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Jun 19, 2009 · Telstar: The Joe Meek Story: Directed by Nick Moran. With Con O'Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris, JJ Feild. A music-infused drama about Joe Meek, the flamboyantly gay, tone deaf, songwriter-producer behind the '60s hits "Have I the Right," "Just Like Eddie," "Johnny, Remember Me" and "Telstar."
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Nick Moran
- 2009-06-19
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story is a 2008 film adaptation of James Hicks' and Nick Moran's play Telstar, about record producer Joe Meek, which opened at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End in June 2005.
Telstar tells the story of The deeply troubled British legendary record producer Joe Meek. Nick Moran approaches the subject of Joe Meek's decent into madness and the events that Lead up to his...
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- Con O'neill
- Nick Moran
- Biography, Drama, Music
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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.
- Nick Moran
- 119 min
- 18
In the early 1960s self-taught electronics whizz Joe Meek amazingly produces a string of home made hit singles from his studio in his flat above a leather shop in London. His biggest success is the instrumental 'Telstar' but accusations of plagiarism delay royalties.
