White City (1985)

Director:

Richard Lowenstein

Writers:

Richard Lowenstein, Pete Townshend

Stars:

Pete Townshend, Frances Barber, Cecily Hobbs

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Pete Townshend	...	Pete Fountain
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frances Barber	...	Alice
Cecily Hobbs	...	Clerk
Pauline Melville	...	Woman in dole office
Peter Sproule	...	Drunken customer
Ewan Stewart	...	Scotsman
Gwyneth Strong	...	Girlfriend
Mark Sweeting	...	Young Jim
Andrew Wilde	...	Jim
Barbara Young	...	Mother

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

independent film

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Genres:

Drama | Musical

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Biale miasto

Filming Locations:

White City, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Callendar Company, Eel Pie, Midnight Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Pretty interesting - worth seeing for Townshend fans

This movie lives in a bit of gray area - never exactly released in the US, but a copy turned up at my favorite video place. It's a bit more closely tied to the album "White City" than expected; the weird little spoken word snippets are actually of a street preacher in the movie.

Synopsis, as best as I can remember: The "White City" is sort of a British housing project - small apartments, a fair amount of poverty. The main character is a rather young fellow having problems with his marriage. Townshend appears as his friend, and essentially as himself (he's referred to as the "rock star" by at least one character in a pub). The action revolves around Townshend setting up a dance/concert in the project's swimming pool / civic center (warning! terrible 80's clothing and fake band members!!) while the main character breaks up with his wife.

The plot isn't that great, but it's still neat to watch. Also cool was some odd footage at the end of the video - a short interview with Townshend and also a live/studio performance of "Night School", a Townshend disco tune?!?