That'll Be the Day (1973)

Original title

That'll Be The Day

Directed by

Claude Whatham

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

15

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy in 1950s Britain rejects the conservative expectations of his mother and society. He pursues a carefree and often hurtful lifestyle, damaging his relationships along the way.

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What happens

That'll Be the Day is a 1973 British coming of age drama film directed by Claude Whatham, written by Ray Connolly, and starring David Essex, Rosemary Leach and Ringo Starr. Set primarily in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it tells the story of Jim MacLaine (Essex), a British teenager raised by his single mother (Leach). Jim rejects society's conventions and pursues a hedonistic and sexually loose lifestyle, harming others and damaging his close relationships. The cast also featured several prominent musicians who lived through the era portrayed, including Starr, Billy Fury, Keith Moon and John Hawken. The film's success led to a sequel, Stardust, that followed the life of Jim MacLaine through the 1960s and 1970s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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