Movie
24 Hour Party People
Overview
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a 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.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-02-13
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Film Consortium, United Artists, Film4 Productions, Revolution Films, Baby Cow Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson
- Lennie James as Alan
- Paddy Considine as Rob
- Shirley Henderson as Lindsay
- Andy Serkis as Martin
- John Simm as Bernard
- Ralf Little as Hooky
- Danny Cunningham as Shaun
- Sean Harris as Ian
- Kate Magowan as Yvette
- John Thomson as Charles
- Peter Kay as Don Tonay
Crew
- Michael Winterbottom - Director
- Frank Cottrell Boyce - Screenplay
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