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Five teenage friends will stop at nothing to attend a concert by their favourite band, The Stone Roses.Five teenage friends will stop at nothing to attend a concert by their favourite band, The Stone Roses.Five teenage friends will stop at nothing to attend a concert by their favourite band, The Stone Roses.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Robert James-Collier
- Mr Milligan
- (as Rob James Collier)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe actual concert with The Stone Roses was held on May 27, 1990.
- GoofsWhen Ibiza Ste is selecting a song to play on the jukebox, one of the options is "Ten Storey Love Song" by The Stone Roses. This song was released in 1995, but the film is set in 1990, 3 days before the Spike Island gig.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Making of Spike Island (2013)
- SoundtracksShe Bangs the Drums
Written by Ian Brown & John Squire
Performed by The Stone Roses
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Another great British film...
The UK is good at this...creating great cinema. Some of the drivel Hollywood is churning out at the moment (constant re-boots because they have frankly run out of ideas), makes you realise how good the UK film industry is at this game. I enjoyed this film immensely. One reason- I remember the time and music-I was 25 when this film was set, and I remember the big furore around The Stone Roses. I didn't fall for it myself at the time. I was (and still am) a big fan of New Order, and they for me were the greatest Manchester band, but fair play to the fans of the Roses, everyone likes different things. The film is a bright, very watchable, and at times funny experience, each character played very well. The film doesn't always follow the rules of predictability-I won't spoil it, but certain aspects could have turned out differently, but the writers didn't go down that route, and I found it better for it. All in all, if you like The Stone Roses it's a no brainer-see this film. Music fan? See this film. Great soundtrack too. 8/10.
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- dash-wortley
- Oct 18, 2014
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- Gross worldwide
- $157,036
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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