![]() “We were sort of anti- the whole rock ‘n roll, Americanised thing,” Raymond Burns (he was in his “civilian” garb, and wasn’t wearing the Captain’s trademark shades or red beret at the time) told me. There could not have been a more Croydon movie with which to mark the David Lean’s re-opening than Basically Johnny Moped, the warts-and-all, bittersweet documentary, lovingly told by director Fred Burns, the son of the aforementioned Raymond, who made regular appearances in the narrative of the film through his punk era alter ego, Captain Sensible. ![]() “There was Johnny Moped, and he was meeting… the… Mayor of Croydon.” The delight and surprise at such a counter-intuitive meeting of the punk legend and the borough’s civic representative was not lost on those fortunate enough to be there on this night of nights. “It was hard to come to terms with,” said Raymond Burns. The Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign had, after years of hard-work and heartache, finally got the council’s padlocks removed and got access to the intimate venue for the purpose for which it was intended.Īnd there was more than a touch of surreality about it all, too. The fizzy stuff was flowing and the mood was overwhelmingly positive. ![]() Star of the show: Johnny Moped deep in conversation in the packed bar of the David Lean Cinema on its re-opening night
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