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Cleopatra Entertainment |
Release Date:
August 25, 2017
Summary:
Set in Thatcher’s Britain of the 70’s and 80’s, a time when working class Manchester was beset by unemployment and riots, the film tells the story of 17 year-old Steven (Jack Lowden), a painfully shy, intellectually precocious loner who lives for, and writes about, the burgeoning local music scene—a surprisingly vibrant subculture in an otherwise drab industrial city. Too intimidated to join that scene, he writes reviews from the sidelines, imagining what he would do if he were on stage. When one of his write-ups is noticed by kindred spirit Linder Sterling (Jessica Brown Findlay), an aspiring painter, the two become fast friends, and she pushes him to form a band and take to the stage. Steven finally works up the courage to book a club date, and performs a dazzling cover of an old girl-group standard. This is the first time the world gets to hear the distinctive, emotion-filled voice that would eventually propel him to stardom. That very night, a manager reaches out with an offer. Unfortunately, it's only for the musicians, not the lead singer, meaning Steven will be left behind. His dreams of a musical career vanish and he's left with nothing but wasted days at a soul-crushing civil servant job, and lonely nights holed up in the same bedroom he’s slept in his whole life. Only his mother’s unwavering belief in his talent, and Linder’s constant reminder—“be yourself, everyone else is taken”—give him the strength to keep trying to become the artist he was always meant to be.
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Details
| Runtime: | 94 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Production: | Honlodge Productions |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, Music |
| Countries: | UK, GB |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Dec 12, 2017 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Mark Gill | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Mark Gill | Writer |
| William Thacker | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Adam Lawrence | Billy Duffy |
| Finney Cassidy | Darren |
| Graeme Hawley | Mr. Leonard |
| Jack Lowden | Steven Patrick Morrissey |
| Jessica Brown Findlay | Linder Sterling |
| Jodie Comer | Christine |
| Katherine Pearce | Anji Hardie |
| Laurie Kynaston | Johnny Marr |
| Peter McDonald | Peter Morrissey |
| Simone Kirby | Elizabeth Morrissey |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Adam Lawrence | Billy Duffy |
| Finney Cassidy | Darren |
| Graeme Hawley | Mr. Leonard |
| Jack Lowden | Steven Patrick Morrissey |
| Jessica Brown Findlay | Linder Sterling |
| Jodie Comer | Christine |
| Joseph Carter | Gary |
| Katherine Pearce | Anji Hardie |
| Laurie Kynaston | Johnny Marr |
| Marc Graham | Gordon |
| Nicola-Jayne Wells | Rock Chick |
| Peter McDonald | Peter Morrissey |
| Rosanna | Siobhan |
| Simone Kirby | Elizabeth Morrissey |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Alan Graves | Co-Producer |
| Baldwin Li | Producer |
| Compton Ross | Executive Producer |
| Duncan Western | Executive Producer |
| Gregory P. Shockro | Executive Producer |
| Orian Williams | Producer |
| Orion Lee | Executive Producer |
| Phil Hunt | Executive Producer |
| Roger O'Donnell | Executive Producer |
| Tom Harberd | Associate Producer |
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