In 1974 I was 17 and my recollection of watching this film at "the pictures" was that I really enjoyed it. Every young girl was in love with it's stars at the time. David Essex regularly appeared as a pin up poster in Jackie magazine. And Adam Faith was cute. I think this is what must have influenced my opinion of the film then.
Sitting down to watch it again at the age of 64, I was not that impressed. Can see there's a very lightly veiled similarity to life events of Lennon. Don't know how they got away with that. May be because it was made before his assassination and we have more respect now.
But Essex and Faith were eye candy of their time - no one can take that away from them.
Sitting down to watch it again at the age of 64, I was not that impressed. Can see there's a very lightly veiled similarity to life events of Lennon. Don't know how they got away with that. May be because it was made before his assassination and we have more respect now.
But Essex and Faith were eye candy of their time - no one can take that away from them.