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The Alcohol Years

Synopsis

The Alcohol Years is Carol Morley's personal odyssey of rediscovery through the people that once populated her alcohol fueled life in Manchester between 1982 and 1987. These years span the opening of the Hacienda night club to the 'tenth summer', a ten year anniversary of punk.

Details

Year
2000
Type of film
Features
Running time
50 mins
Format
16mm Kodak
Director
Carol Morley
Producer
Cairo Cannon
Editor
Maggie Choyce
Director of Photography
Peter Bathurst
Composer
Russell Churney
Principal cast
Stella Grundy, Debby Turner, Vini Reilly, Alan Wise, Dave Haslam

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Fiction Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Cannon and Morley Productions

53 Parfett Street
London E1 1JR
UK

T +44 (0)20 7247 0664

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