About Madness: Take It Or Leave It
Get your 'Baggy Trousers' on for the seminal 1981 Madness film remastered for the BIG SCREEN!
Take It Or Leave It, originally released in 1981, is the highly entertaining and brilliantly nostalgic story of how Madness, one of the most successful and enduring British bands of all time, originally got together. The soundtrack includes a mix of both live and studio recordings and among the Madness hits to be heard are ‘One Step Beyond’, ‘Night Boat to Cairo’, ‘My Girl’, ‘Baggy Trousers’ and ‘Embarrassment’.
Take It Or Leave It was filmed after Madness had enjoyed a bunch of Top 10 singles – the first was One Step Beyond in 1979 – and endeared themselves to the British public with the humour of their iconic music videos. Travelling back in time, this is how a bunch of seven mates living in Camden Town in the late 70s formed the band – the jobs they left behind, the line-up changes, the rows, the laughs, and how their distinctive ska-pop ‘Nutty Sound’ evolved.
BBFC Insight: infrequent strong language
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