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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Julien Temple
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Release Date:
18 May 2007 (UK) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
A celebration of Joe Strummer - Before, during and after The Clash
Plot:
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
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Punk Parade
 (From New York Post. 22 November 2008, 9:16 PM, PST)

User Comments:
A massive disappointment more (17 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Strummer (International: English title) (informal short title)
Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (Australia) (poster title)
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Runtime:
USA:123 min (Sundance Film Festival) | UK:124 min
Country:
Ireland | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Features "South Park: Chef Aid (#2.14)" (1998) more
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
A massive disappointment, 7 November 2008
5/10
Author: JLA from Canada

I absolutely love The Clash and, because I liked Temple's film about the Sex Pistols, I had high hopes for this. Like many other people, I found the campfire interviews completely unsatisfying, especially since none of the subjects are identified at all. We hear very little from Mick Jones and not all from Paul Simonon. On the other hand, we are treated to John Cusack and a pirate-costumed Johnny Depp. Matt Dillon shares a fascinating anecdote in which he recounts something a taxi driver once told him about Joe Strummer, and Anthony Kiedis tells us that Joe hired someone who used to drum for him. Gosh! If any of these people knew Joe in a meaningful way, they don't make that clear on screen. Why Bono and not Billy Bragg talking about Joe's political effect on his own music? Perhaps Julien Temple is hopelessly starstruck. The film's only redeeming features were the home movies, photographs, live performances and excerpts from Joe's BBC radio show.

This film is not worthy of the man who inspired it. I will keep my fingers crossed that another filmmaker, one who favours substance over style, will some day make the definitive Joe Strummer documentary.

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