24 Hour Party People

Michael Winterbottom teams up again with screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce for 24 Hour Party People, a film that tells the story of the music scene in Manchester, England, from the late ’70s through the ’80s. British television star Steve Coogan portrays real-life music figure Tony Wilson, who founded Factory Records. After seeing and hearing the Sex Pistols, Wilson begins talking up punk on his program and booking live shows. As he moves onto legendary bands Joy Division and New Order, his power and influence grow. A drug-fueled decline follows soon after he opens the Hacienda, a popular club. Shot by Robby Müller on digital video, 24 Hour Party People was screened in competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival., Biography tracing the vibrant post-punk Manchester musical movement of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s through the eyes of TV personality and record magnate Tony Wilson., Steve Coogan stars in this ‘bio-pic’ loosely based on the life of journalists and Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, who made Manchester the centre of the British music scene in the 80s later spawning the ‘Madchester’ scene. From the high nights at the legendary Hacienda to the final failure of the label, award-winning director Michael Winterbottom captures a time and sound when everything was possible and excess was the name of the game., A kinetic look at the Manchester music scene and the life of journalist and record magnate Tony Wilson., Steve Coogan stars in this ‘bio-pic’ loosely based on the life of journalists and Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, who made Manchester the centre of the British music scene in the 80s later spawning the ‘Madchester’ scene. From the high nights at the legendary Hacienda to the final failure of the label, award- winning director Michael Winterbottom captures a time and sound when everything was possible and excess was the name of the game., Tracing the vibrant post-punk Manchester musical movement through the eyes of real-life TV personality and record magnate Tony Wilson.