When Harvey Met Bob (2010)

Directed by

Nicholas Renton

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1985, musician Bob Geldof and concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith work together to put on the massive Live Aid concert for famine relief. The film shows their clash of temperaments as they race against time to make the event happen.

energeticbittersweeturgentfocusednostalgictenseinspiring

What happens

When Harvey Met Bob is a 2010 television film, written by Joe Dunlop, dramatising the relationship between musician Bob Geldof and concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith as they organize the massive fundraising concert Live Aid in 1985. Directed by Nicholas Renton, the film stars Domhnall Gleeson as Geldof and Ian Hart as Goldsmith. The film was first broadcast on 26 December 2010 on BBC Four and later in Sweden the following year. Critics praised Gleeson's performance as Geldof, but wrote that Geldof's mixed motives and the true toughness of Goldsmith were insufficiently explored. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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