Directed by:
Michael WinterbottomScreenplay:
Frank Cottrell BoyceCinematography:
Robby MüllerCast:
Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, John Thomson, Lennie James, Paddy Considine, John Simm, Ralf Little, Andy Serkis, Keith Allen, Sean Harris, Enzo Cilenti (more)VOD (3)
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Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by an unknown band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club, and bands like Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays emerge to change the industry forever. (official distributor synopsis)
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An interesting movie, about which I actually do not know if to think that it is brilliant or simply stupid, but it looks brilliant because it is stupid. Steve Coogan is absolutely captivating in the role of Tony Wilson, which is further emphasized by the time and form in which the information about the rise of Manchester and its music scene in the second half of the 1970s is presented.
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