Movie: The Summer of Rave, 1989

Top 10 Billed Cast

Julian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Rhind-Tutt

Narrator

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

Self

Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan

Self

Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd

Self

Meredith Etherington-Smith
Meredith Etherington-Smith

Self

Kelvin MacKenzie
Kelvin MacKenzie

Self

Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris

Self

Sheryl Garratt
Sheryl Garratt

Self

Dave Haslam
Dave Haslam

Self

Fabio
Fabio

Self

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    In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands of young people dancing at illegal Acid House parties in fields and aircraft hangars around the M25. Set against the backdrop of ten years of Thatcherism, it was a benign form of revolution, dubbed the Second Summer of Love – all the ravers wanted was the freedom to party… The rave scene, along with the drug Ecstasy, broke down social barriers and even football hooligans were ‘loved up’, solving a problem the government had never managed to crack. But lurid tabloid headlines and cat-and-mouse games with the police eventually turned the dream sour, as the gangster element moved in at the end of the summer.

  • Release Date

    2006-01-01

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    7.5

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