Gonks Go Beat

Gonks Go Beat is a 1965 British science fiction musical fantasy film, directed by Robert HartfordDavis. It stars Kenneth Connor and Frank Thornton. Gonks Go Beat is loosely based on the Romeo and Juliet storyline and featuresmusical numbers performed by a variety of artists, including Lulu, The Nashville Teens and, somewhat incongruously, members of the Graham Bond Organisation including Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Dick HeckstallSmith. Other musical contributors were and remained obscure, although a curiosity for viewers in the British Isles is an appearance by a young Derek Thompson now known as Charlie Fairhead in the longrunning BBC series Casualty performing with his twin sister Elaine. The title highlights the fad for gonks in mid 1960s Great Britain.

Meanwhile, the overlords of a farflung galaxy have been observing the squabblings and goingson on Planet Earth with increasing exasperation. Finally, their patience with the earthlings is pushed beyond its limit and they decide to send their bungling representative Wilco Roger Connor to sort the situation out and bring about a reconciliation between the parties, with the warning that if he fails hell be exiled to Planet Gonk, a fearsome and dreaded place where spherical furry soft toys shuffle around all day listening to Dixieland jazz.On arrival, Wilco Roger makes contact with Mr. AampR. Theyre aware of a forbidden romance between a Beatland boy and a Ballad Isle girl, and use a combination of Mr. AampRs cunning and Wilco Rogers mystical powers to enable the couple to get together without fear and come up with a musical composition which will be acceptable to both sides. The time for the annual competition comes around, and the inhabitants are appalled when the Beatland boy and the Ballad Isle girl take to the stage together. But their song Takes Two to Make Love turns out to be the hit of the night, loved by both sides of the musical divide. Mr. AampR declares it the unquestioned winner and orders an end to the silliness as it has now been proved that everyone can live together and learn to appreciate all types of music.citation needed ........

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