UK, USA, 1971
137m, 11,250 feet
35mm film, colour (Metrocolor), 2.35:1 (35mm film print); 2.20:1 (70mm prints)
mono, English
A British/American musical comedy with some fantasy sequences directed by Ken Russell.
Plot Summary
Polly Browne, the stage manager at a production of The Boyfriend who has to step in to replace actress Rita (Glenda Jackson) after she sprains her ankle. Many of the musical moments are fantastic in nature.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Ken Russell
© MCMLXXI [1971] by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Made by Russflix Ltd.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents. An MGM-EMI presentation
Produced by: Ken Russell
Associate Producer: Harry Benn
Screenplay by: Ken Russell
Based on a Musical Play by: Sandy Wilson
Director of Photography: David Watkin
Editor: Michael Bradsell
Music Arranged and Conducted by: Peter Maxwell Davis
Sound Recordists: Brian Simmons, Maurice Askew
Costumes Designed by: Shirley Russell
Make-up: Freddie Williamson
Hair Styling by: Roger of Vidal Sasson
Sets Designed by: Tony Walton
Choreography by: Christopher Gable, Gillian Gregory, Terry Gilbert and members of the cast
Made at: MGM-EMI Elstree Studios, Boreham Wood, Herts, England and on location
Cast
Twiggy (Polly)
Christopher Gable (Tony)
Max Adrian (Max)
Bryan Pringle (Percy)
Murray Melvin (Alphonse)
Moyra Fraser (Mme. Dubonnet)
Georgina Hale (Fay)
Sally Bryant (Nancy)
Vladek Sheybal (De Thrill)
Tommy Tune (Tommy)
Brian Murphy (Peter)
Graham Armitage (Michael)
Antonia Ellis (Maisie)
Caryl Little (Dulcie)
Ann Jameson (Mrs Peter)
Catherine Willmer (Catherine)
Robert La Bassière (chauffeur)
Barbara Windsor (Hortense)
Alternative Titles
To agori mou – Greece
Boy Friend – Denmark, Poland
Il boy friend – Italy
O Boy Friend – Portugal
The Boyfriend – alternative title
Boyfriend (Ihr Liebhaber] – West Germany
O ‘Boyfriend’ (O Namoradinho] – Brazil
O Namoradinho – Brazil
El novio – Argentina, Spain, Uruguay
Twiggy, a sztár – Hungary
Приятель – Russia
ボーイフレンド – Japan
References
Periodicals
- CinemaTV Today no.9966 (5 February 1972) p.24 – credits, review
- Film Review April 1997 pp.64-69 – article (Call sheet by Howard Maxford)
- Filmfacts vol.14 no.19 (1971) p.496 – credits, review
- Films and Filming vol.18 no.1 (October 1971) pp.34-35 – credits, review
- Films and Filming vol.18 no.7 (April 1972) pp.49-50 – credits, review
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.217 no.36 (27 August 1971) p.8 – credits
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.219 no.11 (16 December 1971) p.3 – credits, review
- Kine Weekly no.3316 (1 May 1971) p.13 – credits
- The Listener vol.118 no.3018 (2 July 1987) p.35 – credits, review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.39 no.458 (March 1972) p.48 – credits, review
- Photoplay vol.23 no.3 (March 1972) pp.32-33 – credits, review
- Positif no.139 (June 1972) pp.51-54 – credits, review
- Sight & Sound vol.41 no.2 (Spring 1972) pp.111-112 – credits, review
- Variety 22 December 1971 p.6 – credits, review
Books
- 1971: 100 Films from Cinema’s Greatest Year by Robert Sellers pp.250-251 – review
- The British Pop Music Film: The Beatles and Beyond by Stephen Glynn p.171
- Film Review 1972-73 by F. Maurice Speed (ed) p.215
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.45 – credits
