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The Kids Are Alright

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Film

The Kids Are Alright

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Year

1979

Size/Type

UK Quad / (30″ x 40″) / Single Sided / Printed in England by Leonard Ripley & Co Ltd. London

Country of Origin

UK / British

Condition

Near Mint minus – Very Fine plus – Folded (as issued)

Director

Jeff Stein

Actor/Actress

John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, The Who

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“THE WHO: You’ve heard the sounds. Now live the life. Because only seeing is believing !”

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A rare Country of Origin UK Quad movie poster from the original year of release 1979 for THE DEFINITIVE ROCK DOCUMENTARY – “The Kids Are Alright”Starring The Who in all their glory, Jeff Stein’s rock documentary is a rock and roll rollercoaster ride, showing just why every kid who could wield an air guitar wanted to be in The Who. The photograph was shot by Art Kane and the Carl Shurz Monument in Morningside Heights in New York City. Originally folded (as issued) this original unrestored example presents to excellent effect with amazing colours and superb ‘Cool Britannia’ graphics…A fantastic piece of very desirable and collectable music/ movie / cultural  memorabilia from one of the greatest and most influential rock bands that Great Britain has ever produced.

Trivia: The film’s title “The Kids Are Alright” is taken from the title of one of The Who’s songs. While the song appears in the film during the closing credits, it does not appear on the soundtrack album for the film.

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Film Description

The Kids Are Alright Movie Poster

Pete Townsend: “What first made us want to go to America and… “conquer” it, was being English! It wasn’t that we cared a monkey’s about the American Dream, or the American drug situation, or the dollars or any of that. It’s because we were English kids! And we wanted to go to America and be English !”

For some people, this movie may just be a nice little retrospective of a couple of British musicians who got their rocks off smashing their instruments. For others, it’s a document of the place and time of a formidable rock ensemble. For me, and hopefully a batch of others, it’s an awe-inspiring mix of rock, humor, and destruction. On the screen, those four men appeared godlike. Each member of the band was their own person: Roger Daltrey, the throbbing sex symbol; John Entwistle, the strong and silent one who is possibly the most twisted one of the quartet; Keith Moon, the veritable madman; and Pete Townsend, the double-edged dry-witted joker and pensive introvert. One great thing about this movie is that it stops with the ‘Who Are You’ album, after which point many believe The Who were no longer The Who. I agree. Townshend got too serious with his writing. One interesting point of study is the group dynamic, and how they interact. The editing is done quite humorously: Pete Townshend talks about how his stage persona is hardly the same person he is off stage. “I just- I do my job, and I have to get into a certain state of mind to do it.” Cut to: Pete at Woodstock during “Sparks,” throwing his guitar around and making sub-orgasmic feedback sounds with his instrument. I love this movie. I encourage all rock fans/students/scholars to check it out. You’ll be surprised, amazed, awed, shocked…and you’ll miss Keith Moon.

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LOBBY CARD
11 x 14″ printed on heavy stock paper. Used as display in theatre lobbies. Originally made in sets of eight. Some sets have a title card, which contains credits and artwork, essentially a mini-poster. The remaining seven cards are coloured photographic credits and poster artwork showing different scenes from the movie.

WINDOW CARD
14 x 22″ printed on heavy stock paper with the top 4-6 inches usually left blank for the local cinema owner to fill in the cinema and the date it was due to play. Largely discontinued during the 1970’s.

HALF SHEET
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