The Jam: about the young idea

Saturday 9 - 22:30 Principal Theater

Bob Smeaton - 90' - United Kingdom

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At last, the film that The Jam deserves. The three members (Paul Weller, Rick Buckler, Bruce Foxton), plus ex-members, fans and all those who changed their lives after seeing them – because this is the film's storyline: the Jam altering lives – come together in an analysis of the group that most mattered. From Woking to #1, with punk, lessons, pop and politics, the rebirth of mod and The Jam as an incorruptible idea. A film that doesn't skimp on details and doesn't just include hype-quashing archive footage or conversations with some of the most illustrious fans (the actor Martin Freeman, Bilbo Baggins for many of you), but also nails it to each and every appraisal. Whether they're about modism, bite Foxton's songs, the discarded demos pre-All Mod Cons, the punk revelation the influences, social class and leftism and oh-every-album until their breakup. Lock, stock and smokin' barrel.

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Director: Bob Smeaton
Year: 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 90 min.
Original language: English
Leadings: Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler, Martin Freeman
Editors: Julian Caiden
Camera: Tim Sutton
Producers: Martin R. Smith
Film company: Eagle Rock Entertainment