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• Documentary
• Drama

• 2012
• Lisa Barros D'Sa
• 98 mins
• 15

Summary

Comedy drama based on the true story, starring Richard Dormer and Jodie Whittaker. Belfast in the 1970s: as the Troubles continue to escalate, idealistic DJ Terri Hooley decides to open a new record shop, Good Vibrations, to bring reggae music to the city and encourage peace. But, instead he discovers punk rock and becomes a record producer to promote the new musical genre.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Damon Wise

The sectarian struggles of Northern Ireland in the late 1970s would seem an unlikely backdrop for a feel-good comedy drama, but this storming biopic of Belfast music promoter Terri Hooley is an exciting reminder of the prevailing power of rock. Hooley (Richard Dormer) is a small-time DJ who launches a record shop on a wing and a prayer, branching out into record production when unsigned local bands start pouring through his door. None - save the Undertones, whose song Teenage Kicks was a flagship release for Hooley's Good Vibrations label in 1978 - ever really dented the charts, but this unruly, charming film isn't so much bothered with Hooley's success on a grand scale as it is with the way he reinvigorated a city at war with itself. With Hooley as Pied Piper, the film shows how the city's music fans did everything the politicians couldn't, coming together - all faiths and backgrounds - to beat an unlikely, beer-sodden path for the peace process to follow.

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7.2/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameTerri HooleyRichard DormerRuthJodie WhittakerDaveMichael ColganGeorgeKarl JohnsonDavyLiam CunninghamAndyAdrian DunbarPatDylan MoranYoung Terri HooleyCathal Maguire

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rolenameDirectorLisa Barros D'SaDirectorGlenn Leyburn

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Theatrical distributor

The Works

Released on

2013-03-29

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, drug abuse

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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