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  • From: Bob Wall <bob.wall AT earthlink.net>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: 24 hr. Party People!!
  • Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 04:02:45 GMT

...well, it's kind of been out for a while.....



My friend Phil said, wrote:
> This is really REALLY embarrassing, having to reply to my own post.
> Come on people.
> Well, I guess none of you "very into the music scene" have yet seen
> "24hr Party People"?? Oh... when you do? you'll be repling?? Ok.
> But I doubt you'll find this number at your local rental??...and I'm
> not sure I can wait until you get your copy from amazon, (because
> sometimes it takes along time to arrive) then view it, then, take some
> time to mull it over, then reply?? By THEN I will have already
> received my copy from amazon ($7.59 used) and well... have watched it
> at least several more times, bringing my total viewing to something
> like 6 complete viewings. So yes, I will be ready to discuss how
> totally entertaining Coogan was and How good the "faux" punk numbers
> were, some of them, especially the guy with Turrets syndrome who hangs
> himself after he gets his big break(a chance to tour his band in the
> USA)??? This movie would make ANYONE want to go out and start a big
> club immediately, and all the other things that go with that...sex
> drugs raving mosh pit sex to the big loud weird rocking sound. Oh my
> god, after all this raving about moral values from the right...then
> all the horrors?? I'm just about ripe for a freak'n good party MAN!!!
>
> philipayers AT yahoo.com (My friend Phil said,) wrote in message
> news:<a641877f.0411171829.21fa0064 AT posting.google.com>...
>
>>really reeely good, people! I thought to myself, "i never saw noth'n
>>'bout 24hrPartyPeople?? You will reeelly dig this, baby. Coogan is
>>fantastic and guys, you'll love the history lesson. (have no idea if
>>it's true?? but the whole thing, somehow, don't know exactly how,
>>rocks!)
>>
>>"Director Michael Winterbottom's new film (2003), "24 Hour Party
>>People," is a fictionalized tale of a real time in music history.
>>From 1976 to 1992, Manchester, England was the epicenter of one of the
>>hottest post-punk scenes in the world, and Tony Wilson, a TV
>>journalist turned record label owner and music promoter, was a major
>>player. In "24 Hour Party People," Wilson is played by British
>>comedian Steve Coogan."
>>
>>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007BK2N/ref=ase_zboneman03-20/104-9480477-0024703?v=glance&s=dvd




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