24 Hour Party People
Year: | 2002 |
Director: | Michael Winterbottom |
Cast: | Steve Coogan, John Simm |
It follows Wilson's (Coogan) struggle to run an independent record label (Factory, with the likes of Joy Division on board) and run a club to showcase them (the Hacienda, which unwittingly became the seat of the drug and rave scene).
Very funny, with some interesting flourishes - Wilson's talking is snappy ('I'm being post-modern, before it was fashionable') and at times hilariously out of left field (pointing out real people from the events depicted in cameos, at one point he explains how a scene featuring one of them was cut that it would probably end up on the DVD).
A cult appeal ensured its success, and the script and execution made sure it lived up to that appeal well.