24 hour party people

Author

Michael Winterbottom

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Performers

Steve Coogan, Paddy Considine, Danny Cunningham, Sean Harris, Shirley Henderson, Lennie James, Andy Serkis, John Simm.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Physical Description

1 videodisc (117 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; strong language, drug use, and sexuality.

Summary

This portrait of the eighties music scene is viewed through the eyes of Tony Wilson, a young Cambridge graduate and TV presenter, who--inspired by the Sex Pistols first Manchester gig--founds the now world-famous Factory Records and the Haçienda nightclub. The bands he signs include Joy Division and The Happy Mondays--who became seminal artists of their time--whilst the Haçienda transforms Manchester, a declining industrial city, into "Mad-chester"--the place to be.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2002