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24 Hour Party People

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Original title

24 Hour Party People

Year

2002

Running time

115 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Michael Winterbottom

Screenwriter

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Cast

Music

Various

Cinematography

Robby Müller

Producer

Film4 Productions, The Film Council, Revolution Films

Genre

Musical. Comedy. Drama | Based on a true story. Biography. 1970s. Music. Mockumentary

Synopsis

Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda - a mecca for clubbers. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70's to the early 90's, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be.

Rankings Position

#58 Best Musical Movies
#126 Best Movies Based on a True Story
#130 Best Biopics/Biographical Movies

Awards: 2002: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)

2002: Satellite Awards: nominated to Original Score.

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Critics' reviews

"The movie works so well because it evokes genuine, not manufactured, nostalgia (...) It loves its characters. It understands what the Sex Pistols started, and what the 1990s destroyed (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Like the music, the film is outspoken, roaringly funny, defiantly sexual and relentlessly in your face. I couldn’t have liked it more."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Fabulous (...) Winterbottom's most consistent talent is matching his visual approach to the tone of the story"

Elvis Mitchell: The New York Times
"One of the sharpest and funniest movies about the music business ever made"

Peter Rainer: New York Magazine
"A funny, unexpectedly inspiring story of excess, poor choices, and unwavering high-mindedness, all tied to that quintessential bit of rock wisdom: Icarus did fall, but first he flew"

Keith Phipps: AV Club
"A true story of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, "24 Hour Party People" is a rough, gritty, often scabrously humorous tribute to a period when Manchester, England, was the epicenter of punk rock"

Derek Elley: Variety
"Style reflects content as the director maintains a chaotic feel that is the Factory spirit in its most essential form (...) Rating :★★★★ (out of 5)"

Alan Morrison: Empire

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Ranking Lists Position

49 My Top 10 Movies from 2002 (52)

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