Directed by:
Michael WinterbottomScreenplay:
Frank Cottrell BoyceCinematography:
Robby MüllerCast:
Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, John Thomson, Lennie James, Paddy Considine, John Simm, Ralf Little, Andy Serkis, Keith Allen, Sean Harris, Enzo Cilenti (more)Plots(1)
What ensues is a comically sordid tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, the birth of world-famous dance club The Hacienda and the music label Factory Records. The film is replete spot-on re-creations of the costumes and characters of the era. Winterbottom shoots in a range if styles from cinema verite to near-slapstick. As Wilson, actor-comedian Steve Coogan is mesmerising as an unreliable narrator, self-confessed 'dope connoisseur' and eccentric entrepeneur. (Madman Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Steve Coogan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273939_e72f31.jpg)
Steve Coogan
UK
Best movies:
Hot Fuzz (2007)
What Maisie Knew (2012)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
![Shirley Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270449_a99b19.jpg)
Shirley Henderson
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
![John Thomson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/925/165925222_2e6c83.jpg)
John Thomson
UK
Best movies:
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Dangerous Lady (1995) (TV movie)
![Lennie James](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/930/162930372_c9924b.jpg)
Lennie James
UK
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
The Next Three Days (2010)
Les Misérables (1998)
![Paddy Considine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/656/166656189_5db9bb.jpg)
Paddy Considine
UK
Best movies:
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Cinderella Man (2005)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
![John Simm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271827_051389.jpg)
John Simm
UK
Best movies:
Human Traffic (1999)
Code of a Killer (2015) (TV movie)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
![Ralf Little](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000393_c9573b.jpg)
Ralf Little
UK
Best movies:
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
![Andy Serkis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/141/166141478_972f72.jpg)
Andy Serkis
UK
Best movies:
![Keith Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267667_b40d24.jpg)
Keith Allen
UK
Best movies:
The Best of Blur (2000) (video compilation)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Others (2001)
![Sean Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455605_1e5076.jpg)
Sean Harris
UK
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
The King (2019)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
![Enzo Cilenti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/910/157910801_8b3dfc.jpg)
Enzo Cilenti
UK
Best movies:
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
![Simon Pegg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/468/162468306_d06c7a.jpg)
Simon Pegg
UK
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
Star Trek (2009)
Ready Player One (2018)
![Kate Magowan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440695_29a984.jpg)
Kate Magowan
UK
Best movies:
Stardust (2007)
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Kieran O'Brien
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Messiah (2001) (TV movie)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
![Christopher Eccleston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341676_ea56c6.jpg)
Christopher Eccleston
UK
Best movies:
The Others (2001)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
E=mc² (2005) (TV movie)
James Cartwright
Best movies:
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Downton Abbey (2019)
Clubbed (2008)
![Rob Brydon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325356_5bf1fd.jpg)
Rob Brydon
UK
Best movies:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
![Sam Riley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/086/169086780_8e2999.jpg)
Sam Riley
UK
Best movies:
Control (2007)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Maleficent (2014)
![Margi Clarke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/280/159280207_8ee5cc.jpg)
Margi Clarke
UK
Best movies:
Pet Shop Boys: Videography (1991) (video compilation)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
![Ron Cook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/387/162387510_5df3a5.png)
Ron Cook
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Chocolat (2000)