Pop Gear (1965)

Director:

Frederic Goode

Writer:

Roger Dunton (script)

Release Date:

4 January 1965 (UK)

Genre:

Music

Tagline:

It's the new international beat that's rockin' the world!

Plot:

No plot here. Just a collection of lip-synched videos from some of the bands that were part of the "British Invasion" in 1964...

Plot Keywords:

British Invasion | Musician | Singer | Legend | Performer

Cast

Jimmy Savile	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Allen	...	Himself (as The Nashville Teens)
The Animals	...	Themselves
Peter Asher	...	Himself (as Peter and Gordon)
Toni Baker	...	Himself (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
The Beatles	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas	...	Themselves
Eric Burdon	...	Himself (as The Animals)
Billie Davis	...	Herself
Spencer Davis	...	Himself (as Spencer Davis Group)
Dennis D'Ell	...	Himself - Singer (as The Honeycombs)
Chris Farlowe	...	Himself
The Fourmost	...	Themselves
The Four Pennies	...	Themselves
Karl Green	...	Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
Spencer Davis Group	...	Themselves
George Harrison	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Hawken	...	Himself (as The Nashville Teens)
Herman's Hermits	...	Themselves
Pete Hilton	...	Himself (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Keith Hopwood	...	Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
Barry Jenkins	...	Himself (as The Nashville Teens)
Raymond Jones	...	Himself (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Billy J. Kramer	...	Himself (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Honey Lantree	...	Herself - Drummer (as The Honeycombs)
John Lantree	...	Himself - Bassist (as The Honeycombs)
Derek Leckenby	...	Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
John Lennon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Susan Maughan	...	Herself
Mike Maxfield	...	Himself (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Paul McCartney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Matt Monro	...	Himself (as Matt Munro)
Eddie Mooney	...	Himself (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Lionel Morton	...	Himself (as The Four Pennies)
Martin Murray	...	Himself - Guitarist (as The Honeycombs)
The Nashville Teens	...	Themselves
Tony Newman	...	Himself (as Sounds Incorporated)
Peter Noone	...	Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
Ken Osborn	...	Himself (as The Nashville Teens)
Ray Phillips	...	Himself (as The Nashville Teens)
Alan Price	...	Himself
Tommy Quickly	...	Himself (as Tommy Quickly and the Remo Four)
The Rockin' Berries	...	Himself
Pete Shannon	...	Himself (as The Nashville Teens)
Arthur Sharp	...	Himself (as The Nashville Teens)
Sounds Incorporated	...	Themselves
Ringo Starr	...	Himself (archive footage)
The Syndicate of Sound	...	Themselves
Gordon Waller	...	Himself (as Peter and Gordon)
Alan Ward	...	Himself - Organist (as The Honeycombs)
Barry Whitwam	...	Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
Muff Winwood	...	Himself (as Spencer Davis Group)
Stevie Winwood	...	Himself (as Spencer Davis Group)
Pete York	...	Himself (as Spencer Davis Group)

Also Known As:

Go Go Mania (USA)

Runtime:

68 min | USA:70 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U | Australia:PG

Company:

Associated British-Pathé

Trivia:

The Beatles appear via some newsreel footage, singing "Twist and Shout" and "She Loves You". This is the same footage that TV show host Jack Paar showed to the American Public just weeks before their storied debut on " The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Super Night of Rock 'n' Roll (1984) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Pop Gear

Shagedelic and Psychotronic

This is a difficult film to rate. Most viewers will find it an annoying bore, but devotees of the bands who appeared over the first year of the British Invasion will be mesmerized. The movie is a series of lip-synched "performances" by the also-rans that flourished in the wake of The Beatles during 1964, including The Honeycombs, The Spencer Davis Group, The Animals, Tommy Quickly, Peter And Gordon, Herman's Hermits, Nashville Teens and several others. The standout is probably The Animals featuring a young and deadly looking Eric Burdon. The film is decorated with tons of 1960's set design and art direction and a team of pretty dancers in gold-lame hip-huggers shaking same in Hullabaloo style choreography.