The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek (1991)

  • U
  • 02/08/1991 (GB)
  • Music, Documentary, TV Movie
  • 1h

Overview

Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and a career, often controversial, which spanned the period from the mid-50s to the rise of the Beatles in the 60s. At the end of his life he was suffering from paranoid delusions that people were watching him through walls. Alan Lewens' film charts an Ortonesque tale of post-war Britain.

Alan Lewens

Director

Cast

Joe Meek's headshot

Joe Meek

Himself (archive footage)
Pete Murray's headshot

Pete Murray

Narrator
Lonnie Donegan's headshot

Lonnie Donegan

Himself
Andrew Crawford's headshot

Andrew Crawford

Newsreader (voice)
George Bellamy's headshot

George Bellamy

Himself (with The Tornados) (archive footage)
June Barrie's headshot

June Barrie

Joe Meek's Mother (voice)
Heinz Burt's headshot

Heinz Burt

Himself
Chad Carson's headshot

Chad Carson

Himself

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