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24 Hour Party People (Original title)Twenty-four Hour Party People (Alternative title)
Dates: 2001 (Copyright), 26 April 2002 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Synopsis: Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson (Coogan) is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by an unknown band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club, and bands like Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays emerge to change the industry forever.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Punk, Manchester, Factory Records, Hacienda Club, Happy Mondays, The, Wilson, Tony, Joy Division, New Order, Indie music
Releases
Date: 2002not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Digital Video - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 117 mins Length: 10531 Feet

Credits (123)
©: 24 Hour Films Limited, Presented by: The Film Consortium, United Artists Films, Presented in association with: Film Council, FilmFour, Production Company: Revolution Films, Production Company: Baby Cow Productions, Executive Producer: Henry Normal, Producer: Andrew Eaton, Assistant Producer: Fiona Neilson, Co-producer: Gina Carter, Line Producer: Robert How, Unit Manager: Sally Maynard, Production Co-ordinator: Candice Fonseca, Production Accountant: John Eccleston, Post-production Accountant: Tarn Harper, Location Manager: Sam Taylor, Post-production (Consultant): Steve Harrow, Steeple Post Production Services Ltd, Post-production (Supervisor): Neil Grimshaw, Jackie Vance, Delivery Paperwork: Clare Maclean, [Post-production Supervisor]: Clare Oliver, Production Secretary: Sarada McDermott, 2nd Unit Director: Tom Bruggen, Assistant Director (1st): Mike Elliott, Assistant Director (2nd): Nic Shearer, Assistant Director (3rd): Anthony Wilcox, 2nd Unit Assistant: Alex Knight, Casting: Wendy Brazington, Casting Assistant: Sophie Gabszewicz, Robert Woodshaw, Screenplay: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Director of Photography: Robby Müller, Camera Operator: Jane Rousseau, Camera Operator: Marcel Zyskind, Hovercam: Philip George, Camera Assistant: Chris Greenwood, Gaffer: John Colley, Unit Photographer: John Shard, Digital Film Transfer: Duboicolor, Duboi (Technical Manager): Rip Hampton O'Neil, Duboi (Production Manager): Tommaso Vergello, Duboi (Assistant): Cendrine Gady, Digital Effects Consultant: Peter Bach, Digital Visual Effects/Animation: Clear, Clear (Digital Effects Supervisor): Simon Huhtala, Clear (Digital Effects Producer): Steve Garrad, Clear (Executive Producer): Simon Fallon, Clear (Inferno Operator): Jim Parsons, Clear (3D Pigeon Animator): John Harvey, Clear (3D UFO Animator): Adrian Russell, Clear (2D Design): Alice Coren, Digital Post-production: Pepper, Pepper (Colourist): Chris Beeton, Pepper (On-line Editor): Shane Warden, Pepper (On-line Editor): Scott Hinchcliffe, Pepper (On-line Editor): Simon Giblin, Steve Lee, Clear (Inferno Operator): Tom Harding, Special Effects Director: David Bryan, Editor: Trevor Waite, 1st Assistant Editor: Martin Corbett, 2nd Assistant Editor: Llyr Wynn Jones, Production Designer: Mark Tildesley, Supervising Art Director: Paul Cripps, Art Director (Stand-by): Mark Digby, Set Decorator: Lucy Howe, Draftsman: Rod Gorwood, Property Master: Catriona MacMillan, Costume Designer: Natalie Ward, Costume Designer: Stephen Noble, Costume Assistant: Kate Towns, Costume Assistant: Uta Thompson, Hilary Macdonald, Make-up Designer: Jill Sweeney, Janita Doyle, Prosthetics: Neil Gorton, Main Titles/Captions/Credits Des/Prod by: Central Station Technicolour, Music Supervisor: Liz Gallacher, Music Co-ordinator: Liz Moscrop, Music Editor: Joakim Sundström, Sound Recording: Stuart Wilson, Sound for Hacienda: Tom Piper, Re-recording Mixer: Aad Wirtz, John Falcini, Supervising Sound Editor: Zane Hayward, Dialogue Editor: Joakim Sundström, Foley Artist: Peter Burgess, Foley Artist: Andy Derrick, Foley Mixer: Robert Farr, Foley Editor: John Warhurst, Foley Editor: Anthony Faust, Stunt Co-ordinator: Gareth Milne, Stunt Co-ordinator: Nick Hobbs, Special Consultant: Tony Wilson, Dolby Sound Consultant: James Seddon, Special Consultant: Tony Wilson, Armourer: Steve Tomkow, Armourer: Firepower, Pigeon Man: Simon Wilson, Special Thanks to: Paul Ryder, Special Thanks to: Roy Barraclough, Special Thanks to: Christopher Eccleston, Special Thanks to: Peter Hook, Special Thanks to: Shaun Ryder, Special Thanks to: Johnny Vegas, Special Thanks to: Tony Wilson, Special Thanks to: Bernard Sumner, Special Thanks to: Chris Auty, Special Thanks to: Luke Bainbridge, Special Thanks to: Julie Baines, Special Thanks to: Bez, Special Thanks to: Clint Boon, Special Thanks to: James Cartwright, Special Thanks to: Gillian Gilbert, Special Thanks to: Dave Haslam, Special Thanks to: Trevor Johnson, Special Thanks to: Martin Moscrop, Special Thanks to: Mike Pickering, Special Thanks to: Vini Reilly, Rowetta
Cast (70)
Steve Coogan (Tony Wilson), Keith Allen (Roger Ames), Rob Brydon (Ryan Letts), Enzo Cilenti (Pete Saville), Ron Cook (Derek Ryder), Chris Coghill (Bez), Paddy Considine (Rob Gretton), Danny Cunningham (Shaun Ryder), Dave Gorman (John the postman), Sean Harris (Ian Curtis), Shirley Henderson (Lindsay Wilson), Lennie James (Alan Erasmus), Peter Kay (Don Tonay), Ralf Little (Peter 'Hooky' Hook), Kate Magowan (Yvette Wilson), Paul Popplewell (Paul Ryder), Rowetta (herself), Paul Ryder (Pel), Andy Serkis (Martin Hannett), John Simm (Bernard Sumner), John Thomson (Charles, Granada TV producer), Raymond Waring (Vini Reilly), Nigel Pivaro (actor at Granada), Martin Hancock (Howard Devoto), Mark Windows (Johnny Rotten), Mark E. Smith (punter), Naomi Radcliffe (twitchy girl), Tim Horrocks (Steve), Howard Devoto (cleaner), Collette Cooper (Sadie), Tracy Cunliffe (other girl in nosh van), Duncan Whitworth (Jez), Michael Mitchell Jr (Simon), Claire Lever (assistant), Neil Bell (aspiring singer), Aidan Cross (Goth), Simon Pegg (journalist), Elizabeth Kelly (Ian's gran), Darren Tighe (Mike Pickering), Anna Tyborczyk (Gillian), Peter Gunn (farmer), Dan Hope (Mark), Nick Clarke (Gaz), Margi Clarke (actor in corridor), Mani (sound engineer), Smug Roberts (railway guard), Clint Boon (2nd railway guard), Toby Salaman (Sir Keith Joseph), Conrad Murray (Bailey Brother), Martin Coogan (Chris Nagle), Kieran O'Brien (Nathan McGough), Roger Kennedy (Doorman Sam), Sean Cernow (Little Pel), Fiona Allen (cloakroom girl), Helen Schlesinger (Hilary), Joshua McNicholas (Oliver), Anthony H. Wilson (Granada TV studio director), Dino, Mr A. Bowser, Gary Roberts (wise guy), Shaun Ryder ([Ryder's father]), Christopher Eccleston ([tramp offering advice]), Dave Haslam ([Hacienda dj]), Kenny Baker ([magician's assistant]), James Cartwright ([Morrissey]), Martin Moscrop ([New Year's Eve partygoer]), Trevor Johnson ([Ben Kelly, architect]), Mark Tildesley ([TV producer]), Mike Pickering ([Hacienda DJ]), Sam Riley ([Mark E. Smith - scenes deleted])