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Description: 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.

Cast:
Tony Wilson: Steve Coogan
Charles: John Thomson
Paul Ryder: Paul Popplewell
Alan Erasmus: Lennie James
Lindsay: Shirley Henderson
Johnny Rotten: Mark Windows
Rob Gretton: Paddy Considine
Vini: Raymond Waring
Derek Ryder: Ron Cook
Bernard Sumner: John Simm
Shaun Ryder: Danny Cunningham
John the Postman: Dave Gorman
Hooky (Peter Hook): Ralf Little
Martin Hannett: Andy Serkis
Actor at Granada: Nigel Pivaro
Howard Devoto: Martin Hancock
Don Tonay: Peter Kay
Punter: Mark E. Smith
Twitchy Girl: Naomi Radcliffe
Ian Curtis: Sean Harris
Steve: Tim Horrocks
Ryan Letts: Rob Brydon
Cleaner: Howard Devoto
Sadie: Collette Cooper
Other Girl in Nosh Van: Tracy Cunliffe
Peter Saville: Enzo Cilenti
Jez: Duncan Whitworth
Simon (as Michael Mitchell Jnr.): Michael Mitchell Jr.
Assistant: Claire Lever
Aspiring Singer: Neil Bell
Goth: Aidan Cross
Journalist: Simon Pegg
Ian's Gran: Elizabeth Kelly
Mike Pickering: Darren Tighe
Bez: Chris Coghill
Gillian: Anna Tyborczyk
Farmer: Peter Gunn
Mark: Dan Hope
Gaz: Nick Clarke
Actor in Corridor: Margi Clarke
Railway Guard: Smug Roberts
2nd Railway Guard: Clint Boon
Sir Keith Joseph: Toby Salaman
Bailey Brother: Conrad Murray
Chris Nagle: Martin Coogan
Self (as Rowetta): Rowetta Satchell
Nathan (as Keiran O'Brien): Kieran O'Brien
Yvette: Kate Magowan
Pel: Paul Ryder
Doorman Sam: Roger Kennedy
Little Pel: Sean Cernow
Cloakroom Girl: Fiona Allen
Hilary: Helen Schlesinger
Oliver: Joshua McNicholas
Studio Director (as Anthony H. Wilson): Tony Wilson
Roger Ames: Keith Allen
Wise Guy (as Mr. A. Bowser): A. Bowser
Wise Guy:
Glen Matlock: Simon Ding Archer
Football Thug: Daniel Lestuzzi
Zookeeper: Kenny Baker
Sex Pistols Fan: Michael Biggam
Self - The Stranglers: Jean-Jacques Burnel
Partygoer: Richard Price
Boethius: Christopher Eccleston
Themselves (archive footage): Simply Red
Self (archive footage): Siouxsie Sioux
Man at Sex Pistols Gig: Sean McKenzie
Hacienda Doorman: Steve McTigue
Self: Terri Seymour
Football Hooligan: Solodeep
Skinhead / Hacienda Doorman: Paul Swan
Self - The Jam (archive footage): Paul Weller
Sound Engineer:

Written by: Frank Cottrell Boyce (screenplay)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Production: The Film Consortium, Baby Cow Productions, UK Film Council, Revolution Films, United Artists, Film4 Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date: 20 Sep 2002