Gonks Go Beat

Gonks Go Beat (1965)

A Host of Top Beat Groups with 16 Great Beat & Ballad Hits!

Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who become reunited through the love between a couple who love across their grouping. It features little furry puppets called Gonks.

Date of release
1965-05-24
TMDB
3.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Music, Comedy, Science Fiction
Director
Robert Hartford-Davis

Casting

Interesting facts

Gonks Go Beat is a 1964 British science fiction/musical fantasy film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis, starring Kenneth Connor and Frank Thornton. It was written by Hartford-Davis and Peter Newbrook loosely based on the Romeo and Juliet storyline and features 16 musical numbers performed by a variety of artists, including Lulu and The Luvvers, The Nashville Teens and the Graham Bond Organisation including Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Dick Heckstall-Smith. The film includes an early appearance by the actor Derek Thompson performing with his twin sister Elaine.

Production

The film was one of a number of rock musicals financed by Nat Cohen's Anglo Amalgamated.

Critic Philip Jenkinson argued the movie was inspired by sci-fi teen musicals such as Pajama Party (1964).

Jack Bruce later recalled the filming: "That was bizarre. You had to get up at some time in the middle of the night, and then just wait around for ages. It was really boring and then miming for five minutes. We looked very strange, with the shades on. But it's like film making, you know there's a lot of standing around."

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