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De Villeneuve wanted to star Twiggy and Tommy Tune in Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, but the film was never made. [18] Twiggy and De Villeneuve broke up in 1973. Twiggy and Tune re-teamed on the popular show My One and Only.
Ken Russell’s vibrant nod to Busby Berkeley stars Twiggy as a naive ingénue looking for love. Busby Berkeley tributes aside, Russell’s version of Sandy Wilson’s 50s stage musical – itself a pastiche of 20s musicals – is a pleasingly airy affair, with the original’s wit retained.
The Boy Friend: Directed by Ken Russell. With Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle. When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.
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The 1970s were a pretty turbulent time. I’m sure you’ve picked up on this from textbooks and whatnot, but it was also a turbulent time for cinema. Starting with the death of the Production Code in the late 1960s and the advent of “New Hollywood” in the early 70s by way of films like The Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde, movies lurched away from three ...
Twiggy, the star of the picture, was an early 70s fashion icon, and this was her first major film. As such, most reviews of the time comment on her acting ability with some measure of satisfaction.
This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music. It also won Twiggy a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical as well as Best New Star.
The first foray into a leading film role by recently retired supermodel Twiggy, “Boy Friend” is a loving pastiche of 20s theatre and Busby Berkeley. The aggressiveness with which its chorines in cloche hats are resurrected, though, is downright hostile.
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This brilliant interpretation of the stage play can best be described as Busby Berkeley on psychedelics. The concept of turning over this material to the visual madman, Ken Russell, was inspired, as was casting supermodel Twiggy in the lead role (who would have ever guessed she could embody the "sweet song and dance ingenue" so magnificently!).
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Jan 1, 1971 · Twiggy plays the unsophisticated young assistant stage manager – also errand and jack-of-all-trades girl – suddenly thrust into top role when the star injures her ankle.
