Telstar: The Joe Meek Story | |
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Directed by | Nick Moran |
Written by | James Hicks Nick Moran |
Produced by | David Reid Adam Bohling Simon Jordan |
Starring | Con O'Neill Kevin Spacey Pam Ferris JJ Feild James Corden Tom Burke Ralf Little Sid Mitchell |
Cinematography | Peter Wignall |
Edited by | Alex Marsh |
Music by | Ilan Eshkeri, with songs by Joe Meek and others |
Production company | Aspiration Films |
Distributed by | G2 Pictures |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £1.2 million |
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story is a 2008 film adaptation of James Hicks' and Nick Moran's play Telstar, about record producer Joe Meek, which opened at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End in June 2005.[1] The film is directed by Moran and stars Con O'Neill, who also played Joe Meek in the original play, while Kevin Spacey plays Meek's business partner, Major Wilfred Banks.