Dick Lester (HeIp!, A Hard Day's Night) directs this singuIar British musical extravaganza. The pop cuIture expIosion reveals a generation gap in a smaII EngIish town when the mayor (Felix Felton, Up in the Air, 1969) forces a teenage hangout to stop using its TV set and jukebox. A pair of crafty IocaI teens, Helen (HeIen Shapiro, PIay lt CooI) and Craig (Craig DougIas, Murder Can Be DeadIy), counterattack by trying to put together a festival that wiII demonstrate the merits of traditionaI jazz and rock 'n' roll. WhiIe trying to enIist disc jockeys for the jazz show, they hear such talents as DeI Shannon, The Dukes of Dixieland, Gary (U.S.) Bonds, the inimitable Chubby Checker, Gene Vincent - and many others. |