The Ghost Goes Gear

Starring:Spencer Davis (IV), Stevie Winwood, Muff Winwood, Pete York, Nicholas Parsons, Sheila White, Lorne Gibson, Arthur Howard (III), Joan Ingram, Tony Sympson, Jack Haig, Robert Langley, Emmett Hennessy, Helen Ford, Kathleen Heath, Marian Wilson, Elizabeth Dott, Virginia Clay, Ann Wrigg, Bernard Stone
Director: Hugh Gladwish
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Brutal
Spencer Davis Group Good, Movie Bad, DVD Commentary A Hoot!
One Star - But Fabulous!
Thankfully there's good music...
Obscure DVD with good audio commentary

The Ghost Goes Gear
Starring: Spencer Davis (IV) , Stevie Winwood , Muff Winwood , Pete York , and Nicholas Parsons
Director: Hugh Gladwish
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: 6305797064
Release Date: 2000-04-11

Customer Reviews:

Brutal.......2007-05-01

This was a film I was really looking forward to seeing. I rented this from Blockbuster Online based upon the description. A Beatles/Monkees type movie with the Spencer Davis Group?! It sounded like a lot of fun, if for no other reason than to hear the band. After about 20 minutes I simply could not take it any more and had to turn it off. Brutal. I give it 2 stars only because it has some band performance footage. Too bad you have to sit through that incredibly boring and dumb "plot" to get to the good stuff. I certainly couldn't do it. And I like watching offbeat oddball movies, but they still have to at least ENTERTAIN. This one did not.

Spencer Davis Group Good, Movie Bad, DVD Commentary A Hoot!.......2005-07-04

A friend lent me the DVD of THE GHOST GOES GEAR, since I tend to get a kick out of 1960s rock 'n' roll comedies. The good news is that The Spencer Davis Group, in what I believe is their only film of this type, is very likable and even shows a bit of a flair for knockabout comedy (their drummer is particularly fun to watch, and young Stevie Winwood, while quiet, is certainly easy on the eyes). The bad news is that what little plot there is, nonsense about the boys' Upper Class Twit manager and his haunted family estate (interestingly, the ghost haunting it is smilingly played by Roger Daltrey lookalike Lorne Gibson, who also sings in the film with his group The Lorne Gibson Trio), takes up an inordinate amount of screen time and makes a typical SCOOBY-DOO episode look like the best of Hitchcock. When the jokes are funny, it's a happy accident of delivery and timing -- otherwise, the flick's pretty much just an excuse to string together musical numbers featuring all-but-forgotten British folk and pop acts of the time (including Mr. Acker Bilk!). If you love The Spencer Davis Group, though, you'll find it worthwhile to turn on the commentary track -- and not just because it drowns out the rest of the film! :-) Spencer Davis and Martin Davis (no relation :-) tell lots of funny off-the-cuff stories about the film's creation and the folks involved, and even they cheerfully admit that the film is, er, flawed and that most of the folks in it barely even qualify as footnotes in British pop history. In fact, the Davis & Davis commentary is the only reason I gave the DVD a 3-star rating instead of a 2-star rating. So if you're in the mood for a curiosity and you've got a pal who can loan this DVD to you (so you don't have to spend actual money on it :-), THE GHOST GOES GEAR is worth one viewing, especially if you gather a bunch of friends who love to do a DIY MST3K number on such films (like my hubby did when we watched it :-)!

One Star - But Fabulous!.......2005-01-15

This movie is so awful you have to love it! I can't believe someone actually directed it - no...I can't believe that someone actually CHOREOGRAPHED it! What's with the dance in the kitchen with the apples? LOL! The "plot" of the movie is as follows: The Spencer Davis Group (a bunch of merry madcaps) have a manager who has an olde ancestorial home. His daffy parents have no money to feed the electric meter, so the group hatches the idea to exploit the "Elizabethan" ghost (LOL! greasy pompadour and all) to bring in tourists. They also ask tourists to BYOB - that is, Bring Your Own Band. The entertainment that shows up is ridiculously fantastic - Dave Berry who sings about his mama as he climbs down a tree in his Beatle boots, or hides in a field peeking through weeds while singing something called "Now", Polly, the maid, making wierd facial contortions and dance moves that can only be described as spastic,and The Three Belles - be-wigged homely gals who strike poses as they sing "Danger Zone" and "I'm the Original Lemon Tree"?????? There are other groups, but none so entertaining as these. I did enjoy the Spencer Davis group - I wonder if this movie embarrasses them now? Anyhoo, for a good laugh and some enjoyable tunes ("Midnight Special" "Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out") this is the movie for you.

Thankfully there's good music..........2003-04-29

I thought maybe there was a movie here...whew! HORRIBLY boring British chatter & aimless, silly story, BUT this is off a really sharp looking print of some obscure British mod-style groups. If nothing else, get this movie for this footage - there are some really nice segments of the artists if you've even heard of them. Not essential, but get it used or on eBay for a few bucks to add to your collection. If only the groups were a bit more popular (besides Spencer Davis), the music bits are superb. Story - blah...music, great!

Obscure DVD with good audio commentary.......2002-06-03

I know very little about the Spensor Davis Group except for a few of their songs and that Steve Winwood was a member. I decided to view this movie because I had enjoyed the Monkees' movie "Head" and Herman's Hermits' "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter."

The actual movie is a terrific period piece that is light on plot (the ghost is barely in the film!) but it does contain performances by not only the Spensor Davis Group, but other obscure groups that I believe most Americans are not familiar with. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band are very entertaining, as are the proto-Spice Girls act The Three Bells.

The audio commentary by Spensor Davis and Martin Lewis is informative not only about the making of the film, but also about the music scene happening in the UK at that time. Even if you don't care for the film, you will want to hear the commentary if you enjoy music from the 1960s.

The film quality is excellent and is presented in widesceen. One thing I wish the DVD would have included was captioning and a trailer (if one was made for the film.)

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