Slade in Flame Blu-ray BFI Documentary 1975 Band Noddy Holder Jim Lea Don Powell

A stone-cold bona-fide cult classic finally on Blu-ray!

Introducing BFI's Limited Edition Blu-ray (Region B) + DVD (Region 2) release for 1975's Slade in Flame. Acclaimed as a stone-cold bona-fide cult classic over subsequent decades, and boasting a razor-sharp screenplay, superb performances and a power-packed foot-stomping soundtrack, Slade in Flame has been newly remastered by the BFI from the best available 35mm materials for its first ever release on Blu-ray.

Described as 'the Citizen Kane of British pop movies' by critic Mark Kermode, Slade in Flame both confounded and delighted audiences when it was released in 1975, at the height of the legendary glam-rock band's success. Starring the band themselves, 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 ba nd in freefall amidst the music-industry suits who want a piece of the pie, was not what anybody was expecting.

IMPORTANT NOTE: An all-region Blu-ray player is required to view this movie. Standard U.S. Blu-ray players will NOT read Region B discs. If you're looking for a reliable all-region player, we've got you covered!

Limited Edition Features: 

• First run slipcase
• Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Graham Rinaldi and other essays by Jay Rathbone, Barry Forshaw and Bob Stanley

Features: 

• NEW RESTORATION 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 members 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
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

Technical Specs: 

• Year: 1975
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English
• Runtime: 91
• Subtitles: English
• 2 Discs: Blu-ray/DVD