Toomorrow (1970)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Val Guest

Writer:

Val Guest (writer)

Release Date:

27 August 1970 (UK)

Genre:

Music | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Launch out on a musical cosmic trip with the new "Tomorrow"

Plot:

Dying aliens kidnap the group Toomorrow who's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. |

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Performance | Outer Space | Instrument | Student

Cast

Olivia Newton-John	...	Olivia
Benny Thomas	...	Benny
Vic Cooper	...	Vic
Karl Chambers	...	Karl
Roy Dotrice	...	John Williams
Imogen Hassall	...	Amy
Tracey Crisp	...	Suzanne Gilmore
Margaret Nolan	...	Johnson
Roy Marsden	...	Alpha
Carl Rigg	...	Matthew
Maria O'Brien	...	Françoise
Stuart Henry	...	Compere
Kubi Chaza	...	Sylvana
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Chappell	...	Stage Door Keeper

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Lowndes Productions Limited

Trivia:

The basis for this film is "The Gang" (1967), an unreleased movie.

Goofs:

Factual errors: After the Professor is shown cutting the power to the group's instruments at their (live) lunchtime jam session, instead of their music cutting off altogether it slows down to a stop as if on a record.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Olivia Newton-John and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Live at the Sydney Opera House (2007) (TV)

For die hard fans only

I absolutely love ONJ. She has always brought a smile to me and can't whisk me into a good mood. I was so excited to find a bootleg of this on Ebay (soundtrack disk included!) and rushed to watch it.

Ummm, It felt longer than Gandhi, the music was uber cheesy but catchy..i vaguely recall rolling in bed later that night, having nightmares to the tune of "Taking Our Own Sweet Time", one of the films stickier jams. The drummer has swing, Olivia feels underused and the music is competent, if uninspired.

Toomorrow's special effects were good though. Xanadu is my favorite of ONJ's films and this definitely pre-dates some of that neon blue post disco vibe with its trail effects.

My Disk came with some extra gifts, one being the CD soundtrack to the film. This thing is gonna collect some serious dust. If Aliens need the music of Tomorrow to survive, there surely isn't intelligent life out there.

My disk came with an Extra of her performing "Have You Never Been Mellow" on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. That was the point when I really felt I got my money's worth.

If you liked Grease and are curious about an older film of hers, don't bother. If you are a completest, feel free...but you have been warned.