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Filming begins on rock movie That’ll Be The Day, at Butlins Holiday Camp in the Isle Of Wight, England, UK, Europe, starring David Essex, Ringo Starr, Billy Fury, Dave Edmunds, and The Who’s Keith Moon.
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David Essex : At the last moment, Keith rang up to say he’d been held up and would be dropping in by helicopter. Literally – he was landing on the roof of the hotel. To guide the helicopter in to land, all the waiters had to go up on the roof and wave napkins. Luckily it worked and both helicopter and passenger arrived safely.
Ray Connolly (script-writer) : There was a kind of happy insanity thanks to Keith. We shot the fairground scenes on the mainland, at Southsea, and I remember that one night we all went across to the fairground, which they’d emptied for us, and we all had a great time, playing on the dodgems and suchlike.
It cost just £210,000 to make and we only got that because David Puttnam, the producer, managed to do a deal with Ronco Records to put out a compilation of songs in the film.
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Ray Connolly (script-writer) : There was a kind of happy insanity thanks to Keith. We shot the fairground scenes on the mainland, at Southsea, and I remember that one night we all went across to the fairground, which they’d emptied for us, and we all had a great time, playing on the dodgems and suchlike.
It cost just £210,000 to make and we only got that because David Puttnam, the producer, managed to do a deal with Ronco Records to put out a compilation of songs in the film.