Quadrophenia
1979, R, 115 min.
Directed by Franc Roddam, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Leslie Ash, Garry Cooper, Sting, Ray Winstone.

It’s Mods vs. Rockers in 1960s England in this coming-of-age rock movie inspired by the Who’s concept album Quadrophenia. This newly remastered print has been remixed in stereo.

This article appears in August 24 • 2001.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.