Stardust (1974) | Full Movie | w/ David Essex, Adam Faith, Dave Edmunds, Keith Moon, Larry Hagman

Drama | Music | Dir: Michael Apted | UK | 107min w/ David Essex, Adam Faith, Dave Edmunds, Keith Moon, Larry Hagman The rise and fall of the rock singer Jim Maclaine (David Essex), in the mid 60s, with his manager, Mike (Adam Faith), and his group, "The Stray Cats" (with Keith Moon on drums). Director Michael Apted's eerily realistic look at an English rock star whose rapid rise to fame leads to drug addiction and mental problems in the 1960s. Following on from the events in the late 1950s/early 1960s of That'll Be the Day, the characters Jim Maclaine (David Essex), Jeanette (Rosalind Ayres) and J.D. (Keith Moon) have moved into the mid 1960s/early 1970s and the growing career of aspiring rock star MacLaine. MacLaine has assembled a group of musicians and formed the band the Stray Cats, he seeks out his old friend Mike (Adam Faith) to become the band’s road manager. Mike acquires a new van, accommodation and a recording session for the group. MacLaine soon becomes a massive star and is plunged into the centre of media attention. He indulges in heavy drug use and the film documents the detrimental effects of this success on MacLaine and his relationship with his friends and colleagues. In particular, MacLaine’s long-standing friendship with manager Mike is now soured by money and success. By the end of the Stardust, the timeline has roughly caught up to the 1974 release year of the film. Many of the characters were played by British musicians who had lived/were living through the era portrayed in the film including Essex, Faith, Marty Wilde, Keith Moon, Dave Edmunds and Paul Nicholas.