Moonlight on the Highway
Moonlight on the Highway
| 12 April 1969 (USA)
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Writing for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series, Dennis Potter introduced the notion that popular music expresses the yearning of the human spirit for a better world. A troubled young man, David Peters (Ian Holm), claims, "Once dreams were possible, that's what the popular songs told us." Rejecting rock music of the day, Peters is immersed in the tunes of Thirties crooner Al Bowlly (killed during the London blitz). He collects Bowlly memorabilia, publishes the Bowlly fan-club newsletter, and finds pleasure in lip-synching Bowlly records but his obsession with Bowlly masks certain darker events in his past.

Reviews
Plustown

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

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Casey Duggan

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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Dana

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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Allissa

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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