Project Detail

Joy Division

Synopsis

In 1976 four young men from ruined post-industrial Manchester, England went to see the Sex Pistols. They formed a band called Joy Division. It was 'a right laugh'. Three years later it was a matter of art, life and death. Thirty years later they are enjoying a larger audience and more influence than ever before with a profound legacy that resonates fiercely in today’s heavily careerist music industry and over-mediated pop culture. Featuring the unprecedented participation of the surviving band members, this documentary tells their story of beauty and loss in the city.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Running time: 90 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Grant Gee
Producer: Jacqui Edenbrow, Tom Astor, Tom Atencio
Director of Photography: Grant Gee
Principal cast: Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner, Peter Saville, Tony Wilson

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Brown Owl Films/Hudson Productions

3rd Floor
29 - 31 Cowper Street
London EC2A 4AT
UK

T +44 (0)20 7608 7400

Jacqui.edenbrow@brownowlfilms.com

info@brownowlfilms

Sales Company

Endeavor Independent

9601 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
USA

T +1 310 246 3161

mankner@endeavorla.com

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