Quadrophenia (1979)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Franc Roddam
Starring: Garry Cooper, Kate Williams, Leslie Ash, Mark Wingett, Michael Elphick, Phil Daniels, Phil Davis, Ray Winstone, Sting, Toyah Willcox
Jimmy doesn't end up with Steph because she's now dating his friend. When they're fighting about their relationship, Jimmy gets mad and rides his scooter, which ends up being torn apart. He falls off and gets run over by a truck. Disappointed, he goes to Brighton and sees Ace working as a bell boy. Jimmy takes his Vespa scooter and drives it off a cliff. It does not show whether he dies or not because when the scooter is going down, he's not there.
Factual error: In the Brighton street scenes the parading air cadets are wearing service issue pullovers. These were not introduced as part of the uniform until the mid seventies. During the sixties air cadets would have been wearing battledress tunics.
Peter: You'll be getting like them bloody beatniks before you know it. Ban the bomb and do fuck all for a living pouncing about all day.
Trivia: Michael Elphick and Phil Daniels play father and son in this film. In real life, Elphick was only twelve years older than Daniels.
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