Buddy's Song (1991)
6/10
Chesney, the epitome of a one hit wonder.....
23 November 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Buddy is an aspiring musician and has pressure to go further thanks to his Dad, and his teddy boy rocker days.

When his father is sent away for a year for covering up for criminal Des it puts further strain on the family relationship.

When Terry is released things get steadily harder while Buddy's career gets rosier...

1991 was a wonderful year for Hawkes, his face was everywhere, and this film was released twice in the same year. First time it was released, it was a 12 here in the UK, and it bombed.

Then the single was an amazing success, and Hawkes was the apple of every young teen girl in England. Hence it got trimmed for nudity and re-released within two months.

It flopped again. Why? Hawkes is a good singer, but he cannot act, and the film want made for the appeal of young girls, this is a story about a man who has seen his life go before his eyes, and didn't aspire to anything, hence him pushing his son to do what he should have done.

Daltrey is brilliant and the soundtrack is brilliant and clever, describing the narrative of that precise point.

But the film was advertised incorrect, and that is why it's really difficult to find.

Just like Chesney Hawkes.
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