Cliff richard and the shadows are tossed off a cruise ship and land in the canary islands, where they find employment on the desert movie epic set of an egomaniacal director walter slezak. Cliff with una stubbs and jackie daryl taking advantage of the location in the canary islands. The singer goes to a deserted island to film the movie, and hires an interesting cast of out of work actors. Wonderful life 1964 film wikipedia republished wiki 2. As a film star, cliff richard lacks the comedic charms of frankie avalonbut then wonderful life is a musical with a little comedy whereas frankies beach party films were comedies with music. Cliff richard stars as johnnie, who works as a waiter on a traveling ferry with his bandmates the shadows and his fellow waiter friends. Wonderful life swingers paradise 1964 rotten tomatoes. The young ones and summer holiday are available separately, but wonderful life is only available in the cliff richard collection box set. The singer ends up falling for the leading lady and decides to make a musical version of. Pop star cliff richard took a new girl friend to the premiere of hi latest film wonderful life, at the empire theatre, leicester square, last night. S swingers paradise is a 1964 british film made as a vehicle for pop star cliff richard. With cliff richard, walter slezak, susan hampshire, hank b. Wonderful life is a 1964 british film made as a vehicle for pop star cliff richard and is the third in a series of.
Cliff richard and his leading lady susan hampshire began rehearsing for the big dance routines in their new musical film wonderful life. It is their third film soundtrack album and richards eleventh album overall. The film features a singer who goes about the crazy plan of making a musical of the already musical film its a wonderful life. Through a pyrotechnics accident, the power cuts on the ferry and the group are fired on the spot, stranded on a tiny boat with nothing but their instruments.
In this musical comedy, a popular singer and his band find themselves stuck in the canary islands. Wonderful life 1964 is a behindthescenes musical look at the world of filmmaking. Cliff richard burst onto the rocknroll world in 1958 with his hit single move it. Cliff richard and the shadows are hired to star in a movie shot amid the lush tropical scenery of the canary islands.
It is the third in a series of film musicals following the young ones 1961 and summer holiday 1963. Also present are other members of the cast pictured, dancer una stubbs speaks to some of the shadows brian bennett, hank. They reckon a few songanddance numbers would liven things up. However the picture of cliff above is from the film wonderful life cliff in summer holiday was on great form with a strong cast. Cliff richard we love a movie lyrics genius lyrics. Featuring cliff richard, susan hampshire, melvyn hayes, richard osullivan. The cliff richard dvd collection has been pristinely restored. Wonderful life the golden throats wiki fandom powered.
It is their third film soundtrack album and richards. When the film is finished both versions are indifferent with good scenes in each. His first film was serious charge 1959 followed by expresso bongo 1959, wonderful to be young. From the film wonderful life 1964 directed by sidney j. B2 cliff richard, the shadows, the norrie paramor strings. Musical comedy, with cliff richard, susan hampshire, walter slezak, melvyn hayes, una stubbs and richard osullivan. Cliff richard rehearsing a dance routine for his new film. It is the third in a series of film musicals following the. Check out wonderful life by cliff richard on amazon music.
He was then known as britains answer to elvis presley. While there a neurotic filmmaker brings his cast and crew to make a film. So, there you have it cliff richard s three most treasured movie musicals. Cliff richard, susan hampshire, melvyn hayes, richard osullivan, the shadows locations. With the release of the cliff richard collection, anchor bay continues their practice of catering to even the smallest of film. Listen free to cliff richard wonderful life wonderful life 2005 remastered version, a girl in every port 2005 remastered version and more. On the beach was actually recorded at abbey road studios on november 5th, 1963 for the wonderful life soundtrack album. Review by luke thorne a group of drifting pop stars find themselves involved in a grim sandandsandals desert movie in this musical comedy directed by sidney j furie. Elstree, ivy productions, associated british pictures stars. Cliff richard and susan hampshire lead a wonderful life.
A group of literally drifting popsters find themselves involved in a grim sandandsandals desert movie. Cliff richard lyrics we love a movie from wonderful life soundtrack weve seen it all, weve seen it all like the heroine whos fated to fall for the guy in the sky with a plane to test yes, i like that one best weve seen a lot, weve seen a lot. The film may not be the greatest musical and has a few flaws but like any cliff richard singalong film, its really fun. The three nostalgic british musicals in the cliff richard dvd collection include the young ones 1961, summer holiday 1963 and wonderful life 1964. Released in august 1964 on columbia emi catalog no. The director discovers from johnnie what he has done and cuts both films together. Cliff richard s fifth movie, released in the summer of 1964, was another wonderful knockabout, absurd and adorable in more or less equal doses, and accompanied, of course, by a soundtrack which squeezed every last ounce of effervescence from the plot. Swingers paradise is a 1964 british film made as a vehicle for pop star cliff richard and is the third although the least successful in a series of film musicals that included the young ones and summer holiday.
The michael sammes singers twitter, norrie paramor produces, and the associated british studio. Wonderful life is a romance musical film that was released in 1964. Wonderful life is a soundtrack album by cliff richard with the shadows to the 1964 film wonderful life. They float around in the mediterranean until they reach the. From late november 1963 to early 1964 cliff richard and the shadows were in the canary islands filming wonderful life, finishing off other scenes at elstree studios back in the uk during march 1964. After the success of summer holiday, both the film, second only to james bonds from russia with love at the box office, and the soundtrack album which spent 14 weeks at number one, 1964 saw cliff starring in a third, and final, film musical with the shadows. Susan hampshire, who would become a fine actress, relies mostly on her natural charm. Cliff richard en the shadows in the movie wonderful life. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Wonderful life, a girl in every port, walkin by the shadows, a little imagination, home, on the beach, in the stars, we love a movie, do you remember, whatve i gotta do, theme for young lovers by the shadows, all kinds of people, a matter of moments, youth and experience. Cliff manages to make a long song and dance around not much storyline, but it was always going to have a lot less impact than his previous movie with the big red bus. Cliff and his mates embark on a road trip across europe in a converted double decker bus, picking up a girl masquerading as a boy.
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