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The Boy Friend is a 1971 British musical comedy film written and directed by Ken Russell, based on the 1953 musical of the same name by Sandy Wilson. The film stars Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Tommy Tune, and Max Adrian, with an uncredited appearance by Glenda Jackson. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer made extensive edits to the film for its American release.
Dec 24, 1971 · The Boy Friend: Directed by Ken Russell. With Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle. When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Ken Russell
- 1971-12-24
The Boy Friend (sometimes misrepresented The Boyfriend) is a musical by Sandy Wilson. Its original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances, briefly making it the third-longest running musical in West End or Broadway history (after Chu Chin Chow and Oklahoma!
- Sandy Wilson
- 2013
Assistant stage manager and understudy Polly (Twiggy) gets cliche` last-minute advice from director Max (Max Adrian), with colleagues (Antonia Ellis, Caryl Little), working up to the first version of Sandy Wilson's title tune, in Ken Russell's The Boyfriend, 1971.
- Ken Russell, Graham Ford
- Twiggy
The Boyfriend is not just the last great movie musical, but one of the greatest of all movie musicals. And a truly Great film, regardless of genre. Taking a tuneful but forgettable neo-1930s stage musical as a starting point, Russell created a multi-layered, kaleidoscopic phantasmagoria of a film.
The Boyfriend (1971) - YouTube. Ricardo Leitner. 3.09K subscribers. Subscribed. 12. 2.3K views 8 years ago. Antonia Ellis (in the true sense of the expression, "trying to steal the show) and...
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“The Boy Friend” is a musical dream that unfolds in an inescapable horror of a theatrical nightmare. Director Ken Russell is better known for his mind bending thrillers, “The Devils” and “Altered States,” so it’s with particular expertise that he brings his talents to a genre that never asked for them: musical comedy.
