Rent Toomorrow (1970)
2.8 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- London-based pop group Toomorrow, fronted by Olivia (Olivia Newton-John), are attempting to pay their way through college with their music. Unbeknownst to them, the sonic vibrations from their 'tonaliser' have been picked up by the Alphoid Galactic Control and identified as the only solution to saving the Alphoids from extinction.
- Actors:
- Olivia Newton-John, Benny Thomas, Vic Cooper, Karl Chambers, Roy Dotrice, Imogen Hassall, Tracey Crisp, Margaret Nolan, Roy Marsden, Carl Rigg, Maria O'Brien, Stuart Henry, Kubi Chaza, Roy Beck, Celestine Burden, Louis Cabot, Shakira Caine, Lindsay Campbell, Maxine Casson, Norman Chappell
- Directors:
- Val Guest
- Producers:
- Don Kirshner, Harry Saltzman
- Writers:
- Val Guest
- Studio:
- Screenbound Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- The Golden Age of British Pop Musicals, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/06/2026
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Audio Description
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by pop music historian Andrew Sandoval
- Tomorrow Night in London (1969, 5 mins): London swings - but gently - in this patchouli-permeated promo film for the world's coolest capital
- The Nose Has It! (1942, 8 mins): silly little Arthur Askey mucks about with hankies in this wartime winner from Vai Guest
- The Guardian Interview: Vai Guest (1998, 62 mins): Guest revisits his career in this onstage retrospective interview
- The British Entertainment History Project: Vai Guest (1988, 10 mins): candid reflections upon Toomorrow's troubled genesis, accompanied by rare promotional images from the BFI National Archive
- If I Could Turn You On (1969, 13 mins): US troupe Living Theatre rouse London hipsters at The Roundhouse with a provocative interactive performance
- Chimp-Mates: Alice Goes Pop! (1975, 17 mins): Public Funk Chimpanzee No. 1 Alice picks up her sticks and kicks out the jams for a Children's Film Foundation extravaganza
- Toomorrow: Musical Humanism Through the Stars (2026, 12 mins): extraterrestrial encounters of the groovy kind via this video essay by Celeste de la Cabra
