'Feel The Noize' Watch Slade In Flame Trailer

‘Cum Feel The Noize!’ as the BFI drop a Trailer for gritty cult classic Slade In Flame.

This film is described by film critic Mark Kermode as “the Citizen Kane of British pop movies” . This May getting a 50th Anniversary re-release, considered the ‘blueprint’ for music movies. Starring Slade themselves Noddy Holder, Dave Hill, Jim Lea and Don Powell. Also starring Alan Lake and Tom Conti in his debut role.

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Slade In Flame is directed by Richard Loncraine, follows the rise and fall of fictional band Flame (played by Slade). From the seedy clubs of the 1960’s until the boozy freefall endings…

A fictional tale but all based on true experiences and starring the band themselves as the of Flame – this was a music film like no other. Charting the rise and fall of a pop group at the end of the 1960s – from bold beginnings in seedy clubs to booze-addled endings in spectacular stadiums – this darkly cynical, warts-and-all portrait of a band in freefall amidst the music-industry suits who want a piece of the pie was not what anybody was expecting.

Slade in Flame came about when the band’s manager Chas Chandler (who had previously discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix), decided that a film should be their next step after their huge chart success. The band were up for it but, despite their colourful image, were adamant they didn’t want to do a running and jumping around film in the fashion of The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night; they wanted a film based on real life. To get a feel for what it was really like being in a band in the late 60s, director Richard Loncraine and screenwriter Andrew Birkin (The Cement Garden, Perfume: Story of a Murderer) went out on the road to America with Slade to observe all the goings on and hear their stories, both about themselves and other bands they knew at the time. Filming took place mainly on location in Sheffield and Nottingham, with the exterior pirate radio scenes shot at the Radio City pirate radio station based on the Shivering Sands Army Fort in the Thames Estuary.

The special features on the Blu-ray/DVD are:

Newly remastered by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
Newly recorded audio commentary with director Richard Loncraine and film critic Mark Kermode
Make Way For Noddy (2025, 9 mins): actor Tom Conti discusses the making of Slade in Flame
Noddy Holder Interview (2002, 54 mins): Noddy speaks to broadcaster Gary Crowley in the uncut, full-length version of an interview that later featured in The Making of Slade in Flame
The Making of Slade in Flame (2007, 58 mins): recorded for the film’s original DVD release and featuring interviews with all four of Slade, director Richard Loncraine and actor Tom Conti, this documentary tells the story of Slade in Flame from its inception to its London premiere.
This Week: Men’s Fashions (1973, 10 mins): meet Tommy Nutter, the rebel tailor of Savile Row, as flamboyant fashions get thoroughly road-tested in this glam 1970s fashion short
Original theatrical trailer (1975)
Trailer (2025)
Slade in Frame – a collection of promotional images from the film’s original release
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Graham Rinaldi and other essays by Jay Rathbone, Barry Forshaw and Bob Stanley