Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

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In the early 1960s self-taught electronics whizz Joe Meek amazingly produces a string of home made hit singles from his studio in his flat above a leather shop in London. His biggest success is the instrumental 'Telstar' but accusations of plagiarism delay royalties. Joe's mercurial temper causes his artists to forsake him for other labels, in particular his young lover Heinz Burt. Now in debt and after unwisely parting from his chief financier Major Banks, Joe finds himself ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Telstar: The Joe Meek Story:

Con O'Neill
Kevin Spacey
Pam Ferris
JJ Feild
James Corden
Tom Burke

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In the early 1960s self-taught electronics whizz Joe Meek amazingly produces a string of home made hit singles from his studio in his flat above a leather shop in London. His biggest success is the instrumental 'Telstar' but accusations of plagiarism delay royalties. Joe's mercurial temper causes his artists to forsake him for other labels, in particular his young lover Heinz Burt. Now in debt and after unwisely parting from his chief financier Major Banks, Joe finds himself unable to control his life. Increasingly paranoid, believing he is being bugged by rival record companies and that everybody is out to get him, the last straw comes when landlady Violet tells him she is selling the building in which he lives. Joe had once confiscated a shotgun from Heinz. Now it is dangerously close at hand and about to end the Joe Meek story.

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Little White Lies - 8/10 by Kingsley MarshallO'Neill's performance is spellbinding, with Moran commendably allowing the actor the necessary time and space on the screen to believably cast his darkness upon those around him.
ViewLondon - 8/10 by Matthew TurnerAn entertaining, energetic and frequently offbeat biopic with a superb cast and a terrific central performance.
News of the World - 8/10 by Robbie CollinIt took Nick Moran the best part of 12 years to get this made. And the end result's screamingly energetic, wildly uneven, gay as a goose and at times, utter genius. As a Joe Meek biopic, it's perfect.
Teletext - 7/10 by Victor OlliverAgainst expectation, Nick Moran's stylised biopic of 60s pop producer Joe Meek is a surprising success - even if it's the great cast that saves the day.
Sky Cinema - 6/10 by Rob DanielIt's a solidly-made, enjoyable story that manages to rope in some notable cameos (can anyone spot Jimmy Carr) and shows Moran is a name to watch as a director.
Total Film - 6/10 by Kevin HarleyClumsily plotted and psychologically messy as it is, Moran's pop biopic is a ripe bustle of business, given substance and conviction by well-rooted performances.
Daily Mail (UK) - 6/10 by Christopher TookeyLike Meek's music, it's not much good and definitely not sophisticated, but I enjoyed it.
Sunday Mirror (UK) - 6/10 by Mark AdamsTelstar is still an oddly compulsive story of an exuberant mess of a man who played a key role in British pop history.
Financial Times - 6/10 by Nigel AndrewsBy the film's end we feel we have had too much of a good thing - but since that is what the hero died of, it seems an appropriate sensation to leave us with.
Metro (UK) - 6/10 by Larushka Ivan-ZadehThe tone lurches jerkily from ersatz 1960s caper to shouty histrionic tragedy, while Con O'Neill can't quite pull off Meek's magnetic personality, attractive as it was repellent. But it sure beats The Boat That Rocked.

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