Described as 'the Citizen Kane of British pop movies' by critic Mark Kermode, Slade in Flame both confounded and delighted audiences when it was released in 1975, at the height of the legendary glam-rock band's success. Starring the band themselves, this was a music film like no other.
Charting the rise and fall of a pop group at the end of the 1960s - from bold beginnings in seedy clubs to booze-addled endings in spectacular stadiums - this darkly cynical, warts-and-all portrait of a band in freefall amidst the music-industry suits who want a piece of the pie was not what anybody was expecting.
Acclaimed as a stone-cold bona-fide cult classic over subsequent decades, and boasting a razor-sharp screenplay, superb performances and a power-packed foot-stomping soundtrack, Slade in Flame has been newly remastered by the BFI from the best available 35mm materials for its first ever release on Blu-ray.
Extras
Newly remastered by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
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SKU
5035673015339
Catalogue Number
BFIB1533
Product contents
2 Discs: DVD and Blu-ray editions
Year
1974
Director
Richard Loncraine
Format
DVD, Blu-Ray
Publisher(s)
BFI
Countries
UK
Colour
Colour
Subtitles
English subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing