Gonks go beat is a wonderful 60s uk beat music rock and roll movie. Well, now we have the chance to see the movie in all its remastered glory, thanks to a reissue as part of optimums beat classics collection. Gonks go beat cant even be considered as a cult classic it is a truly awful film. Gonks go beat 1965 directed by robert hartforddavis. Featuring performances from lulu and the luvvers, the nashville teens and the graham bond organisation, gonks go beat is presented here as a high definition transfer from original film elements in. Crosstrap is a 1962 british b movie crime film, starring laurence payne, jill adams and gary cockrell, and marking the directorial debut of robert hartforddavis. A swiftly assembled musical fantasy movie made to capitalise on the midsixties, british craze for gonks a sort of soft, furry toy. Today it is of more interest for featuring music by such artists as lulu, the nashville teens, and the graham bond organisation. Based on the gonks seen in that 60s cult classic, gonks go beat, they are once again being made in limited quantities by hand and using vintage fabrics to offer a very unique twist.
The graham bond organisation, gonks go beat is presented here as a high definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Gonks go beat original soundtrack recording discogs. Nov 16, 2010 well, just in time for christmas, the gonks are back and this time you can buy them online worldwide. Watch gonks go beat 1965 full movie free online on movgotv.
They were quite literally the first toy craze in england postworld war ii. Its hard to just let a saturday night slip away, so real quick, weve already written gonks go beat off, but you gotta admit that this one song by the graham bond organization with the freakin amazing dick heckstallsmith on sax, premahavishnu orchestra jazz fusion guitar giant john mclaughlin in there somewhere, and a precream jack bruce on bass and harmonica, and ginger baker on drums. Comedy scifi musical, with kenneth connor and terry scott. Gonks go beat bizarre sixties fable resembling romeo and juliette, but instead of montagues and capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who. Gonks go beat 1965 cast and crew an alien kenneth connor hopes to create peace between ballad isle and beat land by fostering a romance between a guy from one place and a gal from the other.
Bizarre sixties fable resembling romeo and juliette, but instead of montagues and capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll. Gonks go beat 1965 trailer bizarre sixties fable resembling romeo and juliette, but instead of montagues and capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who become reunited through the love between a couple who love across their grouping. The long and the short love is a funny thing from 1965s. The long and the short love is a funny thing from 1965s gonks go beat. Rent gonks go beat 1965 starring kenneth connor and frank thornton on dvd and bluray. I saw it in my local secondhand record store on dvd. The paperthin plot of gonks go beat involves a bumbling alien named wilco rogers kenneth connor who is sent to earth to bring peace between ballad isle and beat land. The nashville teens, lulu and the luvvers, the graham bond organization, the trolls, the long and the short, the trekkers, the vacqueros. Gonks go beat original soundtrack recording 1965, vinyl. Gonks were small furry soft toys, created by robert benson and sheila stanton in the sixties when they were extremely popular. May 04, 2007 gonks go beat is not a great movie, but it is a fun film with some good musical numbers and its directed by one of my favorite british filmmakers, robert hartforddavis. If a disc ever stops playing correctly tell us and well replace for free. Gonks go beat and ive gotta horse were low budget british musical films released in 1965, with soundtrack albums even more obscure than the celluloid from which they sprang. Rent gonks go beat 1965 starring kenneth connor and frank thornton on dvd.
Gonks go beat 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gonks go beat is a 1965 british science fictionmusical fantasy directed by robert hartforddavis starring kenneth connor and frank thornton. At their peak, gonks were collected by ringo starr and peter sellers. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by john newton chance. With kenneth connor, terry scott, frank thornton, iain gregory. Gonks go beat the graham bond organization harmonica.
A scifi movie giving a retelling of the romeo and juliet story. The film in question was gonks go beat, and we can only imagine the planning process for this masterpiece somewhere in the depths of. Released in 1965, the british films gonks go beat and ive gotta horse are obscure even to aficionados of pop and rock musicals. Gonks go beat has achieved nearmythical status despite or perhaps because of the fact that noone has seen it. See more ideas about 70s toys, diy crafts vintage and crochet toilet roll cover. Sep 12, 2016 the beat girls in gonks go beat by youngmistergrace published. Gonks go beat is loosely based on the romeo and juliet storyline and features 16 musical numbers performed by a variety of artists, including lulu and the luvvers, the nashville teens and members of the graham bond organisation including ginger. Bizarre sixties fable resembling romeo and juliette, but instead of montagues and capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who become reunited through the love between a couple who love across their grouping.
Gonks go beat is a 1965 british science fiction musical fantasy film, directed by robert hartforddavis. Gonks go beat dvd 1965 movie british beat vox amps. Gonks go beat was sold on its 1990 vhs release as the plan 9 from outer space of british pop movies. Psychadelic 1960s scifi reimagining of shakespeares romeo and juliet with music by lulu and the luvvers, the nashville teens and the graham bond organisation. Watch gonks go beat trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. Network distributing ltd film tv home entertainment gonks go. September 12, 2016 thanks to mojo2007 over on the oftd forum, whos pointed out that theres a rare showing of daft sixties cult classic movie gonks go beat 1965 on talking pictures tv this friday. Gonks go beat is a 1965 british science fictionmusical fantasy directed by robert hartforddavis starring kenneth connor and frank thornton, and 16 musical numbers performed by a variety of. An unbelievably strange and charming film that plunders the plot of romeo and juliet and stirs in aliens, glovepuppets, mid60s britpop and. Gonks go beat, ive gotta horse gonks go beat and ive. Gonks go beat psychedelic 1960s scifi reimagining of shakespeares romeo and juliet with music by lulu and the luvvers, the nashville teens and the graham bond organisation. This cd combines the soundtracks of both of them onto one disc. A dvd of gonks go beat turned up in 2007, and the films soundtrack now appears on this twofer cd. Gonks go beat trailer you are watching the movie gonks go beat produced in uk belongs in category comedy, musical, scifi with duration 90 min, broadcast at 123movies.
Rare 60s music group videos movies and tv performances show. Gonks go beat 1965 an alien kenneth connor hopes to create peace between ballad isle and beat land by fostering a romance between a guy from one place and a gal from the other. Well, heres another 1964s gonks go beat based on the fad for toys called gonks, which were created by british inventor robert benson. Watch gonks go beat full movie watch gonks go beat free. Beatland and balladisle are staging a musical battle royal over whose pops are tops. But, even so, ironically it is still well worth a watch. While its a boon for collectors, as the original lps are extremely rare, musically its a rough ride even for british invasion fanatics due both to its. An alien is sent to earth to resolve a rivalry between two music fandoms by making members of the groups fall in love. Planet earth is in great turmoil theres trouble brewing between the rock and roll loving residents of beatland and their balladsinging neighbours on balladisle.