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Starmaker (1974)

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Runtime : 37M

Director : Peter Plummer

Synopsis

In Granada TV’s 1974’s Starmaker, head Kink Ray Davies proved once again that he’s not like everybody else, producing a rock opera for television that tells the story of an insufferable, vain, egotistical rock star (played by Davies, naturally) who switches places with an “ordinary person” named Norman, working in Norman’s crappy job and living Norman’s crappy life to find inspiration for his next album. (Well, it’s a little more complicated than that…) Davies’ play reveled in breaking the fourth wall: cameras and microphones are visible throughout and the play’s author/star himself even ends up a member of the audience. Starmaker was a dry run for the themes of the Kinks’ 1975 album, The Kinks Present a Soap Opera.

Actors

Ray Davies
Ray Davies
Star
June Ritchie
June Ritchie
Wife
Dave Davies
Dave Davies
Himself
Anne Chapman
Anne Chapman
Dancer
Richard Gough
Richard Gough
Dancer
Chris Hennen
Chris Hennen
Dancer

Crews

Peter Plummer
Peter Plummer
Director
Ray Davies
Ray Davies
Writer
Dennis Woolf
Dennis Woolf
Producer