
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
- Hit after hit... Someone's bound to get hurt.
- 2008-06-19
- Drama, Music
- Tom Burke, Con O'Neill, Jack Roth, Gary Whelan, Justin Hawkins, Jess Conrad, Michael Sarne, Callum Dixon, Joan Hodges, Nigel Harman, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Ralf Little, Kevin Spacey, James Corden, Pam Ferris, Craig Vye, Jimmy Carr, Shaun Evans, Rita Tushingham, Marcus Brigstocke, JJ Feild, Mathew Baynton, Joseph Millson, Pandora Clifford, John Leyton, Chas Hodges, Sid Mitchell, Jon Lee, Tom Harper, Carl Barât, Jake Arnott, Che Deedigan
- 1 h. 59 min.
- 5.6/10
- 31
- United Kingdom
- Aspiration Films
Overview:
Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar – the biggest selling record of it's time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall.