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.
02-13-2002
1h 57m
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Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Michael Winterbottom
Production:
The Film Consortium, Baby Cow Productions, UK Film Council, Revolution Films, United Artists, Film4 Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Key Crew
Screenplay:
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Producer:
Andrew Eaton
Director of Photography:
Robby Müller
Stunt Coordinator:
Gareth Milne
Production Design:
Mark Tildesley
Locations and Languages
Country:
GB
Filming:
GB; US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Steve Coogan
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Neil Bell (born February 4, 1970) is an English actor, mainly on British television and occasionally in films.
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Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker (24 August 1934 – 13 August 2016) was a British actor and musician, best known as the man inside R2-D2 in the popular Star Wars film series.
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