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Release Date:
18 May 2007 (UK) more
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A celebration of Joe Strummer - Before, during and after The Clash
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As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death... more | add synopsis
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1 win & 2 nominations more
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(2 articles)
Sex Pistols and Joe Strummer Documentarian Julien Temple to Dramatize History of The Kinks
 (From Slash Film. 2 December 2009, 11:02 AM, PST)

Punk Parade
 (From New York Post. 22 November 2008, 9:16 PM, PST)

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Don't Miss This Intensely Moving Film – The Spirit and Essence Of An Interesting and Inspiring Subject, Brilliantly Captured. more (17 total)

Cast

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Brigitte Bardot ... Herself (archive footage)

Bono ... Himself

Steve Buscemi ... Himself
Terry Chimes ... Himself
John Cooper Clarke ... Himself

John Cusack ... Himself

Peter Cushing ... Winston Smith (archive footage)

Johnny Depp ... Himself

Matt Dillon ... Himself
Tymon Dogg ... Himself
Joe Ely ... Himself
Dick Evans ... Himself
Flea ... Himself
Alasdair Gillis ... Himself
Ian Gillis ... Himself
Topper Headon ... Himself

Mick Jagger ... Himself (archive footage)

Jim Jarmusch ... Himself
Mick Jones ... Himself
Steve Jones ... Himself
Anthony Kiedis ... Himself
Don Letts ... Himself
Bernie Rhodes ... Himself
David Lee Roth ... Himself (archive footage)
Joe Strummer ... Himself (archive footage)
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Strummer (International: English title) (informal short title)
Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (Australia) (poster title)
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USA:123 min (Sundance Film Festival) | UK:124 min
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9 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Don't Miss This Intensely Moving Film – The Spirit and Essence Of An Interesting and Inspiring Subject, Brilliantly Captured., 19 September 2007
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Author: jimmccool from woking

This is a film which will be essential to those of us who found their own lives inspired and enriched by the works and legend of Joe Strummer. However, The Future Is Unwritten proves itself more than just a music biography, by being a crystal clear platform for Joe Strummer's heartfelt (though often contradictory) humanist views, by being outstanding as a creative work in its own right, and by demonstrating just how good, and how engaging, a well made documentary can be.

Julien Temple's film had me weeping (frequently), laughing aloud and made me feel at times like I was running back through my own, damaged and painful, memory tapes. Tender, intense and intimate, the film is cleverly held together by the campfire 'motto' - which adds to the intimacy and is perfect for this squat-hippy-punk history.

Best music film of all time? I can only think of that long-ago BBC2 Arena doc on Jerry Lee Lewis to rival it. This film really is THAT good. Thanks, Julien Temple. You done the world and Joe's memory a very good thing.

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