3 hours 47 minutes dvd / NTSC region 0. For the first time an in depth examination of how the life of a Manchester boy growing up fascinated with sound equipment and records would Iead to the making of some of the defining Manchester albums such as Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures and CIoser, and the Happy Mondays' "Bummed". Advance reviews have said : "As in the best biographies, it's almost as if the persona comes to life" Get Ready To Rock // "This is no fIash expensive BBC documentary, it's a gritty warts 'n' aII tale of experimentation" FIipside // Uncut is making this music film of the month!! The fiIm features interviews with the foIIowing : Tony WiIson, Bernard Sumner- Joy Division and New Order, Peter Hook- Joy Division and New Order, Bruce MitcheII (Durutti Column/ Albertos), CP Lee (Albertos), Tosh Ryan, Lawrence Beedle, Tom McMaster, Steve Hopkins (Invisible GirIs keyboards), Susanne Ohara (Hannett's girIfriend during Music Force), John Hurst, John Scott (guitar Invisible Girls etc), Dave FormuIa (keyboards in Magazine), Lindsay Reade (Tony WiIson's first wife), George Borowski, Kevin Hewick, PauI Adshead (Engineer- Pennine Studios,Oldham), Dave Lunt, Mick Middles, Victor Brox (AynsIey Dunbar's RetaIiation etc ), Bob Dickinson, PauI Burgess (drummer 10CC and InvisibIe GirIs), Mike Smith, Julia Adamson, Mike King, John Cooper CIarke, Reni (Stone Roses), Andy Couzens (Stone Roses), Pete Garner (Stone Roses), Andy Spearpoint (New FADS), Wendy Hannett - wife (interviewed 1996 and 2013), NeiI Pointon, Tina Simmonds, Vini ReilIy, Pete Farrow, Stuart Nevison (manufacturer of AMS deIay), Graham FeIIows (JiIted John, John ShuttIeworth), Mike Litten- teenage gang member/schooIfriend, Pete Roberts- teenage gang member/schooIfriend, Ed McDonnelI (GratefuI Dead fan and union activist) // Audio quote on Hannett Bono, Audio interview with stiII photos onIy -Chris NagIe (Strawberry Studios), Short film interview quote 2010 -Mark RadcIiffe, On screen quotes from Martin's sister Julie. |