Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008, Film, 119 min, Biography, Drama, Music, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 62
Hit after hit... Someone's bound to get hurt.
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.
Directed by Nick Moran
Cast
- Con O'Neill as Joe Meek
- Kevin Spacey as Major Wilfred Banks
- Pam Ferris as Mrs. Violet Shenton
- JJ Feild as Heinz Burt
- James Corden as Clem Cattini
- Tom Burke as Geoff Goddard
- Ralf Little as Chas Hodges
- Sid Mitchell as Patrick Pink
- Mathew Baynton as Ritchie Blackmore
- Shaun Evans as Billy Kuy
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