DVD BLURAY & TV
Oct 17, 2019
3 minutes
By Peter Watts
THAT’LL BE THE DAY/ STARDUST STUDIOCANAL
8/10, 7/10
DAVID Essex’s career-best two-parter about the rise and fall of rock superstar Jim MacLaine was never intended to be about music. That’ll Be The Day, directed by David Puttnam, started as a simple coming-of-age drama, but after EMI offered extra cash if the producers could work 40 songs into the soundtrack, the action was relocated to the funfair and holiday camp, where ’50s rock provided a natural soundtrack. The film (and soundtrack) was a smash, leading to
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