Teenage Superstars
Synopsis
This new documentary from the creators of 'Big Gold Dream' tells the story of what happened next in the uncompromising world of Scottish indie music. The Vaselines, BMX Bandits, The Pastels, The Soup Dragons, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and Teenage Fanclub all appear. Bursting with new interviews, rare archive, untold stories along with some of the most amazingly difficult, scratchy, noisy, genius pop music ever given to the world. This is Teenage Superstars and you need to watch it
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 107 mins
- Format
- 16mm, Betamax, Canon C300
- Director
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Grant McPhee
- Producer
- Wendy Griffin, Grant McPhee
- Executive Producer
- Mark Thomas, David Harron
- Editor
- Angela Slaven
- Screenwriter
- Angela Slaven
- Director of Photography
- Garry Torrance, Martin Parry
- Production Designer
- n/a
- Sound
- Paul Hartmann, Douglas Fairgrieve
- Composer
- Soup Dragons, The Vaselines, Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits, The Pastels, Jesus and Mary Chain
- Principal cast
- Kim Deal, Thurston Moore, Eugene Kelly, Sean Dixon, Norman Blake, Duglas T Stewart
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A BBC Scotland, Creative Scotland, Year Zero Filmmaking, Tartan Features production
Grant McPhee
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