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Flame (Original title)
Dates: 1974 (Copyright), 16 February 1975 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Richard Loncraine

Synopsis: Flame are a pop-rock group hoisted from provincial obscurity to international adulation. The Group's attitude to their celebrity is at first larky, later one of burdened reluctance, finally of total disillusion.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Music
Releases
Date: January 1975Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8146 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Visual Programme Systems

Credits (36)
©: Spouberry Limited, Made by: Visual Programme Systems, Presented by: Goodtimes Enterprises, Executive Producer: Chas Chandler, Executive Producer: John Steel, Producer: Gavrik Losey, Production Manager: Garth Thomas, Production Assistant: Sally Shewring, Production Assistant: Clinton Cavers, First Assistant Director: Roger Simons, Continuity: Zelda Barron, Casting: Irene Lamb, Original Screenplay by: Andrew Birkin, Additional Dialogue by: Dave Humphries, Director of Photography: Peter Hannon, Camera Operator: John Stanier, Gaffer: Roy Rodhouse, Special Effects: Malcolm King, Editor: Michael Bradsell, Assistant Editor: Colin Berwick, Art Director: Brian Morris, Assistant Art Director: Milly Burns, Property Master: John Leuenberger, Construction Manager: Jeff Woodbridge, Stand By Carpenter: Bill Hearn, Music Composed and Arranged by: Jim Lea, Noddy Holder, Flame music recorded by: Slade, [Music] Produced by: Chas Chandler, Sound Mixer: Tony Jackson, Sound Boom: Stephen Ransley, Dubbing Mixer: Bill Rowe, Record Mixer: Alan O'Duffy, Sound Re-recorded at: EMI-Elstree Studios, Dubbing Editor: Ian Fuller
Cast (25)
Dave Hill (Barry), Noddy Holder (Stoker), Jim Lea (Paul), Don Powell (Charlie), Tom Conti (Robert Seymour), Alan Lake (Jack Daniels), Johnny Shannon (Ron Harding), Kenneth Colley (Tony Devlin), Anthony Allen (Russell), Sara Clee (Angie), Nina Thomas (Julie), Michael Coles (Roy Priest), Rosko (himself), Tommy Vance (Ricky Storm), John Dicks (Lenny), Barrie Houghton (Ron), A.J. Brown (Chairman of the Board), Susan Tebbs (Judy Seymour), Patrick Connor (Harold, Charlie's boss), Anthony Roye (Sommers), Jimmy Gardner (Charlie's dad), Sheila Raynor (Charlie's mum), John Steel ([drummer at wedding reception]), Reginald Bonsanquet ([himself]), Peter Cellier ([])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: Cinema TV Today n10122 22 Feb 1975  Page: 12
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10122 22 Feb 1975: no known title]Language: English

In: Films Illustrated v4 n42 February 1975  Pages: 207-208
Title: [Films Illustrated - v4 n42 February 1975: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 19 Feb 1975  Page: 22
Title: [Variety - 19 Feb 1975: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v42 n494 March 1975  Page: 54
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v42 n494 March 1975: no known title]Language: English

In: Cinema TV Today n10095 10 Aug 1974  Page: 7
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10095 10 Aug 1974: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-1140773
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)



Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-1140772
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-1140773
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)