Stardust (1974 film)

Stardust
Directed byMichael Apted
Written byRay Connolly
Produced byDavid Puttnam
Sanford Lieberson
StarringDavid Essex
Adam Faith
Larry Hagman
Keith Moon
CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond
Edited byMichael Bradsell
Production
company
Goodtimes Enterprises
Distributed byAnglo-EMI Film Distributors
Release date
  • 24 October 1974 (1974-10-24) (London)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£555,000[1][2]
Box office£600,000 (UK)[2]

Stardust is a 1974 British musical drama film directed by Michael Apted and starring David Essex, Adam Faith, and Larry Hagman. It is the sequel to the 1973 film That'll Be the Day, which introduced the characters of Jim MacLaine and his street-smart friend Mike Menary. It chronicles Jim's rise and fall as an international rock star during the 1960s and early 1970s, with Mike as his personal manager. It features a number of pop/rock performers, including Essex, Faith, Keith Moon, Marty Wilde, Dave Edmunds, Paul Nicholas and Edd Byrnes.

  1. ^ Walker, Alexander (1985). National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties. Harrap. p. 79.
  2. ^ a b Lyons, Tony (10 August 1975). "Will British films hit the jackpot?". Sunday Telegraph. p. 19.