HAZEL O'CONNOR "BREAKING GLASS" 2015 U.S. VERS. OF 1980 FILM STILL SEALED OOP

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TITLE: “BREAKING GLASS” ACTORS: HAZEL O'CONNOR, PHIL DANIELS W/ JONATHAN PRYCE DIRECTOR: BRIAN GIBSON YEAR OF DVD RELEASE: 2018 ORGINALLY FILMED: 1980 RELEASED BY: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO REGION: 1 RATED: PG RUN TIME: APPROX 94 MINUTES CONDITION: STILL SEALED IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP. BOUGHT NEW, NEVER OPENED, NEVER PLAYED. MORE INFO: THIS IS THE U.S. VERSION WITH APARENTLY A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ENDING THAN THE U.K. VERSION.MORE INFO:Product Description 1980s London punk scene is captured in the gritty new wave musical with poignant rags to riches story of a talented and rebellious young singer/songwriter. Hazel O'Connor gives a tour-de-force performance as Kate, the lead singer of the rock group Breaking Glass. Kate's socialist ideals are juxtaposed to her pragmatic rock manager, Danny (Phil Daniels), a streetwise hustler who discovers her and develops her into a star. The film pivots around the struggles for artistic recognition and energetic singer whose talent and sanity are jeopardized by the music business power structure. O'Connor wrote and performs 13 captivating and provocative songs for the film. The cast also includes Jon Finch and future star Jonathan Pryce as the bands junkie saxophone player. CUSTOMER REVIEW: I'm glad this movie finally got a US DVD release. I first saw Breaking Glass late on USA network's Night Flight program in the early 1980s. I recommend it for anyone interested in Punk Rock or New Wave as I was then. The movie stands as a document the conditions that spawned real alternative music in England. (Do increasing unemployment and the fear of expanding government sound familiar? How about media saturated with throwaway celebrities and over produced dance music?) The fact that lead actress Hazel O'Connor wrote and sang the soundtrack is one of the outstanding aspects of the movie. She actually was an established musician in the UK prior to the film and headlined a gig with a little known group of lads from Birmingham known as Duran Duran as her opening act. The story is pretty straightforward against the 1979-1980 post punk backdrop. Kate is an idealistic, aspiring singer/songwriter who meets street hustler Danny while playing rough self-promoted gigs. Danny helps Kate find a solid group of musicians, including Jonathan Pryce as the sax player. After some fruitless gigs at a skinhead infested neighborhood pub, Danny and Kate seek more solid promotion. They get better gigs playing clubs across the UK (there is a bit part played by Jim Broadbent as a striking train porter). Danny goes further and blackmails a major label A&R man to see the band at their next gig in hopes of securing a record deal. When the venue loses power and the band performs without, stirring the crowd into a chanting frenzy, the major label promoters sign the band. Danny and Kate become romantically involved. A gig at a "1984" (that's George Orwell's 1984) rally against big government turns violent when a mob of skinheads show up. A wounded, dying boy tries to climb to Kate which affects her emotionally. The record company executives, who view Danny as an obstacle to their control of Kate and the band, recommend the band take on a producer to help them push a full length record and capitalize on press coverage of the ill-fated rally and the band's appearance. The producer becomes the wedge between Danny and Kate as Kate starts downing more pills to keep going under the pressures of recording, filming promotional videos, and touring. Soon the band is at odds with Danny who quits mid-tour. The drummer leaves and the sax player becomes a junkie. In the end, Kate is a drug-addled, stadium-sized, superstar; the antithesis of what of her ideals. Seeing Breaking Glass for the first time in a long time was a reminder, not just that it is a very good film, but what it was like when music like this was genuine and the contrived, hollow rubbish it became. The DVD lacks any extras. Perhaps an interview with Hazel O'Connor or a short documentary on the film would be nice. But, I think the movie stands on its own very well. I DO AND WILL HAPPILY COMBINE SHIPPING IF YOU WIN/BUY MULTIPLE TITLES FROM ME PLEASE MESSAGE ME FOR AN INVOICE WITH COMBINED SHIPPING. ALSO CHECK OUT MY FEEDBACK. FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS. NOTE: I OFFER BOTH GROUND ADVANTAGE SHIPPING ON ITEMS 13 OUNCES & LESS OR MEDIA MAIL, (WHICH GOES GROUND TRANSPORT AND IS A BIT SLOWER, BUT IS CHEAPER). MAIL RATES RECENTLY WENT UP. THANKS FOR LOOKING! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS TAKE NOTE !!! ITEMS NOW SHIP VIA EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING SERVICE. I DO NOT SHIP TO ALL COUNTRIES. 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