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1 March 1991 (UK)
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Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Roger Daltrey | ... | Terry Clark | |
| Chesney Hawkes | ... | Buddy Clark | |
| Sharon Duce | ... | Carol Clark | |
| Michael Elphick | ... | Des King | |
| Douglas Hodge | ... | Bobby Rosen | |
| Paul McKenzie | ... | Julius | |
| Lee Ross | ... | Jason | |
| Nick Moran | ... | Mike | |
| Colin Peel | ... | Glenn | |
| James Aubrey | ... | Adrian | |
| Liza Walker | ... | Elaine | |
| Emma Amos | ... | Dawn | |
| Julia Sawalha | ... | Kelly | |
| Sandy Ford | ... | Paul (Hi-Tones) | |
| Tre Smith | ... | Photographer (as Trevor T. Smith) |
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Netherlands:105 min
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Last cinema feature of 'Ed Deveraux'.
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The One and Only
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Claude Whatham's (1990) film, based on Nigel Hinton's novel, charts the rapid success of a young pop singer, Buddy Clark (Chesney Hawkes), a generation before the film's actual release.
Between his feckless Dad (Roger Daltrey) and struggling Mum (Sharon Duce) we follow Buddy's early success and sudden leap to fame, from his modest working-class roots.
Replete with authentic classic cars and quirky costume of the times, this moving period piece captures the sudden, incandescent radiance of fame while balancing it with the sometimes grimy and shady underside of a business which puts people under the spotlight one day, only to drop them in the gutter the next.
This is good film to watch, because it's made by people who - unlike young Buddy - have been through the mill and come out the other end in more or less one piece.
Roger Daltrey (lead vocalist with 'The Who') and Bill Curbishley (Manager of 'The Who' and co-producer of the film) give the film an authentic bite that Hollywood might have missed.