24 Hour Party People DVD

24 Hour Party People
This digital-video biopic uses the life of journalist, record mogul and club owner Tony Wilson to frame the story of the Manchester, England, music scene from the heyday of punk through the late-'80s "Madchester" era. As the founder of staunchly independent Factory Records, Wilson (Steve Coogan) shepherded the careers of doomed post-punk combo Joy Division, synth-pop superstars New Order and hedonistic louts the Happy Mondays. Along the way, he helped bring rave culture to Britain under the aegis of the legendary Hacienda nightclub. 24 Hour Party People follows Wilson from his conversion to punk at a seminal Sex Pistols concert through the suicide of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, the overwhelming success of New Order and the eventual dissolution of the Factory empire thanks to bad business decisions, underworld ties and the hedonistic excess of the Happy Mondays. Directed by Michael Winterbottom and written by frequent collaborator Frank Cottrell Boyce, 24 Hour Party People features cameos from a large number of Manchester music luminaries. The supporting cast includes Shirley Henderson and John Simm, both of whom appeared in Winterbottom's Wonderland, while the film's title comes from a Happy Mondays song. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Cast Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson Shirley Henderson as Lindsey Danny Cunningham as Shaun Ryder Sean Harris as Ian Curtis John Simm as Bernard Sumner Lennie James as Alan Erasmus Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton Ralf Little as Peter Hook Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett Christopher Coghill as Bez Paul Popplewell as Paul Ryder Keith Allen as Roger Ames Rob Brydon as Enzo Cilenti as Dave Gorman as Peter Kay as Kate Magowan as Kieran O'Brien as Simon Pegg as Rowetta as Paul Ryder as John Thomson as Raymond Waring as Vini Reilly

Crew David Bryan - Art Director Paul Cripps - Supervising Art Director Wendy Brazington - Casting Tony Wilson - Consultant/advisor Gina Carter - Co-producer Stephen Noble - Costume Designer Natalie Ward - Costume Designer Mike Elliott - First Assistant Director Michael Winterbottom - Director Tom Bruggen - Second Unit Director Michael Winterbottom - Editor Trevor Waite - Editor Simon Fallon - Executive Producer Henry Normal - Executive Producer Sam Taylor - Location Manager Robert How - Line Producer Liz Gallagher - Musical Direction/Supervision Jill Sweeney - Makeup Janita Doyle - Makeup Sally Maynard - Makeup Mark Tildesley - Production Designer Robby Müller - Cinematographer Andrew Eaton - Producer Rachel McClelland - Research John Falcini - Sound/Sound Designer Stuart Wilson - Sound/Sound Designer Aad Wirtz - Sound/Sound Designer Gareth Milne - Stunts Coordinator Nick Hobbs - Stunts Coordinator Frank Cottrell Boyce - Screenwriter Marcel Zyskind - Additional Cinematography Phil Brookes - Gaffer John Colley - Gaffer Neill Gorton - Prosthetic Makeup Effects Nic Shearer - Second Assistant Director Peter Bach - Visual Effects Producer Joakim Sundström - Dialogue Editor Anthony Faust - Foley Editor Lucy Howe - Set Decorator Marcel Zyskind - Focus Puller Caroline Chapman - Runner Anthony Wilcox - Third Assistant Director

24 Hour Party People
Restless and kaleidoscopic despite its sometimes drab digital-video palette, this supremely self-aware docu-comedy canonizes two decades worth of Manchester bands even as it deconstructs the very process of rock 'n roll mythmaking. Steve Coogan is fantastic as Tony Wilson, who was at once pompous and populist, visionary and short-sighted. Through frequent asides in the direction of the audience, smirky voiceovers and likable self-mockery, Coogan personifies the contradictions that fuelled Wilson's remarkably diverse string of musical discoveries. Frank Cottrell Boyce's script risks alienating audience members unfamiliar with the large cast of rock-star characters; in America, where few of these bands ever escaped cult status, all of the grand pop-cultural pronouncements may provoke more head-scratching than head-nodding. But even at its most maddeningly musicological, the film portrays big emotions, big laughs and universal human frailties. The fine supporting cast helps ground Coogan's larger-than-life performance, from Shirley Henderson's swept-aside wife to Sean Harris and Danny Cunningham's voraciously self-destructive creative types. In the end, jack-of-all-trades director Michael Winterbottom nails the particular combination of a time, a place and a sound that can crystallize in front of a global audience, if only for a little while. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish, Por Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: cc Audio commentary with Steve Coogan and producer Andrew Eaton Audio commentary with Tony Wilson 2 featurettes Deleted scenes Photo gallery Original theatrical trailer English: 5.1 Surround English, French, Spanish & Portuguese language subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 117 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Icarus/Main Title [4:55] 2. The Sex Pistols [4:17] 3. Making History [4:45] 4. New Venue [3:56] 5. Closing In [4:09] 6. Legend [4:27] 7. Contract [2:17] 8. Martin [3:21] 9. Bright Future [8:08] 10. Ian's Demise [10:14] 11. The Next Wave [4:15] 12. The Hacienda [3:01] 13. Low Point [4:40] 14. Birth [6:11] 15. Bumpy Road [6:27] 16. Yvette [1:24] 17. The Machine Breaks [1:26] 18. Bad Business [5:50] 19. Running on Empty [4:08] 20. Waiting [3:56] 21. Never Sold Out [5:31] 22. The End [6:48] 23. God [5:19] 24. End Credits [2:36]