... I was taken to see The Young Ones and then in 1963 we all went to see Summer Holiday.
I am guessing that this is the best known of all Cliff's films and if you were to ask a random member of the general population to name a film starring Cliff Richard this is the one that would be named ... Read review
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double-decker bus for a mobile home four young mechanics search for fun in the sun from London to Athens. Bachelor Boy Cliff Richard dons his dancing shoes and brings...
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the sun from London to Athens. Bachelor Boy Cliff Richard dons his dancing shoes and brings a beat to the beach in the breeziest Summer Holiday on record!Featuring ...
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stables. There Ellie and Kate meet snooty Princess Clara who always thinks she knows best. But when Clara gets herself into trouble Ellie and Kate rush to her aid with the help of a very special pony called Mango.
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Music / Performing Arts, Comedy - Director: Trevor Nunn, Geoffrey Posner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, Parental Guidance - Starring: Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, Jim Broadbent
Advantages: A good happy go lucky musical film Disadvantages: By it's nature it's very lightweight
...we all went to see Summer Holiday.
I am guessing that this is the best known of all Cliff's films and if you were to ask a random member of the general population to name a film starring Cliff Richard this is the one that would be named most often. To be fair, of his musical films, this is the arguably the one with the best music.
As I say I first saw the film at the cinema in 1963 when I was just 8 years old. I have ... ...of course the title song, Summer Holiday!
Incidentally I use the term 'dance' in its loosest sense where Cliff is concerned! Whatever you might think of his singing I think we can agree that he is definitely not a dancer!
The Shadows also appear here and there in the film to play a few tunes and to accompany Cliff. Their most notable instrumental from the film is Foot Tapper.
I have been a fan of Cliff Richard since he first started making records back on the late 1950's. My mom and dad also liked Cliff; I suppose he was wholesome and not likely to corrupt my young mind! Anyway the upshot of this is that they took me to see his early films and even queued to get tickets to see him in Blackpool one year too, but that's another story altogether!
I didn't get to see Cliff's first two films (Expresso Bongo and Serious Charge) at the cinema as I would have been a bit too young to make sense of them. I was taken to see The Young Ones and then in 1963 we all went to see Summer Holiday.
I am guessing that this is the best known of all Cliff's films and if you were to ask a random member of the general population to name a film starring Cliff Richard this is the one that would be named most often. To be fair, of his musical films, this is the arguably the one with the best music.
As I say I first saw the film at the cinema in 1963 when I was just 8 years old. I have since watched it a few times on the TV and now have the DVD.
The film follows the adventures of a group of four young mechanics who work for London Transport as they go on holiday to tour Europe in one of the red London double decker buses. They are fed up of the rain in England and so they modify a London Transport bus to make it into living accommodation for their holiday and off they go.
On their travels they come across three girls, led by Una Stubbs, whose car has broken down. The girls are singers who are on their way to a gig so the boys offer them a lift. At this point a young boy stowaway also boards the bus.
The film continues following the relationships between the boys and girls starting with a bit of a battle of the sexes but settling down into a happy group all enjoying the journey.
Cliff gets on well with the stowaway finally finding out that 'he' is actually a 'she' and is an American singer (played by Lauri Peters) on the run from her domineering mother.
The film continues as the aforementioned mother sets various traps to discredit the travelers and get her daughter back - each of which fails, of course!
As you might imagine the cast burst into song and dance at every available opportunity with classics like Bachelor Boy, Next Time, Dancing Shoes and of course the title song, Summer Holiday!
Incidentally I use the term 'dance' in its loosest sense where Cliff is concerned! Whatever you might think of his singing I think we can agree that he is definitely not a dancer!
The Shadows also appear here and there in the film to play a few tunes and to accompany Cliff. Their most notable instrumental from the film is Foot Tapper.
There are a few incidents which seem to bear no relation to the plot - for example where Cliff visits a town to ask for some bread and ends up proposing to some elderly spinster by mistake which ends up in a Benny Hill style chase around a park. At least it gave Cliff a chance to sing a couple more songs!
There is another part where Ron Moody appears as a mime artist doing a silent movie scene - cleverly done but why?
The film is basically an innocent musical romp with a traditional happy ending, but I won't tell you what it is and be accused of spoiling it! LOL!
The DVD lasts for 1 hour and 43 minutes and 'contains no material likely to offend or harm'. Unless of course you really don't like Cliff Richard's singing!
Seriously though it is a happy go lucky film that requires no thinking about and should be watched for what it is - a showcase for Cliff and the Shadows music.
Advantages: Three Movies in One Set, Fab for Cliff Fans Disadvantages: Each Movie could Support its own disc plus bonus material
It was a sad day for Britain when Cliff Richard and the gang boogied off of our screens for the last time, but fear not! They are back to a man in this three movie bumper pack.
Yes, Cliff, Una (Stubbs), Melvin (Hayes) and Co once again brighten our screens in 'SummerHoliday', 'The Young Ones' and 'Wonderful Life'. There's nothing to quite compare to the kooky schemes in these movies, be it driving a red double decker from London to Athens, shooting a movie in secret or saving their youth club in these nostalgic glimpses of a more innocent time.
Filmed before Cliff became the 'Peter Pan of Pop', these three movies show him at his heart-throb best, wooing a succession of beauties (including Susan Hampshire and Laurie Peters) and performing the clean brand of rock n roll that he is, sadly, no longer known for.
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Advantages: Great storyline, great action Disadvantages: None that I can think of
ever could. I now understand what my Dad means when he says that they don?t make them like they used to; Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade is the perfect example of that. If you?re looking for a perfect family movie to enjoy during the summerholidays then this is perfect for everyone.
The DVD is currently available from play.com for £7.99.
The special features include:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
The Women: The American Film Institute Tribute - The three Indiana Jones women (Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody) reunite for a discussion.
Friends and Enemies - Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Indiana Jones writers discuss how they created the most iconic characters in film history, including a look at new faces in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal ...
Advantages: great laughs, good cast, easy to watch Disadvantages: -
As it gets nearer Christmas, there is nothing I love to do more than just sit back and watch a few films while it's too cold outside. I am on my Christmas holidays so being lazy means searching through the DVD pile and catching up with films I haven't seen. Over summer I remember hearing about The Ugly Truth which I intended to see at the cinema but sadly never got the time to. I wasn't sure if it would be just another cheesy romantic comedy or actually something good so I decided to give it a chance as the cast seemed good.
The film starts with us being introduced to Abby (Katherine Heigl) who is a morning TV producer, working for a company that is not doing too good on the ratings. She is single but dating and after an unsuccessful date tunes into a show called The Ugly Truth. This show is a man called Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler) who ...
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