Released:
2002-02-13

Overview:
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.

Director:
Michael Winterbottom

Runtime:
1h 57min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Steve Coogan
  as
  Tony Wilson
• 
  Paddy Considine
  as
  Rob Gretton
• 
  Sean Harris
  as
  Ian Curtis
• 
  Lennie James
  as
  Alan Erasmus
• 
  Shirley Henderson
  as
  Lindsay Wilson