La Pandilla en Apuros ("La Pandilla is in Trouble") is a 1976 musical teen-comedy film featuring the well known teenage musical group from
Spain
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La Pandilla
La Pandilla was a teen music group of the 1970s, founded in 1970 by Pepa Aguirre. The group had members of both sexes, unlike most pop groups at the time.
Aguirre's son, daughter, and niece formed the band; later, 2 boys were added. Their first ...
.
The film, which was produced by
Alfred D. Herger, was recorded at the
Condado Beach Hotel (where the group stayed at for the duration of the filming) and at other locations in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...
, including the
Isla Verde International Airport.
Apart from featuring the members of La Pandilla, the film marked the movie debut of Puerto Rican comedian
Adrian Garcia
Adrian Garcia (born December 26, 1960) is an American politician and the current County Commissioner foPrecinct 2in Harris County, Texas. Garcia spent 23 years with the Houston Police Department, before becoming a city councilman. Garcia served ...
and of fellow Puerto Rican, singer
Felito Félix.
Plot
La Pandilla is in
Puerto Rico
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for a series of concerts. While there, they get involved in a situation involving a stolen audio recorder. The group also performs at a concert which was held at
Roberto Clemente Coliseum
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (Spanish: ''Coliseo Roberto Clemente'') is a sports and concert arena located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and remains one of the largest.
General infor ...
in San Juan.
Soundtrack
The movie had a soundtrack album which was also released in 1976.
The album contained the following songs:
# La Pandilla en apuros
# Diálogos de La Pandilla
# Bakala Nanu Meme Suite
# Comprando sombreros
# La dama vaquera
# La piscina
# 1-2-3
# Quiero ser tu amigo
# Los recien casaditos
# Quiero volar
# Primo Pachanga
See also
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Conexión Caribe - a movie featuring
Los Chicos de Puerto Rico
Los Chicos (also known as Los Chicos de Puerto Rico) were a Puerto Rican boy band that was popular in Puerto Rico, South America and in Central America during the early to mid 1980s, which was created to rival Menudo's success.
The band was ...
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Menudo: La Pelicula - a movie featuring
Menudo
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Una Aventura Llamada Menudo
''Una aventura llamada Menudo'' is a 1982 film featuring teen boy band Menudo and Puerto Rican actress Gladys Rodríguez. The film's soundtrack received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.
Synopsis
In ''Una aventura llam ...
- a movie featuring Menudo
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Secuestro En Acapulco-Canta Chamo
Secuestro en Acapulco-Canta Chamo is a 1983 Venezuelan-Mexican teen musical comedy film, starring the well known Venezuelan boy band, Los Chamos, as well as Mexican actor Cesar Bono (in one of his early films), Mexican actress Lucila Mariscal, Mex ...
- a movie featuring
Los Chamos
Los Chamos were a famous Venezuelan boy band formed in Caracas, Venezuela in 1981 to rival Menudo's success. Los Chamos were made up of six members and released their first album "Los Chamos-El Soldadito" sponsored by channel 8 of Venezuelan Nat ...
References
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1976 films
Puerto Rican comedy films
Films set in Puerto Rico
1970s Spanish-language films
Comedy film soundtracks
Spanish-language soundtracks