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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 70s to the early 90s, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be.
A semi-fictional account of approximately sixteen years in the Manchester alternative music scene from 1976 is presented. The story is largely from the perspective of , who, along with other characters in the story and , who portrays Wilson, occasionally break the fourth wall in telling the story. As it is happening, Wilson, an on-air presenter for Granada television, believes that concert at the Lesser Free Trade Hall should be a seminal moment in the Manchester music scene, despite there being only an unenthusiastic audience of forty-two in a venue holding several times that amount. Without highly visible outlets for punk and other alternative musical acts in Britain, Wilson and his partners go about creating such outlets. They include, in chronological order: a television program, , hosted by Wilson himself; a record label, Factory Records, which would sign at its core , who would transition into becoming , and ; and a live music venue, the Haçienda, which would feature primarily Factorys stable of talent. But Wilson wanted the experiment as he calls it to be more about the end product than the business which would keep him true to his vision. That focus, for good or bad, could be the experiments ultimate downfall. Interrelated to the success or failure of the experiment is Wilsons slight narcissism - his name which he believes should be sufficient to get things done - and his personal relationships with what would be his two wives.
Steve Coogan
Tony Wilson
Lennie James
Alan Erasmus
John Thomson
Charles
Nigel Pivaro
Actor at Granada
Shirley Henderson
Lindsay
Martin Hancock
Howard Devoto
Mark Windows
Johnny Rotten
Paddy Considine
Rob Gretton
John Simm
Bernard Sumner
Ralf Little
Hooky (Peter Hook)
Dave Gorman
John the Postman
Andy Serkis
Martin Hannett
Danny Cunningham
Shaun Ryder
Paul Popplewell
Paul Ryder
Ron Cook
Derek Ryder
Raymond Waring
Vini
Peter Kay
Don Tonay
Mark E. Smith
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