Bagets is a 1984 2-part Philippine youth-oriented comedy film made by Viva Films about teenagers. The first film stars Aga Muhlach, William Martinez, JC Bonnin, Raymond Lauchengco, and Herbert Bautista, While the 2nd. film included Francis Magalona, Ramon Christoher Gutierrez & Jonjon Hernandez filling in the void of Aga Muhlach who did not reprise his role for the 2nd. part of the film, the success of the 2 films made it the flagship movie of VIVA Films.

The movie became a Filipino cult classic & a part of pop-culture after it became a blockbuster hit that same year, it's succes was later proven after teenagers namely boys started copying the hairstyle & clothing style made popular by the actors in the film. It also spawned the emergence of many youth-oriented films in the 80's both VIVA films & other film outfits started making other youth oriented films but those made by other film outfits never matched nor equalled the success & hysteria made by Bagets.

Contents 1 Bagets 1.1 Plot 1.2 Cast 2 Bagets 2 2.1 Plot 2.2 Cast 3 Bagets 3: The Reunion 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Bagets

Bagets
Directed by	Maryo J. delos Reyes
Distributed by	Viva Films
Release date(s)	1984
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog

[edit] Plot

The movie focuses on the lives of five young boys - boy next door 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.

[edit] Cast

• William Martinez as Tonton
• Herbert Bautista as Gilbert
• J.C. Bonnin as Toffee
• Raymond Lauchengco as Arnel
• Aga Muhlach as Adie
• Jobelle Salvador as Melissa
• Eula Valdez as Janice
• Yayo Aguila as Rose
• Irma Alegre as Fe Alvarez
• Chanda Romero as Christine
• Herminio Bautista as Butch Bautista
• Baby Delgado as Ivy
• Bembol Roco as Buko Vendor
• Robert Campos 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

[edit] Bagets 2

Bagets 2
Directed by	Maryo J. delos Reyes
Distributed by	Viva Films
Release date(s)	1985
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog

[edit] 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 college. 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.

[edit] 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^{[citation needed]}. As a result, their circumstances were written in the story - Adie flew off to the United States at the start of the movie, while Melissa went to Davao to join her father.

• William Martinez as Tonton
• JC Bonnin as Toffee
• Herbert Bautista as Gilbert
• Raymond Lauchengco as Arnel
• Ramon Christopher as Mikee
• Cheska Iñigo as Ruth
• Eula Valdez as Janice
• Francis Magalona † as Ponce aka Pawnshop
• Jon Jon Hernandez † as Wally
• Monette Rivera as Lorraine
• Cherie Gil as Marinel

[edit] 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.^[1] 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. ^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bagets at the Internet Movie Database
• Bagets 2 at the Internet Movie Database