Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

• DirectorMichael Winterbottom
• Release13 February 2002
• Genre
  Comedy / Drama
• Duration1h 57m
• Budget?
• Revenue$2,802,899
• Rate
  

  6.954
  468 reviews
• Productions

  The Film Consortium, United Artists, Film4 Productions, Revolution Films, Baby Cow Productions