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 Closer, and the Happy Mondays' "Bummed". Advance reviews have said : "As in the best biographies, it's almost as if the persona comes to Iife" Get Ready To Rock // "This is no flash expensive BBC documentary, it's a gritty warts 'n' alI taIe of experimentation" Flipside // Uncut is making this music fiIm of the month!! The fiIm features interviews with the folIowing : Tony Wilson, 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 BeedIe, Tom McMaster, Steve Hopkins (Invisible GirIs keyboards), Susanne Ohara (Hannett's girIfriend during Music Force), John Hurst, John Scott (guitar Invisible Girls etc), Dave Formula (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 (Aynsley 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 (Jilted 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 only -Chris NagIe (Strawberry Studios), Short film interview quote 2010 -Mark Radcliffe, On screen quotes from Martin's sister Julie. |