Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - "Stay" (despite its enormous popularity this album has never had an official CD release in the UK) Chart positions Release The film was a hit at the box office (by 1985 it had earned an estimated profit of £406,000). Nat Cohen, who invested in the film, said it made more than 50% profit on top of its cost. It was one of the most popular movies of 1973 at the British box office. Connolly said "At the time, I was astonished by its success. A sixth form drop out, who throws his school books into a river when he should be sitting his A-level history, writes poetry in the rain while hiring out deck chairs, and lets down just about absolutely everyone was hardly an obvious subject. But, on reflection, I can now see that there was nothing else like it at the time. And the music soundtrack was fantastic." Reception The Los Angeles Times called it "a very special, strange and fascinating movie." According to Anne Billson in the Time Out Film Guide, the film was a "hugely overrated dip into the rock 'n' roll nostalgia bucket, ... " also commenting "Youth culture my eye: they're all at least a decade too old. But good tunes, and worth catching for Billy Fury's gold lamé act." Awards and nominations At the 27th British Academy Film Awards in 1973, the film received two nominations. Rosemary Leach for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and David Essex for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Sequels Essex returned as Jim Maclaine the following year, in the 1974 sequel, Stardust, which continues the story into the early 1970s. An independent radio drama recording project, That'll be the Stardust!, was released in 2008. The story follows the musical journey of Jim Maclaine's son, Jimmy Maclaine Jr. References Sources External links That'll be the Stardust! Radio Drama 1973 films British drama films 1973 drama films Films set in the 1950s British rock music films Films set in the 1960s Films produced by David Puttnam Films produced by Sanford Lieberson 1973 directorial debut films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Claude Whatham 1970s British films