Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.
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Nostalgic, earnest, classical in form and resolved.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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“Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”
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“Is Richard Dormer the best thing in Good Vibrations?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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Cast
- Richard DormerTerri Hooley
- Jodie WhittakerRuth
- Karl JohnsonGeorge Hooley
- Michael ColganDave Hyndman
- Liam CunninghamDavy
- Dylan MoranPat
- Ruth McCabeMavis Hooley
- Mark RyderGreg Cowen
- Killian ScottRonnie Matthews
- Kerr LoganFeargal Sharky
Crew
- Lisa Barros D'SaDirector
- Glenn LeyburnDirector
- Colin CarberryScreenplay
- Glenn PattersonScreenplay
- Ivan McCulloughDirector of Photography
- David HolmesOriginal Music Composer
- Nick EmersonEditor
- Bruno CharlesworthProducer
- Andrew EatonProducer
- David HolmesProducer
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