Bagets

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

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

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.

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

Bagets 2
Directed by	Maryo J. delos Reyes
Distributed by	Viva Films
Release date	1984
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog

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) 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 States at the start of the movie, while Melissa went to Davao to join her father.

Bagets 3: The Reunion

In 2007, Bagets director Maryo J. delos Reyes revealed in an interview 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.

TV Series

ABS-CBN acquired the rights of Bagets from Viva Films to make the film into a TV series. John Prats, Gerald Anderson and Kim Chiu are some of the confirmed cast.