24-Hour Party People

 

24-Hour Party People 2002

• Director: Michael Winterbottom
• Seen by this director: Genova, Tristram Shandy, Jude, Go Now
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Paddie Considine, Lennie James, John Simm, Andie Serkis, Ron Cook, Sean Harris, many cameos
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Steve Coogan – Northern Soul, Philomena, Tristram Shandy, Coffee & Cigarettes
• Shirley Henderson – Trainspotting 1&2, Filth, Life During Wartime, Doctor Who, The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told, Harry Potter, Tristram Shandy, Intermission, Once upon a Time in the Midlands, Hamish Macbeth, Rob Roy
• Paddie Considine – Journeyman, The Girl with All the Gifts, Macbeth, Pride, The World’s End, Red Riding, Hot Fuzz, My Summer of Love, In America, Born romantic
• Lennie James – Blade Runner 2049, Get On Up, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told, Les Misérables, Lost in Space
• John Simm – Doctor Who
• Ron Cook – Red Riding, Hot Fuzz, Doctor Who, The Merchant of Venice, Chocolat, Secrets and Lies, The Singing Detective, Richard III, Henry VI Parts 1,2, and 3.
• Sean Harris – Macbeth, Prometheus, Brighton Rock, Red Riding.
• Why? I remembered liking it.
• Seen: Once before. Now 13 November 2022      

Once again my memories are skewed. I’m thinking of The Last Days of Disco. Never mind. This is about the punk era in Manchester. Steve Coogan plays the legendary Tony Wilson who more or less brought Sex Pistols, Joy Division and others to the world’s attention. Sort of a rock-mockumentary with a lot of good music, some good acting, a clear (if chaotic can be clear) picture of the mad music scene and the social and economic upheaval of the times, it goes on too long to be really good. But it’s weird, and weirdly endearing.      

3½ * of 5