CROCK OF GOLD – A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MACGOWAN
San Sebastian Film Festival FIAPF Official Special Jury Award Winner 2020
Producing Partner(s): Julien Temple (GLASTONBURY, THE FILTH AND THE FURY, LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON), Johnny Depp and Stephen Deuters through Depp’s production entity Infinitum Nihil and Julien Temple’s Nitrate Film
Synopsis: A feature documentary that dives into the life of the tortured Irish vocalist, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the Pogues, who famously combined traditional Irish music with the visceral energy of punk rock. Featuring unseen archival footage from the band and MacGowan’s family, as well as animation from legendary illustrator Ralph Steadman, Julien Temple’s rollicking love letter spotlights the iconic frontman up to his 60th birthday celebration, where singers, movie stars and rock ’n’ roll outlaws gather to celebrate the man and his legacy.
Temple comments, “Irascible, intractable, infuriating, fascinating, appalling, galling, bellicose, comatose, cantankerous, cadaverous, impossible, unstoppable – filming Shane is like flying through a radioactive rainbow but in the end there is an inner ‘Crock of Gold’ waiting to be discovered by those who try hard enough. Hence the title of the film, taken from the old Irish legend of the same name.”
The film has been sold to Magnolia Pictures in North America and Altitude Films in the UK, with synchronized release earmarked for December 2020.
Press:
- Lea, Andy. “A Life That’s No Fairy Tale.” Sunday Express, 6 Dec. 2020
- Ide, Wendy. “Crock of Gold.” Sunday Express, 6 Dec. 2020
- Jamieson, Teddy. “A Life That’s No Fairy Tale.” Sunday Herald, 6 Dec. 2020
- Lea, Andy. “A Life That’s No Fairy Tale.” Sunday Mirror, 6 Dec. 2020
- Luxford, James. “A Tribute to a Life Lived Hard.” City Am, 4 Dec. 2020
- Lloyd, Alex. “The Real-Life Fairytale that Saved Pogues Star Shane.” Daily Express, 8 Dec. 2020
- Lea, Andy. “A Life That’s No Fairy Tale.” Sunday Star, 6 Dec. 2020
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TRAILER
JAMES BARRY
Producing Partner(s): Maven Pictures (THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT), Rachel Weisz (OZ, THE BOURNE LEGACY, THE MUMMY RETURNS)
Synopsis: Based on the biography “The Secret Life of James Miranda Barry” by Rachel Holmes. James was a military surgeon in the British Army. After graduation from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, Barry served in India and South Africa. By the end of his career, he had risen to the rank of Inspector General in charge of military hospitals. Among his accomplishments was the first successful caesarean section in the world in which both the mother and child survived the operation – a surgery that would save millions of lives from that point forward. Upon his deathbed, it was revealed that Barry was actually a woman the whole time.
ANIMATED FILM
Producing Partner(s): Gulfstream Pictures (THE NUT JOB)
Synopsis: A feature animated script written by Jared Stern (LEGO BATMAN, WRECK IT RALPH) with a first look from Warner Brothers Animation
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