Bagets (series)
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Bagets is a 1984 2-part Philippine youth-oriented comedy film
made by Viva Films
about a group of high school teenagers.
Adie, "overstaying" Tonton, the geeky Gilbert, the martial arts buff Toffee, and rich guy Arnel - as they try to pass senior year in a different high school (they were kicked out from their previous school). Along the way, they encounter some of the typical adventures and misadventures common to adolescents - young love, family problems, and sexual hijinks.
However, all does not go well, as their separate backgrounds generate problems of their own. Arnel is the only son whose parents want to take over the family business and his mother disapproves of his choice of girlfriend, Janice, who comes from a middle class background. Toffee seeks companionship in Christine, an older flight attendant
, because his own mother, an actress, does not attend to his needs. Gilbert lives in a rented apartment where his mother is hard at work as a businesswoman and the father, a policeman, often hangs out at sauna baths when the rent is already months overdue. His situation is also the same as that of Tonton, who has stayed in senior year for four years. Adie's in love with Ivy, a girl next door who's actually married.
Reality hits the gang the hardest when Tonton loses his girlfriend, Rose, in a car accident while drag racing on the same night of the junior-senior prom
. As graduation day
draws near, it dawns on the gang that they will have to grow up to prepare for life after high school.
Its theme song Growing Up was performed by Gary Valenciano
as a soundtrack.
. The film mostly deals with their participation in an arts workshop and inter-personal relationships with three new characters - Wally, a young man forced by his mother to become a priest
; Mikee, a TV director's son looking for his big break, and Ponce, an auto expert-cum-dancer. Also included in the mix is Ruth, Toffee's balikbayan cousin.
at the start of the movie, while Melissa went to Davao
to join her father.
However, Raymond Lauchengco, one of the original five lead actors, said the film will not be done at all because some members of the cast no longer had the appetite to see it through.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
made by Viva Films
VIVA Entertainment
VIVA Entertainment, Inc., also known as Viva Entertainment Group is a Philippine entertainment company. Its history started in 1981 when Vicente "Vic" del Rosario, Jr. founded Viva Films.-Divisions:*Viva Productions, Inc...
about a group of high school teenagers.
Plot
The movie focuses on the lives of five young boys - boy next doorBoy next door
The boy next door is an archetype of storytelling. He is often invoked in Western contexts to indicate wholesome, unassuming, or "average" masculinity. He is a young man with a sweet, shy demeanor who is just discovering his physical and spiritual strengths. The boy next door maintains his innocent...
Adie, "overstaying" Tonton, the geeky Gilbert, the martial arts buff Toffee, and rich guy Arnel - as they try to pass senior year in a different high school (they were kicked out from their previous school). Along the way, they encounter some of the typical adventures and misadventures common to adolescents - young love, family problems, and sexual hijinks.
However, all does not go well, as their separate backgrounds generate problems of their own. Arnel is the only son whose parents want to take over the family business and his mother disapproves of his choice of girlfriend, Janice, who comes from a middle class background. Toffee seeks companionship in Christine, an older flight attendant
Flight attendant
Flight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.-History:The role of a flight attendant derives from that of similar...
, because his own mother, an actress, does not attend to his needs. Gilbert lives in a rented apartment where his mother is hard at work as a businesswoman and the father, a policeman, often hangs out at sauna baths when the rent is already months overdue. His situation is also the same as that of Tonton, who has stayed in senior year for four years. Adie's in love with Ivy, a girl next door who's actually married.
Reality hits the gang the hardest when Tonton loses his girlfriend, Rose, in a car accident while drag racing on the same night of the junior-senior prom
Prom
In the United States and Canada, a prom, short for promenade, is a formal dance, or gathering of high school students. It is typically held near the end of the senior year. It figures greatly in popular culture and is a major event among high school students...
. As graduation day
Graduation
Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also...
draws near, it dawns on the gang that they will have to grow up to prepare for life after high school.
Its theme song Growing Up was performed by Gary Valenciano
Gary Valenciano
Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano , better known as Gary Valenciano or Gary V., is a Filipino musician. He is also dubbed as Mr. Pure Energy. He has released 26 albums, and won the Awit Awards for "Best Male Performer" 11 times. In 1998, he became UNICEF Philippines first national Ambassador...
as a soundtrack.
Cast
- William MartinezWilliam Martinez (actor)William Rivera Martinez better known as William Martinez is a Filipino actor. known for his role as Ton-Ton in Bagets & Bagets 2.- Personal background :He married Yayo Aguila, a Bagets co-star...
as Tonton - Herbert BautistaHerbert BautistaHerbert Constantine Maclang Bautista is a Filipino actor and politician. He is the mayor of the same city winning by a landslide in May 2010. He won a landslide in his 2007 vice-mayoral reelection bid...
as Gilbert - J.C. Bonnin as Toffee
- Raymond LauchengcoRaymond LauchengcoRaymond Lauchengco is a Filipino balladeer of the Bagets era in the 1980s.Popular for his melodic hit songs such as 'Saan Darating Ang Umaga', 'So It's You' 'Farewell' under Vicor Music Corporation....
as Arnel - Aga MuhlachAga MuhlachAriel Aquino Muhlach , commonly known as Aga Muhlach, is a 2-time Gawad Urian and FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor and product endorser...
as Adie - Jobelle Salvador as Melissa
- Eula ValdezEula ValdezMaría Julia Amorsolo "Eula" Valdez is a Filipina actress, best-known for her role in 1980's blockbuster Bagets 1 and 2 and also by playing "Amor Powers" in Pangako sa ’Yo and "Selina Matias" in the remake of Mula Sa Puso....
as Janice - Yayo AguilaYayo AguilaYayo Aguila is a Filipina actress whose career began through the cult film series Bagets.-Career:...
as Rose - Irma Alegre as Fe Alvarez
- Chanda RomeroChanda RomeroChanda Romero is a Philippine actress. She is mostly seen on GMA Network.-Television:-Movies:-References:...
as Christine - Herminio Bautista as Butch Bautista
- Baby Delgado as Ivy
- Bembol RocoBembol RocoRafael Roco, Jr. is an award-winining Filipino actor whose work ranges from films to television. He is famous for his critically acclaimed role as Julio Madiaga in Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag. Though he acts in his country's films, he also had a small role in the 1982 Australian-U.S. film The...
as Buko Vendor - Robert CamposRobert CamposRobert Campos is an actor from LVN Pictures.-Biography:Campos grew up in Manila. The younger brother of actor Guy Donato, he studied in San Beda, from Grade 2 up until he graduated in college. His former classmates in Grade 2 in San Beda was other famous actors like Fernando Poe, Jr., Eddie...
as Arnel's father - Rodolfo 'Boy' Garcia as Tonton's father
- Celia Rodriguez as Adie's mother
- Luz Valdez as Gilbert's mother
- Rosemarie Gil as Arnel's mother
- Liza Lorena as Toffee's mother
Plot
Produced in the same year as Bagets, Bagets 2 is set in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for collegeCollege
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
. The film mostly deals with their participation in an arts workshop and inter-personal relationships with three new characters - Wally, a young man forced by his mother to become a priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
; Mikee, a TV director's son looking for his big break, and Ponce, an auto expert-cum-dancer. Also included in the mix is Ruth, Toffee's balikbayan cousin.
Cast
Most of the cast from the original movie returned, including the actors who played the lead characters' parents. However, Aga Muhlach (Adie) and Jobelle Salvador (Melissa) did not reprise their roles. According to the Bagets DVD feature "Flashback: The BAGETS Reunion," Muhlach's career was already taking off at the time. Salvador's absence has not been explained. As a result, their circumstances were written in the story - Adie flew off to the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at the start of the movie, while Melissa went to Davao
Davao
Davao refers to several closely related places in Mindanao in the Philippines. The term is used most often to refer to the city.*Davao Region, an administrative region*Davao del Norte province*Davao del Sur province*Davao Oriental province...
to join her father.
- William MartinezWilliam Martinez (actor)William Rivera Martinez better known as William Martinez is a Filipino actor. known for his role as Ton-Ton in Bagets & Bagets 2.- Personal background :He married Yayo Aguila, a Bagets co-star...
as Tonton - JC Bonnin as Toffee
- Herbert BautistaHerbert BautistaHerbert Constantine Maclang Bautista is a Filipino actor and politician. He is the mayor of the same city winning by a landslide in May 2010. He won a landslide in his 2007 vice-mayoral reelection bid...
as Gilbert - Raymond LauchengcoRaymond LauchengcoRaymond Lauchengco is a Filipino balladeer of the Bagets era in the 1980s.Popular for his melodic hit songs such as 'Saan Darating Ang Umaga', 'So It's You' 'Farewell' under Vicor Music Corporation....
as Arnel - Ramon Christopher as Mikee
- Cheska Iñigo as Ruth
- Eula ValdezEula ValdezMaría Julia Amorsolo "Eula" Valdez is a Filipina actress, best-known for her role in 1980's blockbuster Bagets 1 and 2 and also by playing "Amor Powers" in Pangako sa ’Yo and "Selina Matias" in the remake of Mula Sa Puso....
as Janice - Francis MagalonaFrancis MagalonaFrancis Michael Durango Magalona , also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, MC The Mouth and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino rapper, entrepreneur, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer. He was the first Filipino rapper in the Philippines to cross over to the mainstream...
as Ponce aka Pawnshop - Jon Jon Hernandez as Wally
- Monette Rivera as Lorraine
- Cherie GilCherie GilCherie Gil is a Filipino actress of Swiss German American, Spanish, and Filipino descent.-Biography:Cherie Gil is the daughter of Filipino actors Eddie Mesa and Rosemarie Gil and sister to actors Mark Gil and Michael De Mesa .She was formerly married to Rony Rogoff, an internationally-renowned...
as Marinel
Bagets 3: The Reunion
In 2007, Bagets director Maryo J. delos Reyes revealed that Viva Films will be doing a Bagets reunion movie. The original cast of both Bagets films was supposed to star in this installment. The movie had a 2008 production start date.However, Raymond Lauchengco, one of the original five lead actors, said the film will not be done at all because some members of the cast no longer had the appetite to see it through.