Take It or Leave It (film)
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Director Dave Robinson Budget 400,000 GBP Duration Language English | 7.3/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Documentary, Music Music director Madness Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 1981 Writer Madness, Phil McDonald, Dave Robinson Cast Suggs (Suggs), Mark Bedford (Bedders), Lee Thompson (Lee Thompson), Carl Smyth (Carl), Dan Woodgate (Woody), Chris Foreman (Chris)Similar movies Black Swan , Dark Shadows , A Serbian Film , Hamlet , Singapore Sling , Why Don't You Play in Hell? Tagline Madness, Madness, they call it Madness. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Take It or Leave It is a 1981 film about the British ska/pop band Madness.
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Production
It was directed by the owner of Madness label Stiff Records, Dave Robinson, who also directed the band's music videos. The film's budget was paid by the members of Madness, with £20,000 each (£140,000) and £250,000 by Stiff.
Plot
The genre of the film is between documentary, drama and comedy. The film begins in Camden Town, London, on a grey day in January 1976. Three friends, Lee Thompson, Chris Foreman and Mike Barson, start to play music together. A large segment of the film is set in Pathway Studios in North London. Along the way their band suffers numerous arguments and changes in their line-up before finding success in the final scene, with a full piece Madness going out to a packed, screaming arena.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack contains live and studio recorded Madness songs from the band's first two albums, One Step Beyond... and Absolutely, various b-sides, covers, an early song never issued on record (Sunshine Voice), and several songs from their then new album entitled 7.
The film is available on DVD, with commentary by Dave Robinson and Madness guitarist Chrissy Boy.
References
Take It or Leave It (film) WikipediaTake It or Leave It (film) IMDbTake It or Leave It (film) themoviedb.org