24 Hour Party People (2002) on Netflix
R20021h 57mBiographyComedyDrama
In 1976 Tony Wilson, a Granada Television presenter, sees the Sex Pistols play Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall. He puts on punk nights and founds Factory Records, signing Joy Division.
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Tony Wilson is a presenter for Granada Television in Manchester. In 1976 he sees the Sex Pistols play the Lesser Free Trade Hall, and though only forty-two people attend, he treats the night as the start of something for the city's music. He stages punk shows at a Manchester club, where Joy Division play with Ian Curtis on vocals. With his partners he forms Factory Records and signs the band first, with Martin Hannett as producer.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 24 Hour Party People (2002)
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- In one scene the film shows one-time Buzzcocks member Howard Devoto, played by Martin Hancock, having sex with Wilson's first wife in the toilets of a club; the real Devoto, an extra in the scene, turns to the camera and says, "I definitely don't remember this happening".
- The real Haçienda nightclub had been demolished and replaced with luxury flats in 2002, so production designer Mark Tildesley had its interior rebuilt to exact proportions in a Manchester warehouse; to get the atmosphere it needed, the production ran it as a real nightclub for a couple of nights, with New Order working the DJ booth.
- The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, competing against other films the same year, including About Schmidt and The Pianist.
