Flame (1975)
February 13, 1975Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Don Powell
Charlie
Jim Lea
Paul
Noddy Holder
Stoker
Dave Hill
Barry
Tom Conti
Robert Seymour
Richard Loncraine
Director
Alan Lake
Jack Daniels
Johnny Shannon
Ron Harding
Andrew Birkin
Writer
Dave Humphries
Writer
Kenneth Colley
Tony Devlin
Anthony Allen
Russell
Gavrik Losey
Producer
Peter Hannan
Cinematographer
Sara Clee
Angie
Nina Thomas
Julie
Michael Bradsell
Editor
Michael Coles
Roy Priest
Rosko
Self
Tommy Vance
Ricky Storm
John Dicks
Lenny
Barrie Houghton
Ron
A. J. Brown
Chairman of the Board
Susan Tebbs
Judy Seymour
Details.
Wiki.
Slade in Flame (also known as Flame) is a 1975 film starring the British rock band Slade. It was directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Andrew Birkin with additional dialogue by Dave Humphries. The film includes supporting roles by Tom Conti, Alan Lake and Johnny Shannon. In November 1974, the band's soundtrack album of the same name was released prior to the film.
The film charts the history of "Flame", a fictitious group in the late 1960s who are picked up by a marketing company and taken to the top, only to break up at their zenith. Described as the "Citizen Kane of rock musicals" by BBC film critic Mark Kermode, the film went on to achieve critical acclaim years after the mixed feelings on its original release.
Slade in Flame has been released in VHS and DVD form, and was re-mastered and released in its original Cinemascope wide-screen format on DVD for the first time in 2007. The set also featured the soundtrack album. In 2015, Salvo Sound & Vision issued a repackaged CD + DVD version of the album and film.A paperback book was released, based on the film, written by John Pidgeon. It was the largest printing that the publisher Panther had done for the home market at 250,000 copies.