Toomorrow (Original title)
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 13 September 1970 (Release)Countries: Switzerland, United KingdomDirected by: Val Guest
Synopsis: John Williams, an Alphoid (alien) in human disguise who has lived on earth for thousands of years, is told by Galactic Control to investigate a strange vibration on Earth which could counteract the sound sterility in space. The vibration is being produced by a group of Chelsea art students - a pop group called Toomorrow - who have made a 'tonaliser' - an amplifier for use in their music. The group are kidnapped and taken to the space people to teach then the secrets of the 'tonalsier'. The scheme fails, however, as the group cannot come to terms with the alien environment. They return home where they perform at a pop festival at the Round House in London. The Alphoids beam the music and atmosphere into space. One of the group, Olivia, wakes up the next day remembering a strange dream.
Genres: Musical, Science Fiction
Subject: Pop music (1950-)
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8550 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 13 September 1970 (Release)Countries: Switzerland, United KingdomDirected by: Val Guest
Synopsis: John Williams, an Alphoid (alien) in human disguise who has lived on earth for thousands of years, is told by Galactic Control to investigate a strange vibration on Earth which could counteract the sound sterility in space. The vibration is being produced by a group of Chelsea art students - a pop group called Toomorrow - who have made a 'tonaliser' - an amplifier for use in their music. The group are kidnapped and taken to the space people to teach then the secrets of the 'tonalsier'. The scheme fails, however, as the group cannot come to terms with the alien environment. They return home where they perform at a pop festival at the Round House in London. The Alphoids beam the music and atmosphere into space. One of the group, Olivia, wakes up the next day remembering a strange dream.
Genres: Musical, Science Fiction
Subject: Pop music (1950-)
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8550 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Credits
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[Production Company]: Lowndes Productions, Sweet Music, Presents: The Rank Organisation, Produced by: Harry Saltzman, Don Kirshner, Associate Producer: John Palmer, Unit Production Manager: Brian Coates, Production Supervisor: Sydney Streeter, Assistant Director: John Stoneman, Continuity: June Randall, Casting Director: Weston Drury Jr, Written by: Val Guest, Director of Photography: Dick Bush, Optical Effects: Ray Caple, Cliff Culley, Special Effects by: John Stears, Editor: Alan Osbiston, Editor: Julien Caunter, Production Designed by: Michael Stringer, Art Director: Ernest Archer, Art Director: Bert Davey, Assistant Art Director: Norman Dorme, Costumes by: Ronald Paterson, Wardrobe Master: Ernie Farrer, Wardrobe Mistress: Myra Parkinson, Make-up Created by: Stuart Freeborn, Hairdresser: Betty Sherriff, Elaine Bowerbank, Music Composed and Conducted by: Hugo Montenegro, Songs Composed and Written by: Ritchie Adams, Mark Barkan, Music Supervisor: Eric Rogers, Music Editor: Robin Clarke, Sound Recordist: Gordon Everett, Gordon Mccallum, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Dubbing Editor: Ted Mason, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Benny Thomas (Benny Thomas), Karl Chambers (Karl), Olivia Newton-John (Olivia), Vic Cooper (Vic Cooper), Roy Dotrice (John Williams), Tracey Crisp (Suzanne Gilmore), Imogen Hassall (Amy), Margaret Nolan (Johnson), Roy Marsden (Alpha), Carl Rigg (Matt Matthew), Maria O'Brien (Francoise), Kubi Chaza (Sylvana), Stuart Henry (compere), Louis Cabot (shaving student), Lynda Westover (Jenny), Diane Keen, Lucy Fenwick, Allan Warren, John Dommett, Lynn Lewis (music student), Patrick Tull (bearded student), Joanna Henderson (Mrs B), Rohan McCullough (redhead), Richard Woo (Frank), Jan Berdette, Diane Reeves, Jan O'Dell (beach girl), Shakira Baksh (Karl's friend), Maxine Casson, Celestine Burden (art student), Sam Apple Pie (pop group), Robert Raglan (principal), Lindsay Campbell (policeman), Norman Chappell (stage door keeper), Steven Counterman (teenager at pop concert)