24 Hour Party People Page #3

Synopsis: Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. 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 - a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70's to the early 90's, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be.
  1 win & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
85
R
Year:
2002
117 min
1,813 Views


Don.

What kind of music

are you gonna be bringing in?

-Sort of New Wave.

-Kind of indie.

-Indian?

-No, indie.

Don't want any of that ska. I don't Iike that ska.

Okay.

Don't want that. A notion

I'II Ieave you with is heavy metaI.

Get one of them bands.

They drink Iike the f***ing Queen Mother.

Right.

-Leave you with that.

-Nice car, Don.

She's thirsty.

See you, Don.

-I think the name thing went okay.

-He heard you that time.

I was gonna be a Don.

I was gonna be a VirgiI

tiII me mum Iost her bottIe at the Iast minute.

-He means he was gonna be a don.

-I went to Cambridge.

What about a name for the cIub?

CaII it ''Factory.''

-I Iike that. It's a bit Andy WarhoI.

-It's a bit L.S. Lowry.

I just saw a sign on the waII, said,

''Factory CIosing''...

...and I thought, we can have one going,

''Factory Opening.'' Reverse the trend.

MaI, when you come down to me, can you

make sure you just get a gIimpse of my boot?

If it's on-screen I get a cIothing aIIowance.

No probIem.

That is The CIash. This was So it Goes.

And, as it goes, so it went. It's aII over.

If you want to hear good music now,

you'II have to get off the couch.

Go down to the Factory night

at the RusseII CIub, every Friday.

Go forth and preach the gospeI. Good night.

There's quite a few. If they've started

Ietting them in, then that's a good crowd.

-F***ing c*nt.

-Wanker.

-That's originaI.

-Like your hair.

-F*** you.

-Why does he Iet peopIe taIk to him Iike that?

He doesn't care what they say,

as Iong as they're taIking about him.

You know that, AIan.

-Someone who Iikes me.

-I Iove you. Sign this for me?

-What's your name?

-John.

-HeIIo, Mark.

-Hi. AII right?

I reaIIy miss your program,

so, I thought to get it back on teIIy.

-I've spoken to--

-He don't want it to come back.

He wants it to be gone forever,

so it can become a Iegend. Don't you?

There is a man with a grasp of semiotics.

There's your answer.

-Can I get you haIf a Iager?

-You can get me a pint.

Right, okay. Fine.

WiIson, you f***ing c*nt!

That's originaI.

Your drink's coming.

-Is he a friend of yours?

-He's our singer.

How are you, Steve?

Hi. Tony WiIson. PIeased to meet you.

Is he gonna hit me?

-You're quite cIose to me there.

-I know. I wanna be.

-Why?

-Because you're a c*nt, mate.

I know, I heard you the first time.

You got to stop him singing.

It's avant-garde. You wouIdn't understand it.

He's very poor.

-It's provocative.

-ProvocativeIy poor.

AppaIIingIy poor.

They're not caIIing you the new George Epstein,

you know.

-It's Brian Epstein.

-George Epstein, BeatIes' manager.

-That's Brian Epstein, d*ckhead.

-George Epstein.

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