Bagets (series)

"Bagets" is a 1984 Philippine comedy film made by Viva Films about teenagers. It stars Aga Muhlach, William Martinez, JC Bonnin, Raymond Lauchengco, and Herbert Bautista.

Bagets

Infobox Film | name = Bagets


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director = Maryo J. delos Reyes
starring =
distributor = Viva Films
released = 1984
runtime =
country = flagicon|Philippines Philippines
language = Tagalog
website=
imdb_id = 0325042 |

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 an older woman Christine, a 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.

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

Bagets 2

Infobox Film | name = Bagets 2


caption =
director = Maryo J. delos Reyes
starring =
distributor = Viva Films
released = 1984
runtime =
country = flagicon|Philippines Philippines
language = Tagalog
website=
imdb_id = 0356385 |

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.

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) opted not to 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 explainedFact|date=December 2007. As a result, their absence was written in the story - Adie flew off to the United States, 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

Bagets 3: The Reunion

In 2007, "Bagets" director Maryo J. delos Reyes revealed in an interview Fact|date=December 2007 that Viva Films will be doing a Bagets reunion movie. The movie had a 2008 production start date and was supposed to reunite the cast of both Bagets films.

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. [ [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/72415/No-go-for-Bagets-reunion-flick---Raymond-Lauchengco No go for Bagets reunion flick - Raymond Lauchengco] (GMA News)]

TV Series

ABS-CBN acquired the rights of Bagets from Viva Films to make the film into a TV series. John Prats, Paula Peralejo, Gerald Anderson and Kim Chiu are some of the confirmed cast. [ [http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Showbiz&p=50&type=2&sec=58&aid=20070622130 'Bagets' binili ng ABS-CBN!] (Philippine Star)]

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