treated as a member of the cast by the cast and media – our scenes start with my face filling the screen for a few seconds before panning out to see the band, a very proud moment for my mother who was there with me.
Pity it turned out the way it did, it's not a bad film but it has its flaws. Our manager at the time neglected to get a royalty worked out so the 4 song soundtrack and air time didn't return us any favours. I had to buy a copy from Amazon.
Robert Minter, Portabello, soundcloud.com/tags/Robert%20Minter
I went to the premier in London and was treated as a member of the cast by the cast and media – our scenes start with my face filling the screen for a few seconds before panning out to see the band, a very proud moment for my mother who was there with me.
Pity it turned out the way it did, it's not a bad film but it has its flaws. Our manager at the time neglected to get a royalty worked out so the 4 song soundtrack and air time didn't return us any favours. I had to buy a copy from Amazon.
Robert Minter, Portabello, soundcloud.com/tags/Robert%20Minter