24 Hour Party People
2002 Directed by Michael Winterbottom
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In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
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One of my favourite movies of the noughties. 24 Hour Party People is a fascinating account of the "Madchester" music scene of the late 80's early 90's. It focuses on Tony Wilson, TV show host and Co-founder to English record label Factory Records and founder and manager of the legendary nightclub The Hacienda.
You really do get the best of British talent here and all are on top form. Coogan is so good as Wilson,constantly breaking the forth wall with Wilson commenting to the audience on events that have just happened in the movie. It's hard not to see a little Partridge in Coogan's performance,but thats no bad thing. Paddy Considine is his usual best as Rob Gretton,the manager of…
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I have a pretty straightforward love-hate relationship with Michael Winterbottom, and I think that everyone should for as long as he makes films like Code 46 and 9 Songs on the one hand but films like A Cock And Bull Story and 24 Hour Party People on the other.
This is a fairly regularly fictional and occasionally factual story about the rise and fall of Factory Records and the Hacienda, two legendary musical landmarks in Manchester (and the world, for that matter), told by an often fictionalised version of the late, great Tony Wilson. Portrayed by Steve Coogan, it has hard to imagine that anyone could have gotten his persona more spot on. It also proves to me that, given…
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Steve Coogan is marvellous in this twisted, fascinating and extremely well-directed drama about the life of Tony Wilson, a notorious record producer in the 70s and 80s whose blinding charisma and mindful social skills put bands such as Joy Division and Happy Mondays. The success, operation and eventual failure of Wilson's Factory Records nightclub The Hacienda are chronicled in overwhelming detail, the film darting swiftly through history to represent an era of musical revolution in stunning detail. Coogan's performance as Wilson is the film's stunning highlight, the comedian displaying remarkable versatility with his endless charm and hilarious attitude. 24 Hour Party People is the story of fast-moving people in a slow-moving world, grooving each to their own music, sighing each to their own song, and loving every moment of each sublime world they occupy.
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I won't bore you with how steeped I am in all things Factory, how much I love the music and the people depicted within this, how I feel that my region, The North West, is the finest or how many times I've seen this film since I saw it twice at the cinema. Or that this film is never going to leave my top 5.
I'll just say this; if you don't like this film then I shall refer you to the words of the late and much missed Anthony H Wilson "You're entitled to your opinion, but your opinion is shit"
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"That's John The Postman,he's a ......postman".
More flippant than Anton Corbijn's "Control",this ode to the renowned genius of Tony Wilson and the Manchester explosion of great bands around the late seventies and early eighties is a joy. I have to admit I'm not the biggest Happy Mondays fan but give me Joy Division and New Order any day. Steve Coogan gives an uncanny performance of arrogant debonair cool as the tv presenter and founder of Factory Records and is ably backed by great performances by Sean Harris as Ian Curtis and Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett. My only bug-bare with the whole film is two decidedly dodgy castings. Ralph Little as Hooky and Peter Kay starring in the movie at…
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Man this film is as good as Almost Famous and it is like the British side of music in Manchaster where the Factory is born and then closed and it started the careers of so many bands and it doesn't shy away from some of the funny things and even the sad dark side of music. Michael Winterbottom made this film and it is probably my favorite film from him. I personally feel that this filmed should be viewed with Control to see more about Ian Curtis.
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The story of journalist, record label and club owner Tony Wilson and the Manchester scene of the 70's & 80's. Only worth watching for the scenes about Joy Division. Due to the storytelling approach I found the rest of the film to be annoying and shallow .
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Όλα ωραία, Joy Division, cool, New Order, cool, A Certain Ratio, cool, Durutti Column, cool, Happy Mondays, cool, τέλειο casting, πότε θα πάρουνε Oscar o Steve Coogan και ο Andy Serkis, o Martin Hannett είναι ό,τι καλύτερο συνέβη στην μουσική μετά τον Phil Spector.
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Scruffy, clever, bonkers. And wistful. Not sure why it took me so very long to catch up with it.
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I wish I was from manchester. Fuck Londons.
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This is one of my favourite films and I can't really describe why. I think it's the mix of great music and humour - I've seen it a few times and it never fails to make me laugh.
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Steve Coogan is marvellous in this twisted, fascinating and extremely well-directed drama about the life of Tony Wilson, a notorious record producer in the 70s and 80s whose blinding charisma and mindful social skills put bands such as Joy Division and Happy Mondays. The success, operation and eventual failure of Wilson's Factory Records nightclub The Hacienda are chronicled in overwhelming detail, the film darting swiftly through history to represent an era of musical revolution in stunning detail. Coogan's performance as Wilson is the film's stunning highlight, the comedian displaying remarkable versatility with his endless charm and hilarious attitude. 24 Hour Party People is the story of fast-moving people in a slow-moving world, grooving each to their own music, sighing each to their own song, and loving every moment of each sublime world they occupy.
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"That's John The Postman,he's a ......postman".
More flippant than Anton Corbijn's "Control",this ode to the renowned genius of Tony Wilson and the Manchester explosion of great bands around the late seventies and early eighties is a joy. I have to admit I'm not the biggest Happy Mondays fan but give me Joy Division and New Order any day. Steve Coogan gives an uncanny performance of arrogant debonair cool as the tv presenter and founder of Factory Records and is ably backed by great performances by Sean Harris as Ian Curtis and Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett. My only bug-bare with the whole film is two decidedly dodgy castings. Ralph Little as Hooky and Peter Kay starring in the movie at…
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Dan ganas de haber estado ahí y presenciar el nacimiento de la escena musical de Manchester. Me encanta la forma en que el personaje de Tony Wilson narra la historia y presenta esa atmósfera de drogas, sexo, decadencia y música como inofensiva y divertida, tiene sus partes de comedia y sus partes trágicas.
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In the year 1976 something took place in the United Kingdom which tore down the wall separating amateurs from professional musicians. Loudmouthed Sex Pistols played for a relatively small audience at Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester with great results. Supporting them were the Buzzcocks. This concert proved many a starting artist that one can become a rock star by simply grabbing some clothes from the flea market and applying spray paint to guitar. According to label owner Tony Wilson that night was a great historical event that would inspire attendees to "go out and perform wondrous deeds". So they did.
24 Hour Party People revolves around late 1970s to early 1980s post punk era and the Madchester era that followed…