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Rock 'n' Roll | 1950s
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Best Supporting Actress | 1974 | Rosemary
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | 1974 | David
Producer David Puttnam was impressed by Harry Nilsson's song "1941" and asked screenwriter Ray Connolly to create a screenplay based on it. The resulting movie resembles the song in all key respects except a funfair substitutes the circus of the song.
The movie seen by Jim (David Essex) and Jeanette (Rosalind Ayres) at the cinema is Horrors of the Black Museum (1959).
The original end music, "That'll Be The Day", was replaced for the American release by "Rock On", which had just been released.
There are two big Beatles connections that bookend this film. Firstly, right at the start of the film where Jim goes into the cafe a guitar instrumental called " Raunchy" is playing. This is the song that George Harrison played to John Lennon on the top of a Liverpool corporation bus as his audition to join The Quarrymen. The second is the Buddy Holly & The Crickets song "That'll be the Day" was the first song ever recorded by The Quarrymen, featuring Lennon, McCartney and Harrison.
It is rumored that Harry Nilsson made a cameo appearance in this movie which may have ended up on the cutting room floor.
"Mike: You'll like Bath... better class of fuck in Bath."
"Jim MacLaine: Ever thought of writing your own songs ? J.D. Clover: What ? Jim MacLaine: Well instead of playing those crummy Cliff Richard songs ? J.D. Clover: No not really... . you've got to be American write those them rock and roll songs properly."
