''Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London'' is a 1967

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by Peter Whitehead. It includes sequences of “ Swinging London” with accompanying contemporary pop music, concert and studio performances by musicians including the Rolling Stones and the first professional footage filmed of Pink Floyd, and several interviews. It is notable for showing footage shot inside the short-lived

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, the British counter-culture night club in the basement of 31

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, and at

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multi-artist event held in the Great Hall of the Alexandra Palace, including

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. The film also shows scenes of soldiers parading in scarlet jackets and

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s, London street scenes, a protest march, psychedelic patterns being painted on a semi-naked girl, the arrival of

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girls by plane, and guests including

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and Sharon Tate,

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, and Jim Brown arriving at the premiere of Polanski’s film '' Cul-de-sac''. The film has been described as "what for many critics was the definitive document of swinging London, a white-hot crucible of music, fashion and film."

Synopsis

The film self-describes as a “Pop Concerto for Film” and is divided into seven themed sections or “movements” with a prelude and a coda. Pink Floyd – "

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" 1. Loss of the British Empire 2. Dollygirls 3. Protest 4. It’s All Pop Music 5. Movie Stars 6. Painting Pop 7. As Scene from U.S.A.

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 6 reviews. The film was shown at the 1967

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, where ''

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'' reported it was the “hit of the festival”.

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described the film in ''Empire'' magazine as “An interesting and amusing documentary that captures the icons of the time in candid interviews and performances from the biggest bands around.”

Soundtrack album

A soundtrack album with the same title was released on LP in 1968.

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* {{Counterculture of the 1960s 1967 films Concert films Films set in London 1960s fashion 1960s in London Counterculture of the 1960s Culture in London Youth culture in the United Kingdom