24 Hour Party People (R)

Quicklook Rating★★★★

synopsis

Spanning from the 1970's to early 1990's, this is the story of the Manchester music scene... 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 an unknown band called 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 and the Hacienda Club, and bands like Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays emerge to change the industry forever.

MovieGoer Review

The true story of maverick Manchester, England-based TV personality Tony Wilson, who by chance stumbled upon an unknown band called the Sex Pistols in the mid-'70s and went on to become a key but unsavvy promoter of punk rock via his club a... MORE

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synopsis

Spanning from the 1970's to early 1990's, this is the story of the Manchester music scene... 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 an unknown band called 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 and the Hacienda Club, and bands like Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays emerge to change the industry forever.

MovieGoer Review

The true story of maverick Manchester, England-based TV personality Tony Wilson, who by chance stumbled upon an unknown band called the Sex Pistols in the mid-'70s and went on to become a key but unsavvy promoter of punk rock via his club a... MORE