Toomorrow

[tazber]

Posted: 1/30/14 at 2:37pm

I had never heard of this movie musical from 1970 until a few minutes ago.

Now I'm dying to see it, but it's not available.

Did anyone ever see this? Is it so bad it's good, or just so bad?

[tazber]

Posted: 1/30/14 at 2:38pm

Here's some info:

Written and directed by Val Guest, Toomorrow was an attempt by Don Kirshner to replicate the success he had had with The Monkees. This was also a first starring role for Olivia Newton-John, whose own singing career would take off the following year.

Btw, I discovered it because they are finally releasing the soundtrack on cd this coming Tuesday.



The crazy sounding synopsis:

The story centers around four university students--three guys and a gal--who have a band. They've named their band "Toomorrow." Their goal is to enter a popular and prestigious music contest. What makes their band unique is their particular sound. One of the members plays a rudimentary synthesizer that he created himself. The sound vibrations it makes are genuinely cosmic.

So cosmic is the sound, it captures the attention of an alien race living in a galaxy far, far away. The aliens have been to earth before eons ago, leaving an agent behind to observe the development of humankind. When the aliens travel across space to track the source of this strange cosmic vibration, they learn it is emanating from planet Earth. They contact their secret alien agent, who is disguised as a man and living in a conservatory near the university. After beaming the agent aboard their orbiting ship (special effects were created by the late John Stears, one of the geniuses responsible for bringing the FX of "Star Wars" to the screen), the aliens notify him that their race is slowly dying. The cause of death is a lack of sensory stimulation. The aliens goes on to explain that a strange new vibration detected on earth could very well save their race. The agent is instructed to return to earth, discover the source of the sonic vibration, and capture it on tape so it can be examined.

Updated On: 1/30/14 at 02:38 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/30/14 at 2:50pm

It's on youtube...groovy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1fBv6u0iU

[tazber]

Posted: 1/30/14 at 2:54pm

Thank you so much doodle!!

I can't wait to watch this tonight.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/30/14 at 2:55pm

I saw it for the first time about 4 years ago. It's weird and Olivia shouts (almost) every single one of her lines. I guess the director instructed her to project to the camera (?)

Yes, I have the soundtrack.