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Dec 11, 2011 · An unbelievably strange and charming film that plunders the plot of Romeo and Juliet and stirs in aliens, glove-puppets, mid-60s Britpop and some clumsy worl...
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- The Great Octopus
Nov 25, 2021 · The original trailer in high definition of Gonks Go Beat directed by Robert Hartford-Davis. Starring Kenneth Connor, Terry Scott, Frank Thornton and Iain Gre...
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Apr 30, 2023 · In the far future, Earth has split into two musically-opposing factions: Beatland - where all the cool cats live - and Balladisle, where it's customary o spo...
Gonks Go Beat is a 1964 British science fiction/musical fantasy film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis, starring Kenneth Connor and Frank Thornton. It 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 the Graham Bond Organisation including Ginger Baker , Jack Bruce and ...
Feuding future inhabitants of Earth try to settle the score with music and dance in this cult sci-fi-comedy reimagining of the Romeo and Juliet tale. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Robert Hartford-Davis
Gonks Go Beat. Mr. A&R. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. 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 ...
- Musical, Comedy, Sci-Fi
It's the Beats vs the Balladeers, colorful Brit-pop opportunism that channels not only cheesy sci-fi, but (ahem) Romeo & Juliet. The musical segues are enjoyably wigged-out and even include a pre-fame Ginger Baker, but the rest, for all it's conceptual irreverence, feels stodgy, a bit pasteurized. Something like what a beach blanket movie made ...
