Director: Michael Winterbottom

Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce

Keywords: Drama, Comedy, Punk Rock, Biography, Cocaine

Biopic centers on Tony Wilson and the explosion of Manchester's punk rock and new wave scene.

ABSTRACT
Tony Wilson, a television presenter in mid-1970s Manchester, England, is inspired to start Factory Records after attending a Sex Pistols concert. Wilson's signing of Joy Division followed by the Happy Mondays starts a creative fire that would ultimately grow into a worldwide explosion for Manchester's punk rock and new wave scene, a story dramatized for the big screen in 24 Hour Party People.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Keith Allen	Actor	2-Jun-1953		Keith Allen Will Burn In Hell
Rob Brydon	Actor	3-May-1965		Keith Barret on Marion and Geoff
Paddy Considine	Actor	5-Sep-1974		Dead Man's Shoes
Steve Coogan	Actor	14-Oct-1965		I'm Alan Partridge
Howard Devoto	Singer	1955		Buzzcocks and Magazine vocalist
Shirley Henderson	Actor	24-Nov-1965		Trainspotting
Simon Pegg	Actor	14-Feb-1970		Shaun of the Dead
Andy Serkis	Actor	20-Apr-1964		Gollum in LOTR trilogy
John Simm	Actor	10-Jul-1970		Life on Mars
Mark E. Smith	Singer/Songwriter	5-Mar-1957		The Fall
Tony Wilson	TV Personality	20-Feb-1950	10-Aug-2007	Founder of Factory Records

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