Confessions of a Pop Performer (Original title)Confessions from the Pop Scene (Working title)Timothy Lea's Confessions of a Pop Performer (Alternative title)
Dates: 1975 (Copyright), 21 September 1975 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Norman Cohen
Synopsis: Sex farce, based on the novel "Confessions from the Pop Scene" by Timothy Lea.
Genre: Sex comedy
Subject: Pop music (the charts)
Releases
Date: July 1975Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8199 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Variety - 1 Oct 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: Time Out n285 29 Aug 1975 Page: 8,10
Title: [Time Out - n285 29 Aug 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v43 n500 September 1975 Page: 196
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v43 n500 September 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10147 16 Aug 1975 Page: 12
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10147 16 Aug 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10120 8 Feb 1975 Page: 8
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10120 8 Feb 1975: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8199 FeetBFI identifier: C-33241
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8201 FeetBFI identifier: C-761183
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8199 FeetBFI identifier: C-33241
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-33233
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1975 (Copyright), 21 September 1975 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Norman Cohen
Synopsis: Sex farce, based on the novel "Confessions from the Pop Scene" by Timothy Lea.
Genre: Sex comedy
Subject: Pop music (the charts)
Releases
Date: July 1975Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8199 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(39)
©: Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, [Production Company]: Swiftdown Productions, Executive Producer: Michael Klinger, Produced by: Greg Smith, Production Supervisor: Frank Bevis, Production Accountant: Brian Harris, Production Secretary: Joy Bayley, Assistant Director: Bill Westley, [Assistant Director]: John Downes, Guy Travers, Continuity: Phyllis Townshend, Casting Consultant: Paul Lee Lander, Screenplay: Christopher Wood, Based on the Timothy Lea novel: Timothy Lea, Director of Photography: Alan Hume, Camera Operator: Brian Elvin, Stills Photography: John Jay, Special Stills Photography: Brian Moody, Film Editor: Geoffrey Foot, Production Designer: Robert Jones, Art Director: Bernard Sarron, Footwear made by: 118 Boutique, Wardrobe Supervisor: Joyce Stoneman, Make-up Supervisor: Eddie Knight, Hairdresser: Joan White, Songs composed by: Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker, Song 'Accidents Will Happen' by: Ed Welch, 'Confessions of Timothy Lea' sung by: Three's a Crowd, Music conducted by: Wilfred Burns, Music arranged and supervised by: Ed Welch, Musical numbers staged by: Virginia Mason, Sound Recordist: Jim Willis, Sound Mixer: Bill Rowe, Sound Editor: Tony Lenny, Publicist: Mike Russell, Made at: EMI-Elstree Studios
Cast
(43)
Anthony Booth (Sidney Noggett), Doris Hare (Mrs Lea), Bill Maynard (Mr Lea), Sheila White (Rosie), Robin Askwith (Timothy Lea), Peter Cleall (Nutter Normington, member of Kipper), Carol Hawkins (Jill Brown), Peter Jones (Maxy Naus), Bob Todd (Mr Barnwell), David Hamilton (Peter Moorcock, TV interviewer), Bill Pertwee (Fred), Diane Langton (Ruby Climax), Linda Regan (Brenda Climax), Jill Gascoine (Mrs Barnwell), Robert Dorning (Augustus Brown), Richard Warwick (Petal, member of Kipper), Rita Webb (Fanny's mother), Ian Lavender (Rodney), Margaret Heald (Linda), Helli Louise (Eva), Sally Harrison (Patsie), Lin Harris (Jason Noggett), David Auker (Zombie, member of Kipper), Maynard Williams (Eric, member of Kipper), Mike King (Blow, member of Kipper), Irene Gorst (Penelope), Andee Cromarty (Fanny), Anita Kay (Sonia), Maggie Wright (Ruth), Suzette St. Clair (Sharon), Lynda Westover (Carole), John François Landry (editor), Vicki Woolf (secretary), Rula Lenska (receptionist), Jackie Blackmore (woman on door step), David Belcher (second man at party), Robert Nicholson (TV technician), Jane Hayden (girl at crossing), Bobby Sparrow (girl at cinema), David Prowse (man at cinema), Emma Booth (little girl at theatre), Eric Francis (news vendor), Helen Ford (old lady with ear trumpet)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Variety 1 Oct 1975 Page: 24Title: [Variety - 1 Oct 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: Time Out n285 29 Aug 1975 Page: 8,10
Title: [Time Out - n285 29 Aug 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v43 n500 September 1975 Page: 196
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v43 n500 September 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10147 16 Aug 1975 Page: 12
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10147 16 Aug 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10120 8 Feb 1975 Page: 8
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10120 8 Feb 1975: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8199 FeetBFI identifier: C-33241
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8201 FeetBFI identifier: C-761183
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8199 FeetBFI identifier: C-33241
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-33233
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status