Rent Evidently: John Cooper Clarke (2012)
3.7 of 5 from 56 ratings
0h 59min
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- Synopsis:
Across four decades the 'Bard of Salford', punk poet John Cooper Clarke, has been writing and performing his own brand of hysterically funny, scathingly political and often deeply moving poetry. Starting out in the mid-1970s in the smoke filled and frequently hostile working men's clubs of the north, John quickly went on to find a new audience with the emerging Manchester music scene and found himself opening for bands such as The Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks and Joy Division. Eventually headlining his own sell-out gigs, stardom and huge success seemed inevitable, until in the early 1980s John developed a serious heroin addiction which threatened to cut short not only his life but also a talent of profound depth and originality.
Using archive footage and interviews with stars such as Bill Bailey, Steve Coogan, Jarvis Cocker and Stewart Lee the film traces the extraordinary life of one of Britain's greatest unsung working class heroes, and along the way offers an insight into a mind of wild creativity and deep intelligence.- Actors:
- John Cooper Clarke, Bill Bailey, Clint Boon, Billy Bragg, Craig Charles, Jarvis Cocker, Steve Coogan, Ben Drew, Paul Farley, Dave Formula, Mike Garry, Andrew MulletProof Graves, Johnny Green, Chris Hewitt, Peter Hook
- Directors:
- John Ross
- Producers:
- Scotty Clark, Adam Barker, Helen Terry
- Writers:
- Lucas Roche
- Studio:
- Safecracker Pictures
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals
