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Carl and Pete to set reunion date
thesun.co.uk –
2009-07-09
BABYSHAMBLES frontman Pete has made no secret of his desire for his old band to reform. And Carl says the pair have been discussing plans at length over the phone in recent weeks. ... Full Article
Nick Moran lived on Telstar set
msn.com –
2009-06-22
Nick Moran saved time while shooting his directorial debut Telstar by living in the studio's car park. The film is about the life of rock legend Joe Meek and - while exterior shots of where he lived were filmed on... ... Full Article
Telstar was '11 years in making'
bbc.co.uk –
2009-06-19
Probably best known for playing Anthony Royle in The Royle Family, Ralf Little's latest role is in Telstar. The film also stars Kevin Spacey, musicians Carl Barat and Justin Hawkins, is directed by Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels actor... ... Full Article
Nick Moran's lively film, based on his successful West End musical play, lives up to its description as the stranger-than-fiction story of Joe Meek, the independent record producer who wrote and recorded Telstar in the early Sixties, which became the... ... Full Article
Ralf Little: Telstar set rocked
msn.com –
2009-06-18
Ralf Little has told how the cast of new film Telstar really rocked on and off camera while making the movie. The Two Pints Of Lager star plays a young Chaz Hodges of Chaz And Dave fame in Nick Moran's... ... Full Article
In memory of music producer Joe Meek, who recorded countless hit singles in the upstairs flat at No304, including Telstar by the Tornados in 1962 (the first single by a British band to top the US charts), it's a distinctly... ... Full Article
Equal parts visionary and psychopath, Joe Meek is British pop's darkest secret. Meek was many things ?- he revolutionised the way pop sounded at the start of the 1960s, composing and producing huge hits - yet his volatile, paranoid nature... ... Full Article
I remember the first time I heard about Joe Meek , the mad scientist behind early '60s novelty hit "Telstar" . Appropriately, it was in my best friend's kitchen-turned-recording studio, and the lurid tale of drug addiction , murder/suicide ,... ... Full Article
International sales and film finance house, Intandem Films, is to handle worldwide sales for The Kid , an adaptation of the novel by Kevin Lewis. ... Full Article
Rotterdam boasts 43 world premieres
screendaily.com –
2009-01-11
The line-up includes a strong showing from Eastern Europe with Andrei Khrzhanovsky's Room AndA Half and Alexei Balabanov's Morphia and Armenian director Harutyun Khachatryan's Border . ... Full Article