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Synopsis: Steven Shorter is the ultimate British music star. His music is listened to by everyone from pre-teens to grandparents. He has no trace of public bad habits or drug involvement. Everyone in Britain loves him. His handlers begin to use his popularity for projects like increasing the consumption of apples after a bumper crop as an aid to farmers. The handlers decide that Steven should support God and Country next. This leads to, among other things, a rock version of "Onward Christian Soldiers," and the inclusion of a Nazi salute to make it clear (to the viewer) how far the British population will be taken for love of God and Country under Steven's guidance. Steven is very plastic in his direction, shifting as his handlers point him toward new projects until he meets Vanessa Ritchie, an artist who makes him look at what's happening.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Peter Watkins
Production: Universal Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
Year:
1967
103 min
102 Views


bathing and it should be going

to the toilet and that.

Everything's in it. A bit of a man's life!

A bit of his soul! A bit of everything!

That's what it's all about.

It's not this... Isn't it?

I'm sure you'll agree.

- Steven, can we help you?

- I was...

I'd like to dance.

We were trying to have

a conversation about painting.

You might ask Miss Ritchie, Steven.

You might ask Miss Ritchie, Steven.

Hey, little girl, I'm in a whirl

I've been a bad, bad boy

I'm on my knees

Forgive me, please

I've been a bad, bad boy

They're all watching you.

Well, they always are, aren't they?

I was watching you last night

on television.

I mean, obviously I've seen

your act before but...

this time I was looking at it

much more clearly.

Oh, yeah, I know...

I'm quite a phenomenon, aren't I?

How does it go?

"His act is nauseating.

It's sadistic."

There was one girl

they were interviewing.

She was sobbing and she was saying

she'd kill herself for you.

Yeah, I saw her.

And?

I thought she was lovely.

Excuse me, sir. Step aside please.

Alvin Kirsch is coming through.

Would you please excuse me?

Hey, kids. Everything all right?

I hate to break in at this time.

Do you think you could just

cool it for a couple of minutes?

Steve, I'd like to talk to you.

I'd like to tell you about

the agreement numbers.

Why don't you...?

You'd like this, too.

Steve... Even closer to you.

Steve Electrics. Guaranteed.

Refrigerator; dishwasher; TVset.

If we haven't got it

Steve will get it for you

He will because he can.

Steve genuinely loves dogs.

He knows you do too

which is why Steve Chunk dog food

is specially reduced in price

from 10/6 on the current market

to 8/6.

but not reduced in chunky,

tail-wagging nourishment.

You are now in what is called

a Steve Dream Palace.

These are 300 of these in Britain

each designed to keep people happy

and buying British.

Steve. His symbol, the arrow,

is your guarantee of satisfaction.

Don't forget that when you buy in here

you're buying Steven Shorter.

14 stone, 7.

- Did you see the chick tonight?

- You're certainly putting it on, son.

I'm not putting it on.

It's a little chemical problem.

The body is still there.

The form is still there.

They run after Steve but the overow

I still get, I want you to know.

What are you doing to your teeth

so much? All that gargling.

Too much with that stuff.

By the way, we've got to do

something about his wrists.

- What wrists?

- What do you mean? His wrists.

They're getting cut up,

all smashed up.

Why does he have to lose

blood for nothing?

I've got his name tattooed

all over me.

Steve, I love you. Steve, wait for me.

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Norman Bogner

Norman Bogner (November 13, 1935 –) is a New York Times Bestselling- author whose range of work has included several novels such as Seventh Avenue, The Deadliest Art, To Die in Provence and The Madonna Complex, as well as stage plays, and movie and television scripts. His writing career spans nearly 50 years, with his first novel, In Spells No Longer Bound, published in 1961 and his most recent novel, 99 Sycamore Place, published in 2009. By 2001, his books, which explore drama and intrigue as they play out between family members and lovers, had sold over 25 million copies worldwide. more…

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