The David Cassidy Story

I saw this movie in DVD version. Well, first of all, I would like to say that Kavovitz choice was really great, cos' he looks like David Cassidy and sometimes we could make some confusion about who is who. But there is some errors in the movie. For example, in one scene we could see David in 1973 tour and in another one, we see him celebrating his 21th anniversary... We all know that David was born in 1950, so he should be celebrating his 23th anniversary... Other thing that I realized is that David begun to wear the shell's necklace around 1973 or 1974, not in 1970!!! But despite of these details, the movie is interesting, soft and very nice, showing the career of one most important pop idol of the 70's. I can say that I felt myself very happy and thrilled when I saw that surprising ending... I almost cried!!!

The entire production was done beautifully by all involved with the film, in particular, Andrew Kavovit. I gained a much better insite into what David Cassidy has been through in his life. I have definitely added it to my video collection.

TV bio-pics never tend to work very well, but that doesn't mean there is not a reason to watch. People like to watch this genre of movie for two reasons: a) to see how much the actors look like the real people, and b) to see how the historic events that we have heard so much of, are played out. David Cassidy and the Partridge Family Years delivers.

Andrew Kavovit plays David Cassidy, the 1970's super star who played Keith on the now classic TV series, and launched a huge (but short lived) pop career. All the important supporting players are there, including step mom Shirley, and co-star Susan Dey. The story centers mainly on David's relationship with his cantankerous father Jack.

According the film Jack sends young David on an audition for a new TV series about a singing family. Since step mom Shirley is already the lead, David is a shoe in for the part. The show takes off and David is able to launch a singing career. Ironically, David is not able sing the music he loves, and in the end is persecuted by the public for singing the pop music he hates. David's father, who mentions at one point that he turned down a part on that 'new Mary Tyler Moore Show' playing Ted Knight, is jealous of his sons huge success.

And that is pretty much the story.

Now, as a movie, this film is OK. The cast does look a bit like the characters they are playing. I thought they made Susan Dey look like a complete moron, but I can live with that. The costumes and the hair styles are fun as well.

All in all it is pretty obvious that we are watching a low budget TV movie, but I can live with that as well. The major scandals are covered nicely and we are treated to some of those classic tunes (as sappy as they are) throughout the film.

David Cassidy and the Partridge Family Years knows its limitations and doesn't try to over step them. Not a bad movie if there is nothing else on.

Why is it that it seems no one in Hollywood can make a TV movie that is historically accurate? Forget the performances and technical aspects. I enjoyed this film but why don't today's TV filmmakers do any historical research? When David is giving his famous Rolling Stone interview, which took place while the Partridge Family was still on the air, the song 'Hot Blooded' by Foreigner is on the radio. The last episode of the Partridge Family aired in August of 1974 but 'Hot Blooded' didn't come out till 1978!

After David learns of his father's death, which occurred in 1976, the next scene shows David in a bar having a drink. The sub-title reads 'One Year Later' as David watches Oliver North testifying at the Iran Contra hearings on TV. This didn't take place until 1987! That's eleven years later guys! It seems there are TV Movie makers that either need to study their history or learn to add better. A good picture but don't write your history reports based on it.

I watched this show on TV and it was nice and interesting. It went by in a flash, it didn't seem to have much detail about the people in the story. I thought there would be more of Susan Dey's character in it. I saw Come on Get Happy: The Partridge Family story and it showed that both Susan and David liked each other and wanted to go out. In the story it showed that he wasn't really into her like that, just as a sister. So, I was hoping to find out about all that. Also, it didn't have David and Danny hanging out like I heard they did do. But, it had wonderful songs and you understood what it was about. It was really interesting learning about David's life, because he is such a wonderful singer, my favorite!