Movie: 24 Hour Party People (2002)

• Director: Michael Winterbottom
• Release Date: 5 April 2002 (UK)
• Run Time: 117 min
• Country: UK
• Genre: Biography , Comedy , Drama , Music  
• MPAA: Rated R for strong language, drug use and sexuality.

Tagline: The unbelievably true story of one man, one movement, the music and madness that was Manchester.

Trivia: In 2003, Tony Wilson wrote a novelization titled “24 Hour Party People: What the Sleeve Notes Never Tell You” based on the screenplay for the film.
 

Goofs: Factual errors: According to Tony Wilson on the DVD commentary, there were never any gold discs in the Factory office. Wilson objected but by this stage it was too late to remove them due to continuity problems.
 

“Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda – a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70′s to the early 90′s, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be. Written by IGB”