24 Hour Party People

Feb 13, 2002

1h 57m

★ 7.0

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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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Music

Production Companies

The Film Consortium

United Artists

Film4 Productions

Revolution Films

Baby Cow Productions

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Cast

Tony Wilson

Steve Coogan

Rob Gretton

Paddy Considine

Ian Curtis

Sean Harris

Alan Erasmus

Lennie James

Lindsay Wilson

Shirley Henderson

Martin Hannett

Andy Serkis

Bernard Sumner

John Simm

Hooky

Ralf Little

Shaun Ryder

Danny Cunningham

Don Tonay

Peter Kay

Charles

John Thomson

Yvette Livesay

Kate Magowan

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