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1979 QUADROPHENIA Starring: Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett Director: Franc Roddam Sting was supporting cast role as Ace Face -- the leader of the pack whom the Mods of 1964 looked up to. He is a club-hopping slickster and a hotel bellboy by day. Franc Roddam's movie, set to music from the Who's Quadrophenia. The story is about the battle between two early '60s youth subcultures--Mods and Rockers--in the seaside teenage wasteland of Brighton, England. Jimmy (Phil Daniels) identifies himself with the sharp-dressing, scooter-riding Mods, who listen to American soul and British pop-rock (The Who themselves were once rather Mod). The Rockers, on the other hand, are leather-jacketed, black-booted, motorcycle-riding tough guys who listen primarily to classic American rock & roll. 1979 RADIO ON 1982 BRIMSTONE & TREACLE Starring: Sting, Denholm Elliot Director: Richard Loncraine Offbeat, disturbing British psychological drama about young man who befriends couple with comatose daughter. Genre: Horror 1982 THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S OTHER BALL Starring: John Cleese, Michal Palin Director: Julien Temple 1983 THE GREAT ROCK 'n' ROLL SWINDLE Starring: Director: Sting was cast as Ace Face -- the leader of the pack whom the Mods of 1964 looked up to. 1984 DUNE Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesa Annis Director: David Lynch Nov 1985 THE BRIDE Starring: Sting, Jennifer Beals Director: Franc Roddam Rock singer Sting plays Dr. Frankenstein in this postmodern, romantic version of "Bride of Frankenstein." His creation, Eva, is an independent-minded monster who thinks she can have an affair with someone other than her creator. 1985 BRING ON THE NIGHT [documentary] Starring: Sting, Bradford Marsalis Director: Michael Apted 1985 PLENTY Starring: Meryl Streep, Charles Dance Director: Fred Schepisi 1988 JULIA AND JULIA Starring: Kathleen Turner, Sting Director: Peter del Monte 1988 STORMY MONDAY Starring: Melanie Griffith, Sting Director: Mike Figgis 1989 THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN Starring: John Neville, Eric Idle Co-starring: Alison Steadman, Uma Thurman Director: Terry Gilliam A wild, wild version of the stories of Baron Munchausen, breathtaking special effects go hand in hand with Gilliam's outlandishly funny and far-out ideas to bring us such sights as a horse divided in half and running around in two parts, and a giant Robin Williams, appears in a cameo (King of the Moon), credited as Ray D. Tutto, with his head flying off his shoulders. In the story, the Baron sets sail in a hot air balloon with the help of the strongest man on Earth, the fastest man alive, a man who can see farther than a telescope, and one who can blow harder than a hurricane to save a city against a Turkish sultan's superior forces. A visual 12-course banquet. The film cost $50 million to make, and received Academy Award nominations for best art direction aside from two others. 1990 RESIDENT ALIEN [documentary] Starring: Quentun Crisp, John Hurt Director: Jonathan Nossiter 1995 THE GROTESQUE a.k.a. Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets / Grave Indiscretion. Starring: Sting, Trudie Tyler Director: Sting acted as Fledge, the butler. He also contributed to the sound track with the song This Was Never Meant To Be. Movies | Actor | MTV | Sound Track | Television . Bio Rock Star Actor Solo Champion Review Sites © 1998 - 1999 valparaiso@geocities.com All rights reserved. Disclaimer: All lyrics and music by Sting. All songs published by Magnetic Publishing Ltd, administered by Bugle Songs and/or A&M Records.

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