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Having a Wild Weekend (1965)
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Having a Wild Weekend
Original name: Catch Us If You Can
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dinah (Barbara Ferris) is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for meat, she meets Steve (Dave Clark), a stuntman. Dinah and Steve hit it off and decide to head to an island to get away from it all (bringing along four of Steve's friends, Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Denis West Payton, and Rick Huxley, who -- surprise! -- play music with him). Before long, Dinah is reported missing and everyone is looking for her, making their getaway anything but tranquil.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, offbeat, witty
Audience: date night
Plot: rock, buddies, music band, music, musician's life, island, performer's life, desire for fame, nothing goes right, rise and fall, rising to stardom, friendship, celebrity culture, showbiz, ambition, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, friends, disorder, actor's life, media satire, missing person, campaign, partners, trampoline ...
Time: 60s
Place: england, europe, london

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and witty films with plots about artists and showbiz, friends, lifestyle, showbiz, music band, music and musician's life mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like Having a Wild Weekend: The Monkees (1966), Down and Out with the Dolls (2001), Killing Bono (2011), Summer Holiday (1963), 2gether (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Monkees (1966)
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The Monkees
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
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Down and Out with the Dolls (2001)
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Down and Out with the Dolls
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
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Killing Bono (2011)
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Killing Bono
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
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Summer Holiday (1963)
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Summer Holiday
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
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2gether
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Country: Canada, USA
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Electric Apricot
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
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The Knack... and How to Get It
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Country: UK
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
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That Thing You Do!
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2004)
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
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Undiscovered
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Body Slam
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
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This Is Spinal Tap
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Duration: 82 min.
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Stella Street
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Sugar Town
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Still Smokin
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Rutland Weekend Television (1975)
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