Best Before Death

Oct 4, 2019

1h 29m

★ 7.5

Bill Drummond is on tour... for the rest of his life.

Overview

Bill Drummond, once the most notorious man in pop music, now travels around the world baking cakes, building beds and shining shoes as part of a twelve year World Tour which is his final art project. This film follows him as he does his work in India and the United States.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Media Ranch

Rook Films

Scottish Documentary Institute

Screenworks

Best Before Death Trailers

Cast

Bill Drummond

Tam Dean Burn

Tracey Moberly

Sarah Naughton

Self

Bill Drummond

Guitarist

Liam Pendergrass

Drummer

Joshua Lake Harris

Self

Avijit Halder

Self

Tracey Moberly

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