Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

★ 7.3IMDb Score
Released:2007-05-18
Duration:123 min
Director:Julien Temple
Actors:Joe Strummer, Topper Headon, Paul Simonon, Terry Chimes, Steve Jones
Production:Film4 Productions, Sony BMG Feature Films, Parallel Films, Nitrate Film, HanWay Films
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Overview:

As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In "The Future Is Unwritten", from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joe's life, Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.

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