Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

Dec 4, 2020

2h 4m

★ 8.1

Overview

A celebration of the Irish punk/poet Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, that combines unseen archive footage from the band and MacGowan’s family with original animations.

Genres

Documentary

History

Drama

Production Companies

BBC Music

Warner Music Group

Wild Atlantic Pictures

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan Trailers

Cast

Self

Victoria Clarke

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Depp

Self

Shane MacGowan

Self

Ann Scanlon

Self

Terry Edwards

Self

Gerry Adams

Self

Bobby Gillespie

Self

Paolo Ikonomi

Self

Maurice MacGowan

Self

Siobhan MacGowan

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