24 Hour Party People

24 Hour Party People

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:2002-02-13
Duration:117 min
Director:Michael Winterbottom
Actors:Steve Coogan, Lennie James, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson, Andy Serkis
Production:The Film Consortium, United Artists, Film4 Productions, Revolution Films, Baby Cow Productions

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.

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