24 Hour Party People

About 24 Hour Party People

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark.

Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People is a 2002 comedy music film. Steve Coogan appears as Tony Wilson, Lennie James as Alan, Paddy Considine as Rob, and Shirley Henderson as Lindsay.

Released in February 2002, it runs 117 minutes. Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Production companies include Baby Cow Productions and Revolution Films. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under rock 'n' roll, nightclub, satirical, and celebration. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Criterion Channel in the United States. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 541 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Carlito's Way, The Runaways, and The Damned United make useful companions to 24 Hour Party People, all filed under 1970s.