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24 Hour Party People

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Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$2.8M
Language
English
  • rock 'n' roll
  • northern england
  • based on novel or book
  • 1970s
  • nightclub
  • clubbing
  • celebration
  • manchester
  • satirical
  • music

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United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR13 Feb 2002
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1813 Feb 2002
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+20 Mar 2003
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereFestival do Rio BR27 Sept 2002
    • Theatrical6 Jun 2003
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+23 Jan 2003
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical4 Jun 2003
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1811 Jul 2002
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical20 Sept 2002
  • RussiaRU

    • Theatrical (limited)18+16 Oct 2003

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24 Hour Party People was released on 13 February 2002.

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    CinemaSerf

    10/14/2026

    6/10

    I actually met Tony Wilson a few times and found him to be an immensely charismatic and somewhat contradictorily erudite vulgarian who wasn't short of vision either. Sadly the effort here from Steve Coogan, that I felt bordered on mimicry, reminded me more of Jimmy Savile that it did TW and so from fairly early on I found myself a little detached from this otherwise quite entertaining narrative. Luckily, once we have…

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