''Born to Boogie'' is a 1972 British concert film about a concert at the Empire Pool starring T. Rex,

Marc Bolan Marc Bolan ( ; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan was posthumously inducted int ...

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and

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. Directed by Starr himself, the movie was released on

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label.

Content

''Born to Boogie'' consists of concert footage, of two shows of the band at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London in March 1972. Next to this features excerpts of studio scenes with jams of Bolan with

on drums and

on piano, filmed at the

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, London;Madinger and Easter, p. 500 and various vignettes reminiscent of The Beatles' ''

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'', shot at Denham and

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, Sunninghill. The Tea Party sequence was filmed at

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's estate in the same spots as Lennon's "

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" video was filmed.

Release

The UK premiere was held at Oscar's Cinema in Brewer Street, Soho on 14 December 1972, attended by T. Rex, Ringo Starr and Elton John. The film was released on DVD in 2005 including the two London concerts in full plus footage presented by Bolan's son, Rolan Bolan. There is no appearance on the extra material from director

. The cover and DVD animations were designed and produced by

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* 1972 films British musical films 1970s musical films Concert films Apple Films films British rock music films Ringo Starr 1970s English-language films Elton John 1970s British films {{UK-musical-film-stub