TELSTAR is the stranger-than-fiction true story of legendary independent record producer Joe Meek. A maverick musical genius, Meek enjoyed phenomenal early success with Telstar the biggest sellin...
TELSTAR is the stranger-than-fiction true story of legendary independent record producer Joe Meek. A maverick musical genius, Meek enjoyed phenomenal early success with Telstar the biggest selling record of its time and the first Brit band single to top the US charts. Named after the first communications satellite which launched in 1962, the unique instrumental single was released later that same year, becoming a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic for Meeks band The Tornados. From a flat on the Holloway Road, Meek went on to create the strange and wonderful recordings that have made him an iconic figure in the world of British pop, until depression, heartbreak and paranoia ultimately led to his dramatic downfall.
Set in the London music scene of the early 1960s, the film boasts an eclectic cast including Kevin Spacey, Ralf Little, James Corden, Pam Ferris and JJ Feild alongside a tour-de-force from Con ONeill in the lead role. They are joined by a host of musicians who appear in cameo roles, including ex-Libertine Carl Barât and former front-man of The Darkness, Justin Hawkins. A number of real-life 60s rockers who once recorded with Meek including Clem Cattini,Jess Conrad, John Leyton and Chas Hodges appear in cameo roles and are themselves portrayed on screen by James Corden, Nigel Harman, Callum Dixon and Ralf Little.
Nick Moran (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) makes his directorial feature debut with TELSTAR for which he also penned the original screenplay with James Hicks. TELSTAR is financed and produced by Simon Jordan following his 2005 production of the West End stage version, for which leading man Con ONeill was nominated for an Olivier Award. TELSTAR features an outstanding period soundtrack including a specially commissioned cover by Duffy of The Cryin Shames Please Stay.
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Does anyone know the name of the song playing in the background towards the end of the trailer, not 'Telstar', but the one after Meek cocks his shotgun?
I've been through puberty, thanks skawashers, and i do go to see 'adult films' at the cinema, although i prefer the adult films i made of me fucking your mother. dick.
Tutting! Fuck me! i didn't know there was tutting! well i am sorry skawasher. tutting changes everything. The certificate is there for a reason, you twat.
the film was made for people to view and enjoy or dislike. Thats the object of making the film to show to others, If they didnt want criticisms. Then it wouldn't be in the cinema Do i have to spell it out anymore or do you need your mummy to help you read the difficult words. When you hit puberty and they let you into the cinema to see adult films maybe you might enjoy it as well. so why dont you just stick to the hoobs
parts of the film are factually incorrect why was John peel in the film John Peel didnt even work for the NME or any Music publication At the time of Joe Meek he would have been doing his national Service then after would have been in America Also at the time of Meek, John Peel was still using his name John Ravenscroft
so was you in the cinema i was in when people was tutting and a few walked out Or am i imagining that you have nothing of great substance to say other than what you already have done.
i saw this other day . And i throughly enjoyed it But one snag i had , A large part of the audience was made up from people who was around when meek was doing his records and each swear word came out on the film i cringed at the thought of how the elderly audience members would take all the swearing. One or two people did walk out in the first hour.
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why was John peel in the film
John Peel didnt even work for the NME or any Music publication
At the time of Joe Meek he would have been doing his national Service then after would have been in America
Also at the time of Meek, John Peel was still using his name John Ravenscroft