24 Hour Party People | Vivid LIVE Film

Michael Winterbottom's iconoclastic drama-comedy charts the course of Manchester's music scene from the 1970s to early 1990s, fronted by a gleefully anarchic performance by Steve Coogan.

Manchester, 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, a Granada TV Presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, and proceed to sign a number of bands destined to be some of the most influential artists of their time. First, Joy Division, who go on to become New Order; then come the Happy Mondays.

What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda. Vividly depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70s to the early 90s, 24 Hour Party People documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place to be.

Classification MA15+ | United Kingdom l 2002 l English l Musical/Comedy