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Genres:
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Biography /
Comedy /
Drama /
Music /
Music
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Director:
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Michael Winterbottom
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Actors:
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John Simm,
Martin Hancock,
Nigel Pivaro,
Mark Windows,
Steve Coogan,
John Thomson,
Lennie James,
Shirley Henderson,
Paddy Considine,
Ralf Little
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Duration:
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117 min.
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Rating:
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(7.3/10)94.5
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Plot Summary:
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Manchester 1976: Cambridge knowledgeable Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Absolutely inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record class, Factory Records, signing first Treat Apportionment (who go through on to grow New Guild) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all turn prime artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-energy characters, and the birth of everyone of the most acclaimed gambol clubs in the world, The Hacienda - a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphic... ally depicting the music and romp heritage of Manchester from the late 70's to the primeval 90's, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Imprudent-chester the domicile in the fantastic that you would most to be.
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24 Hour Party People
The muso shenanigans, arty posturing, suicide, dancefloor frenzy and gunplay that culminated in the over-abundance all areas of 'Madchester' might have been captured on film less before 2002's 24 Hour Party People. As break of dawn as 1990 Tony Wilson (more willingly than he became 'Anthony') touted a Manchester music, guns and gangsters movie pattern (working title: 'The Eager Fuckers') here and in Hollywood. However not even Wilson, for whom E meant egotism above ecstacy, dared include himself in the release. This ponderous, self-important "motor-" ran arty Factory Records, but he also covered stories about sheep-herding ducks on the TV news and was effectively informed that most Manchester hipsters considered him a "twat". Strange then, 10 years on, to se...
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