Ep# 57 - Gabriele Caroti's 60s Pick - Bronco Bullfrog

Joining Cinema60 for this episode is Gabriele Caroti, former director of BAMcinematek and founder of film distribution company Seventy Seven. This month Seventy Seven is releasing into theaters the 2K restoration of Barney Platts-Mills’ Bronco Bullfrog, a gritty but delightful piece of British kitchen sink realism, originally released in 1970, set against the backdrop of the working class teens in East London.

In this episode, Gabriele speaks to Bart and Jenna about the labor of love that went into getting this underappreciated film into repertory cinemas across the country, and they oblige him by grilling him on its production history and enduring cult fandom. Topics of discussion include suedeheads, the band Audience, Princess Anne, young love, teenage boredom, electric blankets, time travel, bringing movies to the people and more. It’s a lively discussion of a lost classic ‘60s youth culture film with a fella who’s making old movies new again.

The following film is discussed:

• Bronco Bullfrog (1969)
Directed by Barney Platts-Mills
Starring Del Walker, Anne Gooding, Sam Shepherd, Roy Haywood, Freda Shepherd, Dick Philpott, Chris Shepherd, Stuart Stones, Geoffrey Wincott, J. Hughes Sr.

Also mentioned:

• Reign of Terror (1949)
Directed by Anthony Mann
Starring Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart

• The 400 Blows (1959)
Les quatre cents coups
Directed by François Truffaut
Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier

• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Directed by Karel Reisz
Starring Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts

• Billy Liar (1963)
Directed by John Schlesinger
Starring Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles

• Black Peter (1964)
Cerný Petr
Directed by Milos Forman
Starring Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil

• Three Sisters (1970)
Directed by Laurence Olivier & John Sichel
Starring Jeanne Watts, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell

• Bleak Moments (1971)
Directed by Mike Leigh
Starring Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan

• Private Road (1971)
Directed by Barney Platts-Mills
Starring Susan Penhaligon, Bruce Robinson, Michael Feast

• Scum (1979)
Directed by Alan Clarke
Starring Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth

• Babylon (1980)
Directed by Franco Rosso
Starring David N. Haynes, Trevor Laird, Victor Romero Evans

• Gregory's Girl (1980)
Directed by Bill Forsyth
Starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy

• Looks and Smiles (1981)
Directed by Ken Loach
Starring Graham Green, Carolyn Nicholson, Tony Pitts