Carnaby Street - we're going to have a smashing time

[pykkervots]

Steve Howe the YES guitarist is in this. His previous band Tomorrow are featured in the pie throwing scene. Groovy baaabby...

[CuteMcBeauty]

So Austin Powers's boss Basil REALLY was around in the 60's!! hehehe joke joke, I know, I just thought it was funny, hee hee, a super young Michael York!!

Alas... I was born in 1977.... I'd give ANYTHING to have lived the 1960's, man!!!

[grammargrub]

This looks a good one! If you google "Smashing Time 1967" a USA site comes up ofering DVDs for $20.

[Khultan]

 What are they playing at?!?

[moxie96]

Is this available on youtube full?

[Fletch1821]

Was that Lynn Redgrave in that movie?

[john111257]

the great 60s

[plasticglassonion222]

OMG  where is Twiggy?

[TerryBBurton]

Two THUMBS Up ... Thank you !!! ... GoodPersonTEST com

[staypress]

poor Lynn R.I.P

[tenterden16]

The lovely Lynn Redgrave died so young at the age of sixty seven. Lost to Breast Cancer along with her Mother Rachel in 2003. My heart goes out to Vanessa with the recent death of her Daughter Natasha and Brother Corin. Lynn, you will always be that cheeky girl from swinging London. RIP Dear One. X.

[antioxidantsguide]

R.I.P Lynn Redgrave, you will be sadly missed.

[PadrethePio]

Lynn Redgrave?

[superbruce]

Smashing!!

[winnerdaniel1]

I went to London in 1969 as an eleven year old and saw this movie there. At the time I thought it was the greastest thing ever made...it's still very entertaining and clever. It showed how phony the Carnaby Street / Swinging London scene really was.

[ozruby]

Actually, London was extremely vibrant and creative in the 1960's but by the time you were there in 1969 the Carnaby Street scene was definitely "yesterday's papers".

But if you believe the scene in 1965-66 was "phony" you might want to consider the music, fashion, art that emerged from there and then: Peter Blake, Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd, Mary Quant, The Creation, Indica Gallery, "IT" Magazine, David Bailey, etc etc

These people changed the world and 45 years on we're still talking about it.

[winnerdaniel1]

Dear, Dear Oz, Obviously I'm not talking about these cultural Icons that emerged from that scene. I'm merely commenting on a satirical film that depicts the folly of cultural trends, whether it be mods in the sixties, punks in the 80s, Goths in the 90s, etc...

[SuperPoppy1]

I work there and it still has a vibe.

[zenileon]

Bit of a tourist trap though!

[RebelVoDKa]

I was in Carnaby Street on Tuesday. It's not quite like this anymore.

[technojools]

I went in 1999 and this year. Its really nothing now, commericial chains you would find in Reading.

[spencerleeb]

isnt that the toy maker from chitty chitty bang bang? it looks just like him

[doubledeckers]

No it's Michael York. Decades later he was in Austin Powers. The toymaker in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was played by Benny Hill.

[spencerleeb]

thanks

[Rubberbandgirl75]

@doubledeckers LOL

[GeorgeHarrisonLuver]

Those were the real groovy times! That would be my paradise!

[kickassfan]

Foreever,60s,such a kick ass decade

[desertshore]

gr00vy !!

[youfillmewithinertia]

I have been trying to find a reasonably priced copy for a very long time and all I want to do is see it again.

[ant33cars]

can someone show the pie scene

[mhspiper]

I'm looking for it too... Steve Howe!

[doubledeckers]

I have it. I'll upload it soon.

[Jess046]

It's a shame Carnaby Street doesn't sell retro stuff anymore :(

[trombone7]

Who's that ugly mom in Austin Powers land ?

[doubledeckers]

The version here is letterboxed slightly. It sounds as if the DVD you bought was scanned to fill the screen completely and a bit more too. In which case you are missing a lot from the sides also, as the film was made in widescreen.

[huntonpeck]

No, the box is clearly lableled 'Widescreen Presentation' (1.85:1) and there are black bars on the top and bottom of the picture. It also appears to have as much picture on the sides as your clip does. It appears that the top and bottom were actually clipped by the black bars in order to make it appear as a widescreen picture.

[doubledeckers]

That's really annoying then. I once bought a 'digitally remastered' VHS tape of On The Town and found that the audio on the sequence on top of the Empire State Building was out of sync slightly.

[Grinnygog1975]

@huntonpeck After reading your posts I was worried the DVD was missing a lot of picture. So I did a quick comparison which you can do as well. Open up the DVD capture here titled "Smashing Time (1967) 2/13" in a new window and pause the clip at :32. Then pause this clip in this window at :25. Then go back and forth between the 2 windows and see that we ARE missing a little of the top and bottom of the image on the DVD, but we have GAINED quite a lot on both sides!

[Grinnygog1975]

@doubledeckersAND@huntonpeck Where did THIS footage come from - it appears to have been reedited for something. This scene is completely different on the DVD. Here it begins at the end of the song "Carnaby Street" with Lynn singing "I'm here!" and it proceeds to show her parading through Carnaby St. But all of this footage (plus some not shown here) is on the DVD during the song "Carnaby Street" which cuts between Rita washing dishes and having a terrible time while Lynn is having a blast.

[doubledeckers]

@Grinnygog1975 - in the 1980's and 1990's people used to make up VHS 'mix' tapes for fun - non-commercial and just to swap. This is from one one of those tapes. It would have been edited with two video-recorders. It seems the instrumental part towards the end of the song has been repeated twice.

[huntonpeck]

This is one of my favourite movies from the 60's. However, I don't recall seeing the signs on the storefronts in the Carnaby St. scenes before, so on a hunch I got out my DVD of Smashing Time and compared scenes with this video.

What I found made me angry. A large section of the top of the picture is cut off on the DVD, and the signs on the stores are barely visible! I really deplore this kind of dishonesty from DVD companies.

Anyway, thanks for posting this.

[gameon72]

LOVES IT!

[ffa14]

Then Austin Powers pops up & says:"Oh...behave!...Basil".

Even though many think:'Swingin' London' was diatribe & American hype; this film seems to have some charm.

[vinbeara]

A great movie! Really switched on and tuned in baby! -

Too Much!

[dazzababes]

"I'll go up to Carnaby Street by meself, find a flat, get a modelling job, then i'll come back and get yer"

[chuckdee121]

Oh behave! Shagadelic!!!

[doubledeckers]

There is a Helen Shapiro music promo film (pop video) that clearly inspired the 'I Can't Sing But I'm Young' sequence.

[zbelm]

this is a fantastic movie, watch it if you ever get the chance. I was actually looking for clips from this, this was all I found so far. That's Lynn Redgrave and Michael York. Rita Tushingham stars as well. Excellent satirical script by George Melly, cna't remember who wrote the music but it's great!

[jburndawg]

Groovy baby,I mean,totally fab'n'far out!