Kate hazel oconnor is the heroine of breaking glass, and before we get to anything else about her, lets talk about kates london apartment. Breaking glass movie, hazel oconnor breaking glass full movie streaming online in video quality breaking glass stars. It turned unknown punk singer hazel oconnor into a household name, but that wasnt the only way that art imitated life in the 1980 movie. It was coproduced by dodi fayed and written and directed by brian gibson. She asked about the movie, and was told it a rock folliestype story about. Hazel oconnor is a young punkrocker, singing her angry diatribes on the splintered stages on thirdrate london venues. Hazel o connor was backed by a great band in those days, as i was lucky enough to witness by attending a gig or two in brighton back in the day. Hazel oconnor would later detail in her autobiography breaking glass barefoot about how shed run away from her family home in coventry, warwickshire, england, at the age of sixteen, after shed gone a bit loopy. Wild on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people.
Hazel oconnors original songs are really good as well. Phil daniels, hazel oconnor, jon finch, jonathan pryce, peterhugo daly, mark wingett, gary tibbs, charles wegner, mark wingdavey. Shes a passionate singer with scary eyes and despite missing the movie, the couple of tracks i heard recently made me curious enough to check out the full album. Talented musician and lovely actress, hazel oconnors career has been a rollercoaster one. Phil daniels, hazel oconnor, jon finch, jonathan pryce, peterhugo daly, mark wingett, gary tibbs. Let there be more light electric scenes and laser beams neon brights to light our boring nights on the second day he said. Went to london the same year and saw hazel oconnor live and the impact got even greater when the movie more or less was revealed in reality, with nazi skins jumping and shouting in the audience. Hazel o connor official breaking glass now, latest news and tour dates, discography and lyrics, music samples, photos and videos. Please do join me for all your fave tunes and more. A rock singer is determined to rise to the top of the profession, letting nothing stand in the way of that goal. It is the soundtrack album to the film breaking glass, featuring songs written and.
Talented musician and lovely actress, hazel o connor s career has been a rollercoaster one. Released 1980, breaking glass stars phil daniels, hazel o connor, jon finch the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which assembled. Breaking glass the book, the film, the soundtrack tea. Released 1980, breaking glass stars phil daniels, hazel oconnor, jon finch the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which compiled. Breaking glass 1980 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Hazel o connor s original songs are really good as well. English girl rock singer breaks into show business and works her way to the top. Breaking glass is a 1980 british film starring hazel oconnor, phil daniels and jonathan pryce. Aug 21, 2015 breaking glass is a 1980 british film starring hazel o connor. Breaking glass 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Shed planned to go to a college in leamington spa to study art but first she decided to take a trip with two of her. Her breakthrough came in the film breaking glass 1980, in which she played a singer struggling to cope within the music industry. The songs are riveting in their weirdness hazel oconnors delivery and her. I shouldve already learned my lesson from buying olive films bluray of dr. Talented musician and actress, hazel oconnors career has been a rollercoaster one.
Hazel oconnor in breaking glass 1980 phil daniels and michael kitchen in breaking glass 1980. Jonathan pryce in breaking glass 1980 phil daniels and michael kitchen in. Hazel oconnor gives the performance of a lifetime as kate, who learns the hard way that fame comes with strings. Perhaps an interview with hazel o connor or a short documentary on the film would be nice. When hazel oconnor auditioned for the movie, she was only looking for a. What a poor presentation of a terrifically enjoyable rock n roll movie.
Breaking glass 1980 a london punk rocker hazel oconnor rises and falls with her group, backed by a hustler phil daniels and a shady producer jon finch. Breaking glass is an excellent movie which has suffered from neglect and wholly inaccurate political associations. Hazel o connor official breaking glass 1980, latest news and tour dates, discography and lyrics, music samples, photos and videos. Released 1980, breaking glass stars phil daniels, hazel oconnor, jon finch the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which assembled. While watching the movie i was at first convinced that lene lovich was doing the singing, and was surprised to find that it was instead a noname. Hazel o connor born 16 may 1955 is a british singersongwriter and actress.
This movie was written and made in 1978 and 1979 and released in 1980. Hazel oconnor breaking glass 1980, prs pressing, vinyl. Breaking glass, an album by hazel oconnor on spotify. Breaking glass is a 1980 british film starring hazel oconnor. Hazel oconnor beyond the breaking glass lyrics genius. She shot to fame in 1980 playing the role of kate in the film breaking glass and featured her singing on the soundtrack breaking glass. Breaking glass barefoot, her first, full autobiography captures all the ups. My favorite is will you which i began listening to reguarly months before i even saw the movie. This is breaking glass 1980 hazel oconnorkr5bxdqo cq by martin a. A london punk rocker hazel oconnor rises and falls with her group, backed by a hustler phil daniels and a shady producer jon finch. I ordered the cd after first seeing the movie, breaking glass. Saw this movie first time as seventeen years old and it made a great impact on me. It is the soundtrack album to the film breaking glass, featuring songs written and performed by oconnor who also stars in the film. Mar 11, 2007 in the beginning was a world man said.
Oct 29, 2019 earlier this year i received the book breaking glass by susan hill as part of a random act of kindness package from a friend. It was coproduced by dodi fayed and written and directed by. Breaking glass is the debut album by the english singer hazel oconnor. She began singing and songwriting in the mid to late 70s in the u. Breaking glass 1980 cast and crew a london punk rocker hazel o connor rises and falls with her group, backed by a hustler phil daniels and a shady producer jon finch. Various artists, oconnor, hazel breaking glass original. It is the soundtrack album to the film breaking glass, featuring songs written and performed by o connor who also stars in the film. With phil daniels, hazel oconnor, jon finch, jonathan pryce. Breaking glass 1980 hazel oconnorkr5bxdqo cq on vimeo. There is the main story about a rebellious antiestablishment singer kate played by hazel o connor who in order to make it has to give up control of her music and is forced on to the record company bandwagon. Brian gibson nominated for a bafta award breaking glass is the story of punk singer kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Announcing live lounge concert ii news date 24th april 2020 i will be performing a special live lounge concert which will be streamed online with facebook live next fri 1st may at 8pm bst.
Please forget the fact that this is a movie soundtrack album. I have watched this movie and although it is dated and low budget there is much more to this movie than a low budget post punk star is born. Breaking glass is the debut album by the english singer hazel o connor. Terrors house of horrors, since that release, like this one of breaking glass included no closedcaptioning. Sadly, this was to be the case in her music career as she battled over s and clauses for a number of years. Hazel oconnor official breaking glass 1980, latest news and tour dates, discography and lyrics, music samples, photos and videos. She became famous in the early 1980s with hit singles eighth day, ddays and will you, as well as starring in the film breaking glass. Hazel oconnor is an english singersongwriter and actress from coventry, united kingdom. I was one of those who owned it on vhs as that was the only option here in the u. Breaking glass 1980 stream and watch online moviefone. Hazel oconnor official discography breaking glass 1980. Hazel oconnor official breaking glass now, latest news and tour dates, discography and lyrics, music samples, photos and videos.
Seeing breaking glass for the first time in a long time was a reminder, not just that it is a very good film, but what it was like when music like this was genuine and the contrived, hollow rubbish it became. With phil daniels, hazel o connor, jon finch, jonathan pryce. Connor breaking glass 1980 full album youtube the hazel oconnor story interview by iain mcnay duration. Hazel oconnors true life story will tear your heart. Hazel oconnors true life story will tear your heart out. Id seen breaking glass the film as a teenager when it came out in 1980, and i had the breaking glass soundtrack album by hazel oconnor, but id never read the book.
First feature film written or directed by brian gibson. Talented musician and actress, hazel o connor s career has been a rollercoaster one. Breaking glass 1980 cast and crew a london punk rocker hazel oconnor rises and falls with her group, backed by a hustler phil daniels and a shady producer jon finch. I was one of those who owned it on vhs as that was the. Earlier this year i received the book breaking glass by susan hill as part of a random act of kindness package from a friend. Perhaps with more luck or more sense she would have become significantly more popular, but thats all history. Its hazel o connor s debut album packed with twelve great songs. Breaking glass, while a bit messy and rough around the edges, is still a very entertaining film and is an interesting watch for fans of new wave and the scene around it in the early 1980s. From the movie breaking glass hazel oconnor will you best sax solo ever by clare hirst. Notes songs from the soundtrack of the motion movie breaking glass. Hazel o connor is a young punkrocker, singing her angry diatribes on the splintered stages on thirdrate london venues. Perhaps an interview with hazel oconnor or a short documentary on the film would be nice.
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