24 Hour Party People

24 Hour Party People is a British-French - Dutch film from 2002 by Michael Winterbottom. The film is named after a famous song from the Happy Mondays.

Action

It tells the story based on facts and filmed rumors, the development of the music scene of Manchester from the late 1970s until 1997. The central figure in the film is Tony Wilson, who leads the audience through the film and is frequently reordering of commenting to the camera.

Central motives of action are the formation and development of the music label Factory Records and the bands involved. The first half of the movie it deals mainly with Joy Division / New Order, the second half with the Happy Mondays, although other bands from the treated environment, such as A Certain Ratio and The Durutti Column are displayed.

Several people, including Tony Wilson himself, Howard Devoto of the Buzzcocks, Mark E. Smith of The Fall and many others have small appearances on the edge of the plot. Devoto So turns to the example of the real Howard at the end of one scene to the camera and explains that he could "remember no case " to the event just shown. There are also short scenes from authentic concert recordings shown.

Reviews

The lexicon of the International film was that Michael Winterbottom 24 Hour Party People " as diverse as entertaining the highly productive history of the music scene in Manchester between the years 1976 ( Punk) and 1992 ( Rav - o-lution ) " recapitulate and " doing a fireworks filmic ideas " abbrenne. Off " scenes, documentary footage, film within a film, cameo appearances [n ] known musician and flying [n ] saucers " arises " with a lot of self-irony " a " melange, seamlessly flowing into each other in the document and legend ". Cinema described the film as " irreverent homage to Manchester, 24 Hour Party People '." The film was also a " fast-paced portrait of an era and its heroes [ ... ] With inspired soundtrack ."

Awards

At the International Film Festival of Cannes 2002, the film was represented in the competition for the Palme d'Or. At the International Filmfest Emden - Norderney received 24 Hour Party People nominated for the Emden Film Award.

At the British Independent Film Awards 2002 the film was awarded in the category Best Producer and Production Designer Mark Tildesley nominated for Best technical contribution. At the Empire Awards, the film was nominated for Best British film and Steve Coogan as Best British Actor. The Golden Trailer Awards, the film was nominated for Best voiceover and Best Independent Film in the categories. He was also nominated for the Political Film Society Award for Democracy and Steve Coogan as Best Newcomer for the Online Film Critics Society Award. Liz Gallacher was nominated for a Satellite Award in the category Best Music.

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