24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British comedy-drama biopic film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival to positive reviews.
Plot
In 1976 television presenter Tony Wilson sees the Sex Pistols perform at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall for the first time. Inspired, Wilson starts a weekly series of punk rock shows at a Manchester club, where the newly formed Joy Division perform, led by the erratic, brooding Ian Curtis.
Cast
- Andy Serkis
- Christopher Eccleston
- Dave Gorman
- Elizabeth Kelly
- Fiona Allen
- John Lydon
- John Simm
- John Thomson
- Kate Magowan
- Keith Allen
- Kenny Baker
- Kieran O'Brien
- Lennie James
- Margi Clarke
- Neil Bell
- Paddy Considine
- Paul Popplewell
- Peter Gunn
- Peter Kay
- Ralf Little
- Rob Brydon
- Ron Cook
- Sam Riley
- Sean Harris
- Shirley Henderson
- Simon Pegg
- Siouxsie Sioux
- Steve Coogan
More details
| author | Frank Cottrell-Boyce |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Manchester |
| director | Michael Winterbottom |
| editor | Trevor Waite |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | a new album bind blue monday ecstasy factory factory records first time fourth studio album free trade hall gang violence hacienda happy mondays ian curtis joy division london records losing money manchester lesser free trade hall marijuana martin hannett new album package peter saville punk rock rave rave culture record label sex pistols shaun ryder smoke technique than the the sex pistols tony wilson yes please! |
| musicBy | New Order |
| producer | Andrew Eaton |
| productionCompany | Baby Cow Productions Film4 Productions Revolution Films UK Film Council |
| publisher | Pathé Distribution |
| theme | biographical camcorder musical |