Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
UK cinema poster
Directed byNick Moran
Written byJames Hicks
Nick Moran
Produced byDavid Reid
Adam Bohling
Simon Jordan
StarringCon O'Neill
Kevin Spacey
Pam Ferris
JJ Feild
James Corden
Tom Burke
Ralf Little
Sid Mitchell
CinematographyPeter Wignall
Edited byAlex Marsh
Music byIlan Eshkeri, with songs by Joe Meek and others
Production
company
Aspiration Films
Distributed byG2 Pictures
Release dates
  • October 25, 2008 (2008-10-25) (London Film Festival)
  • June 19, 2009 (2009-06-19) (United Kingdom)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ Oberon Books: Telstar Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-08-11