Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)

Directed by

Nick Moran

Genre

drama film, biographical film, docudrama, musical film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film tells the story of Joe Meek, an eccentric British record producer in the 1960s who pioneered pop music recording techniques. It focuses on his creative genius and his personal struggles as a gay man in a repressive era, leading to his professional decline and tragic end.

tensemelancholicbiographicaltragicvisually lushmid-tempounsettlingintimateperiod

What happens

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. The film is directed by Moran and stars Con O'Neill, who also played Joe Meek in the original play, while Kevin Spacey plays Meek's business partner, Major Wilfred Banks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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