24 Hour Party People // Get Punk'd

It’s Manchester, 1976. Local TV news reporter Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) is one of forty-two people to witness “the gig that changed the world”, the life-changing Sex Pistols concert that drove Wilson and friends to create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club. Blending real and staged concert footage, comedic asides, and unreliable narration, this fictionalized account of a very real musical revolution chronicles the rise and fall of Joy Division (and beginning of New Order), the dysfunction of Happy Mondays, and the birth of rave culture in the UK.

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'GET PUNK'D' is a monthly series recognizing the obscurity and unruliness of punk subculture. Ranging from low-budget indie flicks to coming-of-age dramas, these films feature a heavy dose of gritty rock 'n' roll soundtracks, DIY methods, and anti-establishment attitudes.

Host or Publisher Stray Cat Film Center