24 Hour Party People
by Michael Winterbottom
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Actor: John Thomson, Lennie James, Nigel Pivaro, Shirley Henderson, Steve CooganDirector: Michael Winterbottom
Brand: MGM Home Entertainment
Cinematographer: Robby Müller
Producer: Andrew Eaton
Producer: Fiona Neilson
Producer: Gina Carter
Producer: Henry Normal
Producer: Robert How
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product features:
- Special Features: * Audio Commentary with Steve Coogan and Producer Andrew Eaton.
- * Audio Commentary with Tony Wilson.
- * 2 Featurettes.
- * Deleted Scenes.
- * Photo Gallery and more.
Movie Reviews of 24 Hour Party People
Movie Review: Great, but too much emphasis on the Happy Mondays
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie!Steve Coogan is absolutely hilarious in his delivery and angst when dealing with that guy who refers to "Brian Martin" and "George Epstein." The look of irritance on his face is classic, as is his incredibily polite request to the girl when he's in the back of the van. "Thank You!"
What is the best, however, is the emphasis the movie places on Joy Division, clearly one of the most influential and best bands ever to come out of England (or anywhere else for that matter). The actor playing Ian Curtis was excellent and you feel the emotion of him especially in the scene where they're driving around in the car listening to the recording of "She's Lost Control." When they focus on him and the film changes to black and white there is the sense of the dread he felt at success. I note that the soundtrack to the movie includes the excellent song Ceremony, which was omitted from the movie itself, as far as I could tell. A great song that deserved more attention, even if it was recorded with Sumner on vocals, not Curtis. The soundtrack also has the song "Temptation," which is the best song New Order ever released, in my opinion. I don't recall this being in the movie, either.
I thought there was too much of the Happy Mondays in the movie, although they were a great band as well, though I never knew Shaun Ryder was such a jerk. What about The Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, Charlatans UK, Northside, 808 State, etc? Didn't they all play at the Hacienda as well during this time?
A great movie all in all. Highly recommended.
Oh, in the scene at the Hacienda where no one's there and the one guy finishes his set and comes to talk to Wilson, is that supposed to be Billy Bragg? Sort of looked like him, yeah?
Summary of 24 Hour Party People
"Magnificent" (The New York Times), "amazing" (Los Angeles Times) and "a blast" (Rolling Stone), this true story of the raucous anti-establishment explosion that revolutionized the music industry is "miraculous one of the smartest, liveliest, most engaging and involving works you're likely to see this year" (Premiere)! Blown away by an unknown local band called the Sex Pistols, TV personality Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) is inspired to invent a uniquely anarchic record label. Soon he's promoting everyone from New Order to Happy Mondays on his newly formed Factory Records and partying like a rock star. From Tony's speedy rise to Factory's hedonistic fall, this "wonderful party of a movie stamps on a smiley face that will stay with you for hours" (New York Post)! Special Features: * Audio Commentary with Steve Coogan and Producer Andrew Eaton. * Audio Commentary with Tony Wilson. * 2 Featurettes. * Deleted Scenes. * Photo Gallery * and more.Similar DVD Movies
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