Tony Wilson Movies
- 2002
24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People6.8942002HD
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a...
- 2007
Control
Control7.52007HD
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour...
- 2005
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story6.1722005HD
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and...
- 2015
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World8.72015HD
Documentary that outlines the 1990s and the decade the changed the world.
- 2009
Joy Division
Joy Division7.72009HD
A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.
- 1976
Occupy!
Occupy!01976HD
Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company, feature in this potent reportage/dramatisation...
- 2006
Manchester Passion
Manchester Passion02006HD
The Manchester Passion is a passion play about the last hours of Jesus, retold using a backdrop of the contemporary music of Manchester, England. The...
- 1993
New Order Story
New Order Story6.81993HD
Rising from the ashes of the legendary British post-punk unit Joy Division, the enigmatic New Order triumphed over tragedy to emerge as one of the...
- 2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché6.42021HD
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate...
- 1973
Music Maker: Rory Gallagher
Music Maker: Rory Gallagher01973HD
Director Bill Keating built a programme around following Rory through a day of his short 1972 Irish tour. At the center of the programme is a...
- 2018
New Order: Decades
New Order: Decades6.62018HD
Part concert, part documentary, this film follows the band’s preparations in the re-staging of their acclaimed collaboration So It Goes.. with...
- 1993
The Frontline
The Frontline51993HD
Upon his release from a mental hospital, James re-kindles his relationship with pirate DJ Marion, helping her kick her nasty heroin addiction....
- 2007
Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays
Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays7.72007HD
Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Factory. Started by the late Tony Wilson, Alan...
- 2005
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith5.62005HD
A 1-hour Documentary looking at the Manchester post-punk group and its infamous leader Mark E Smith. The Film follows the current band recording...
- 2006
The Summer of Rave, 1989
The Summer of Rave, 19897.52006HD
In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands...
- 2011
Funny Up North
Funny Up North62011HD
Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more....
- 1986
The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato
The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato01986HD
The acclaimed live concert film by Manchester ensemble The Durutti Column, recorded in Tokyo in April 1985. Domo Arigato followed on the heels of...
- 1984
Factory: Play at Home
Factory: Play at Home01984HD
An examination into Factory Records. The members of New Order interview founders Tony Wilson and Martin Hannett, who speak on the philosophical and...
- 2010
Ian Dury: Rare And Unseen
Ian Dury: Rare And Unseen72010HD
Here is the movie for all the Clever Trevors and Billericay Dickies out there! A stunning and truly 'Rare and Unseen' look back at Ian Dury, poet,...
- 2008
The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead - A Classic Album Under Review
The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead - A Classic Album Under Review02008HD
Showing for the first time how it all came together and what made it so great, the film is all at once hugely enlightening, downright entertaining,...