''Bagets'' () is a 1984 two-part Filipino youth-oriented
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Maryo J. de los Reyes under the production of
Viva Films
Viva Films is a Philippine film production company established under Viva Communications. It was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario Jr.
History
Veering away from the Sharon Cuneta- Gabby Concepcion tandem, Viva became home to qu ...
.
Plot
The movie focuses on the lives of five young boys -
boy next door
(The) Boy(s) Next Door may refer to:
Comics
* '' Boy's Next Door'', a one-volume manga by Kaori Yuki
* ''Boys Next Door'', a comic strip which appeared in the GLBT newspaper ''Just Out'' until 2003
Film, television and theater
* Peter Allen: No ...
Adie, "overstaying" Tonton, the geeky Gilbert, the martial arts buff Toffee, and rich guy Arnel - as they try to pass senior year in a different high school (they were kicked out from their previous school). Along the way, they encounter some of the typical adventures and misadventures common to adolescents - young love, family problems, and sexual hijinks.
However, all does not go well, as their separate backgrounds generate problems of their own. Arnel is the only son whose parents want to take over the family business and his mother disapproves of his choice of girlfriend, Janice, who comes from a middle-class background. Toffee seeks companionship in Christine, an older
flight attendant
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, because his own mother, an actress, does not attend to his needs. Gilbert lives in a rented apartment where his mother is hard at work as a businesswoman and the father, a policeman, often hangs out at sauna baths when the rent is already months overdue. His situation is also the same as that of Tonton, who has stayed in senior year for four years. Adie's in love with Ivy, a girl next door who's actually married.
Reality hits the gang the hardest when Tonton loses his girlfriend, Rose, in a car accident while drag racing on the same night of the junior-senior
prom
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. As
graduation day draws near, it dawns on the gang that they will have to grow up to prepare for life after high school.
Cast
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William Martinez as Tonton
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J.C. Bonnin as Toffee
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Herbert Bautista as Gilbert
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Raymond Lauchengco as Arnel
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as Adie
* Jobelle Salvador as Melissa
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Eula Valdez as Janice
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Yayo Aguila as Rose
* Irma Alegre as Fe Alvarez
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Chanda Romero as Christine
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Herminio Bautista as Butch Bautista
* Baby Delgado as Ivy
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Bembol Roco as Buko Vendor
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Romeo Rivera
Romeo Rivera (born September 27, 1946) is a Filipino actor. He appeared in more than 95 movies and television shows.
Career
In 1963, Sampaguita Pictures introduced him with a bunch of young teenage stars which they called the Sampaguita-Vera-Perez ...
as Arnel's father
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Robert Campos as Ivy's husband
* Rodolfo 'Boy' Garcia as Tonton's father
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Celia Rodriguez as Adie's mother
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Luz Valdez
Milagros Bernardo, better known by her screen name Luz Valdez-Paje (born September 9, 1940) is a Filipina actress.
The Valdez screen name was given to her in 1958 by Narcisa de Leon
Narcisa may refer to:
* ''Narcisa'' (beetle), a genus in the ...
as Gilbert's mother
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Rosemarie Gil as Arnel's mother
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Liza Lorena
Elizabeth Ann Jolene Luciano Winsett (born October 31, 1949), known professionally as Liza Lorena, is a Philippine actress. She was a First Runner-Up in the Bb. Pilipinas pageant in 1966.
Career
Lorena was a flight stewardess (for PAL domesti ...
as Toffee's mother
''Bagets 2''
Plot
Produced in the same year as Bagets, Bagets 2 is set in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for
college
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. The film most deals with their participation in an arts workshop and inter-personal relationships with three new characters - Wally, Gilbert's cousin and a young man forced by his mother to become a
priest
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; Mikee, a TV director's son looking for his big break, and Ponce, an auto expert-cum-dancer. Also included in the mix is Ruth, Tonton & Toffee's ''
balikbayan'' cousin.
Cast
Most of the cast from the original movie returned, including the actors who played the lead characters' parents. However, Aga Muhlach (Adie) and Jobelle Salvador (Melissa) did not reprise their roles. According to the ''Bagets'' DVD feature "Flashback: The BAGETS Reunion," Muhlach's career was already
taking off at the time. Salvador's absence has not been explained. As a result, their circumstances were written in the story - Adie flew off to the
United States
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at the start of the movie, while Melissa went to
Davao to join her father.
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William Martinez as Tonton
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J.C. Bonnin as Toffee
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Herbert Bautista as Gilbert
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Raymond Lauchengco as Arnel
*Ramon Christopher as Mikee
*Cheska Iñigo as Ruth
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Eula Valdez as Janice
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Francis Magalona as Ponce aka
Pawnshop
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Jon Hernandez as Wally
*Monette Rivera as Noreen Burgos
*Claudette Khan as Emerie Tuazon
*Grace Gonzales as Sarah Jane
*Mariglen Ordonez as Glenda
*Joy Maniego as Nicolette
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Cherie Gil
Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann (; June 21, 1963 – August 5, 2022), known professionally as Cherie Gil, was a Filipino actress. With a career spanning nearly 50 years, she was dubbed the "''La Primera Contravida''" ("The Prime Villain") for he ...
as Marinel
''Bagets 3: The Reunion''
In 2007, ''Bagets'' director Maryo J. de los Reyes revealed that Viva Films will be doing a ''Bagets'' reunion movie. The original cast of both ''Bagets'' films was supposed to star in this installment. The movie had a 2008 production start date.
However, Raymond Lauchengco, one of the original five lead actors, said the film will not be done at all because some members of the cast no longer had the appetite to see it through.
No go for Bagets reunion flick - Raymond Lauchengco
(GMA News)
''Remake''
Bagets: Just Got Lucky is an afternoon youth-oriented television show in the Philippines that is produced by Viva Television and developed by TV5. It is a remake of the 1984 films Bagets and Bagets 2.
References
External links
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1984 films
Philippine comedy films
Tagalog-language films
Films directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes