Mods and Rockers (film)

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Directed byKenneth Hume
Based onballet Mods and Rockers
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • December 1964 (1964-12)
Mods and Rockers
Directed byKenneth Hume
Based onballet Mods and Rockers
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • December 1964 (1964-12)
Running time
27 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Mods and Rockers is a 1964 British short film directed by Kenneth Hume and produced by Anglo-Amalgamated.[1] It features the Western Theatre Ballet company based on their ballets "Mods and Rockers" and "Non-Stop". They also perform a dance to Beatles compositions. The songs were performed by The Cheynes who included Mick Fleetwood.

The film was first released in theatres in December 1964.[2]

Rehearsals began on 13 July 1964 and filming began the following week at Twickenham Film Studios.[3]

US Release

The film was released in US cinemas with two other films, Swinging UK and UK Swings Again, and titled Go-Go Big Beat.[4] This was despite Hume's legal attempt to prevent the film being released in this way.[5]

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