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24 Hour Party People - Single Disc Edition [2002]
starring: Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Nigel Pivaro, Shirley Henderson
directed by: Michael Winterbottom

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Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060002832608
Format: PAL
Label: Pathe Distribution
Manufacturer: Pathe Distribution
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Pathe Distribution
Region Code: 2
Release Date: July 19, 2004
Running Time: 117 minutes
Studio: Pathe Distribution
Theatrical Release Date: June 04, 2003
Sales Rank: 2093

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Beginning during the dawn of Factory Records--as Tony Wilson throws himself off a cliff for Granada TV--24 Hour Party People attempts to capture the essence of the ill-fated label which spawned Joy Division/New Order, The Happy Mondays and the venue that started modern Club Culture, the Hacienda in Manchester. Director Michael Winterbottom takes a very different approach to most music biographies, by making the film self-aware that it is a film and ironically looking at its own role within the history of the "Mad-chester" scene.

Inspired by Wilson's autobiographical musings, the film is narrated in character by Steve Coogan as Wilson. He offers sporadic moments from his life--his "career" as a presenter at Granada and his several marriages--which in turn influence the destructive nature of the label he founded. Coogan's Wilson gives monologues to camera which remind the audience that what they are watching is only his perspective. Yet with Coogan in the title role it's impossible to ignore the similarities between Wilson and Alan Partridge; and although this adds instant humour to the film it also instantly pins Wilson with the comic "Partridge" tag of fated fool. The cinematography, on the other hand, tries faithfully to embody the feeling of the times, from grainy celluloid for the punk-like Joy Division gigs to bright, clean-cut images for the birth of the Hacienda. The film also benefits from an amazing soundtrack and strong supporting characters. It all adds up to a picture that's purely British in character: imbued with irony, down-and-out inspiration, and a touch of the surreal.

On the DVD: 24 Hour Party People comes as a two-disc set, but there really is little need. Disc 1 is loaded with great extras, such as the deleted scenes, commentaries and Mad-chester musings, but the second disc is a little on the dull side. This really could have been just a single great DVD. There's an excellent screen and audio transfer that brings both the music and the lurid colours to life and the disc also offers that all-important function for hardcore clubbers: a hard of hearing option. --Nikki Disney

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Rent before you buy
If you want a detailed, telling story of Factory Records, get Shadowplayers. This film is 'a truth based on lies'. It is almost pure myth feeding. The bits of facts thrown in, are literally thrown in, they're not built into the script, they're simply blurted out at a convinient moment. The omition of New Order is simply unforgivable. You cannot tell the story of Factory Records without putting some detail into New Order, without whom Factory would have sunk without a trace very quickly. Other important bands of the era don't even get a mention, but these are understandable, the Smiths and the Stone Roses for example were not on Factory, and this is the story of Factory.

The film is not a boiling pot of laughter, there are moments ... Read More:

Rating:

- A shocking but often inspiring story
This tells the story of Factory records, the record label started in the late 1970's by the enterprising Tony Wilson, whose death has recently reverberated through the music business. In this film, Tony is played by Steve Coogan, who manages to capture some of Wilson's Cambridge arrogance, yet also much of his childlike enthusiasm for music and less than perfect money-management skills.

Wanting to put Manchester on the musical map seemed to be Tony Wilson's main motivation right from the off, and shortly after the formation of factory records, signing various bands. Some of them aren't so well recognised today, such as 'A Certain Ratio', but some of them, such as 'Joy Division', went on to become one of the most influential bands ... Read More:

Rating:

- good!
this is yet another film i crammed into an afternoon when meant to be doing uni work, but i'm glad i did,and i'm normally pleased i have done lol, its a clever film, filmed in a way that takes us back to certain events and then moving us forward at the same time!i love steve coogan in absolutely everything i have seen him in so i knew this would please me like all those others, and i wasn't wrong!

Rating:

- Entertained, but a rent before buy job
I'm suprised this film has been shown so little on TV. And the time I first saw it was actually on 'Film 4', so god know's the last time anyone else aired it!
I guess theirs little need to explain what this film is about. After all, to gaze interest in it means you have some sort of knowledge of 'Factory Records'. However, I understand that their may be people out their who, like me, had originally thought that they were the only people not to have seen this film.
24 Hour Party People attempts to capture the life of, what was, the record label 'Factory Records'. Its important to remember firstly, that this is only a film, and the facts even then are only loosely based unfortunately. What's more, cramming such a long period of time ... Read More:

Rating:

- Dissapointing!
Love mr Coogan generally. But this film BORED my little toosh off! to be honest. If you are a genuine music lover and buff - then I'd say for you. But if you want an entertaining film, this is not for you, in my oppinion

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