Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
Hit after hit... Someone's bound to get hurt.
119 min
Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar – the biggest selling record of it's time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall.
- Release date
- June 19, 2008
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- Ilan Eshkeri
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Trailer
Cast
- Con O'Neill as Joe Meek
- Kevin Spacey as Major Wilfred Banks
- Pam Ferris as Mrs. Violet Shenton
- JJ Feild as Heinz Burt
- James Corden as Clem Cattini
- Tom Burke as Geoff Goddard
- Mathew Baynton as Ritchie Blackmore
- Shaun Evans as Billy Kuy
- Ralf Little as Chas Hodges
- Callum Dixon as John Leyton
- Sid Mitchell as Patrick Pink
- Justin Hawkins as Screaming Lord Sutch
- Jess Conrad as Larry Parnes
- Carl Barât as Gene Vincent
- Rita Tushingham as Medium
- Craig Vye as Mitch Mitchell
- Tom Harper as Alan Caddy
- Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Teddy Boy
- Pandora Clifford as Her Royal Highness
- John Leyton as Sir Edward
- Marcus Brigstocke as Alan Blaikley
- Joan Hodges as Biddy Meek
- Michael Sarne as Backstage Manager
- Joseph Millson as Doctor
- Gary Whelan as Detective
- Jake Arnott as Board of Trade Man
- Jack Roth as Youth
- Jon Lee as Billy Fury
Crew
- Nick Moran · Director
- Nick Moran · Writer
- James Hicks · Writer
- Adam Bohling · Producer
- Simon Jordan · Producer
- David Reid · Producer
- Ilan Eshkeri · Composer
- Peter Wignall · Cinematographer
- Alex Marsh · Editor
- Kate Plantin · Casting director
- Russell De Rozario · Production designer