{"id":31835,"date":"2019-09-18T10:21:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T09:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=31835"},"modified":"2019-09-18T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T09:21:46","slug":"sky-news-quadrophenia-at-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/sky-news-quadrophenia-at-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky News: Quadrophenia At 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/quadrophenia-at-40-stars-reminisce-about-the-film-for-every-generation-11812232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/quadrophenia-at-40-stars-reminisce-about-the-film-for-every-generation-11812232 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31836 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/skynews19a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a><strong>Quadrophenia at 40: Stars reminisce about the film for &#8216;every generation&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox and other stars of Quadrophenia speak to Sky News about the film&#8217;s 40th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Released in 1979 and loosely based on The Who&#8217;s album of the same name, Quadrophenia&#8217;s coming-of-age tale of a young mod is very much a cult classic. Forty years on, a new documentary for Sky Arts, Quadrophenia &#8211; Our Generation, explores the style of filmmaking and the movie&#8217;s themes.<\/p>\n<p>But for the cast, who reunited at a screening for the documentary, the film&#8217;s wider impact could never have been predicted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Toyah Willcox, who played Monkey in the film, says it was emotional to look back at when it was being made. &#8220;You&#8217;re just thinking, &#8216;my God, it was so special&#8217;,&#8221; she says. &#8220;It was such an opportunity and a privilege because we were treated as serious actors at a time when we could have been treated very differently. &#8220;So watching the documentary, I just thought, &#8216;wow, I&#8217;m just so pleased that was in my life&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue reading at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/quadrophenia-at-40-stars-reminisce-about-the-film-for-every-generation-11812232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky News<\/a>.<\/strong> (Photo \u00a9 Sky Arts)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/quadrophenia-at-40-stars-reminisce-about-the-film-for-every-generation-11812232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/quadrophenia-at-40-stars-reminisce-about-the-film-for-every-generation-11812232 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31837 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/quad19d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/quad19d.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/quad19d-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quadrophenia at 40: Stars reminisce about the film for &#8216;every generation&#8217; Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox and other stars of Quadrophenia speak to Sky News about the film&#8217;s 40th anniversary. Released in 1979 and loosely based on The Who&#8217;s album of the same name, Quadrophenia&#8217;s coming-of-age tale of a young mod is very much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,27,25],"tags":[2022,838,677],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31838,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31835\/revisions\/31838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}