The Idea of You
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Film / 2002
24 Hour Party People
Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a 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. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The …
The story
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a 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. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
Cast
Steve CooganTony Wilson
Lennie JamesAlan
Paddy ConsidineRob
Shirley HendersonLindsay
Andy SerkisMartin
John SimmBernard
Ralf LittleHooky
Danny CunninghamShaun
Sean HarrisIan
Kate MagowanYvette
John ThomsonCharles
Peter KayDon Tonay
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Nigel PivaroActor at Granada
Martin HancockHoward
Mark WindowsJohnny Rotten
Dave GormanJohn the Postman
Paul PopplewellPaul
Ron CookDerek
Raymond WaringVini
Mark E. SmithPunter
Naomi RadcliffeTwitchy Girl
Tim HorrocksSteve
Rob BrydonRyan Letts
Howard DeVotoCleaner
Collette CooperSadie
Tracy CunliffeOther Girl in Nosh Van
Enzo CilentiSaville
Duncan WhitworthJez
Michael Mitchell Jr.Simon
Claire LeverAssistant
Neil BellAspiring Singer
Aidan CrossGoth
Simon PeggJournalist
Elizabeth KellyIan's Gran
Darren TigheMike Pickering
Chris CoghillBez
Anna TyborczykGillian
Peter GunnFarmer
Dan HopeMark
Nick ClarkeGaz
Margi ClarkeActor in Corridor
Gary 'Mani' MounfieldSound Engineer
Smug RobertsRailway Guard
Clint Boon2nd Railway Guard
Toby SalamanSir Keith Joseph
Conrad MurrayBailey Brother
Martin CooganChris Nagle
RowettaRowetta
Kieran O'BrienNathan
Paul RyderPel
Roger KennedyDoorman Sam
Sean CernowLittle Pel
Fiona AllenCloakroom Girl
Helen SchlesingerHilary
Joshua McNicholasOliver
Tony WilsonStudio Director
Keith AllenRoger Ames
DinoWise Guy
A. BowserWise Guy
Gary RobertsWise Guy
Christopher EcclestonBoethius (uncredited)
Terri SeymourWheel of Fortune Hostess (uncredited)
Kenny BakerElephant Cleaner at Chester Zoo (uncredited)
Mike PickeringDJ (uncredited)
Simon Ding ArcherGlen Matlock (uncredited)
Daniel LestuzziFootball Thug (uncredited)
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