Slade in Flame

An incendiary cult classic 1970s Glam-rock music film like no other.

  • Director

    Richard Loncraine

  • With

    Don Powell, Jim Lea, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill, Tom Conti

  • UK 1975. 90min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    12A

  • A BFI release

Gritty rather than glam, this incendiary, cult rock-biz classic sizzles its way back to the big screen for its 50th anniversary. Confounding and delighting audiences in equal measure at the height of Slade’s Top Ten pop majesty, Slade in Flame remains a singular rags-to-riches music film. Charting the rise of fictional rock group Flame, with Slade themselves playing the band, it offered a witty, sublimely cynical and warts-and-all inside-view of the music industry circa 1970. And it features a soundtrack stuffed with high-octane Slade boot-stompers. Labelled ‘the Citizen Kane of British pop movies’ by Mark Kermode, it features pitch-perfect performances by Slade, alongside an outstanding early role for Conti, brilliant as an icy businessman hell-bent on making them stars. Newly remastered by the BFI from original film materials, Slade in Flame returns in a blaze of glory.

Vic Pratt, BFI DVD and Blu-ray Producer

The screenings on Sunday 4 May 15:20 NFT4; Monday 5 May 18:10 NFT3; Thursday 8 May 12:20 NFT4 will be presented with additional Descriptive Subtitles of non-dialogue audio.

The Slade in Flame BFI Blu-ray and DVD is on general sale from 19th May. Pre-order your copy at BFI Shop.