24 Hour Party People DVD Report

AKA: Twenty Four Hour Party People - Print: Good - Sound: Good - Label: Pathe - Year: 2002 - Cover: OK - Format: 1.71:1 - Length: 1h52m/1h49m - Before: On DVD - Again: Yes - Price: £1.50 - Rating: 7.5/10.

24 Hour Party People is a witty and compelling portrait of the nineties Manchester music scene, viewed through the eyes of Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan), a young Cambridge graduate and Granada TV presenter, who was inspired by the Sex Pistols first Manchester gig, to found Factory Records and the Hacienda night-club. He signs Joy Division and Happy Mondays, who became seminal artists of their time, whilst the club transforms Manchester, a declining industrial city, into Mad-chester, the place to be.

All this is built on Wilsons anarchic business philosophy; no contracts, just passion and music, and if the bands don't like it, they are free to leave. But no-one leaves, and with debts and drug use rocketing, things get completely out of hand. The movie includes cameos by many of the original artists and a soundtrack of hits from the bands too!

24 Hour Party People is a great movie, and I thoroughly recommend this to all!

Here is the trailer...