Julie and the Cadillacs
Synopsis
London PR man Adam Schneider and his partner Phil Green sign the group to a management contract and promise to make them stars. They move to London, where they meet lots of other music people, and Julie falls in love with songwriter Mike Williams.
It all goes wrong for the band when their first release flops, and Julie turns down Adam Schneider's amorous advances. He is furious and vows that she will never work in the record industry again.
The band is disheartened and penniless. Mike walks out after a row and the Cadillacs go back to Liverpool. Julie stays on in London, working as a waitress in the Rivoli Restaurant.
Ten months later, Adam Schneider's former secretary Babs comes into the restaurant and spots Julie. She offers to try and get her work as a session singer making radio jingles.
In the recording studio a few weeks later Julie is reunited with Mike. Babs get their record away to Holland and the offers start flooding in.
Details
- Year
- 1999
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 102 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Bryan Izzard
- Producer
- Sean O'Mahony
- Executive Producer
- Sean O'Mahony
- Director of Photography
- Les Young
- Principal cast
- Toyah Willcox, Victor Spinetti, Peter Polycarpou, Tina Russell, Ben Richards
- Executive Screen Writer
- John Dean
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Parker Mead Limited 43-45 St Mary's Road Ealing London W5 5RQ Tel: 020 8579 1082 Fax: 020 8566 0529 Email: some@dpgltd.demon.co.uk
Sales Company
Capricorn Communications Ltd Avalon Church Lane Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 4LN Tel: 0118 973 5990 Fax: 0118 973 5870
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