The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek (1991)
Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and a career, often controversial, which spanned the period from the mid-50s to the rise of the Beatles in the 60s. At the end of his life he was suffering from paranoid delusions that people were watching him through walls. Alan Lewens' film charts an Ortonesque tale of post-war Britain.
- Released
- 1991-02-08
- Genres
- Music, Documentary, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alan Lewens
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Joe Meek as Himself (archive footage)
- Pete Murray as Narrator
- Lonnie Donegan as Himself
- Andrew Crawford as Newsreader (voice)
- George Bellamy as Himself (with The Tornados) (archive footage)
- June Barrie as Joe Meek's Mother (voice)
- Heinz Burt as Himself
- Chad Carson as Himself
- Clem Cattini as Himself
- Geoff Goddard as Himself
- Tony Grinham as Himself
- Adrian Kerridge as Himself
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