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GOOD VIBRATIONS

GOOD VIBRATIONS
by Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Country: UK, Ireland
Year: 2012
Duration: 97'


During the “Troubles,” the years of conflict in Northern Ireland, Terri Hooley decides to put his faith in the revolutionary power of music and opens Good Vibrations, a record store in Belfast, a hub of the conflict. Northern Ireland’s punk scene soon elects the store its headquarters and transforms it into a place which, by simply existing, gives the war-torn city the will to carry on and survive.

Biography

film director

Glenn Leyburn

Glenn Leyburn (UK) worked for many years as a graphic artist, above all in the musical field, exhibiting his works at the Design Museum in London. His collaboration with the soundtrack composer David Holmes led to his later work as artistic director for a record label and as a director of promotional films. Good Vibrations is the second feature film he has directed with his wife, Lisa Barros D’Sa.

FILMOGRAFIA

Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn: The 18th Electricity Plan (cm, doc., 2006), Cherrybomb (doc., 2009), Good Vibrations (2012).

Lisa Barros D'sa

Lisa Barros D’Sa (UK) studied English at Oxford and received a master’s degree in screenwriting from the University of the Arts London. In 2006, she and her husband Glenn Leyburn wrote and directed the short The 18th Electricity Plan, which was followed by the couple’s first feature-length movie, Cherrybomb, winner of the audience prize at the Belfast Film Festival. She, her husband, and David Holmes are the founders of the production company Canderblinks Film and Music.

FILMOGRAFIA

Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn: The 18th Electricity Plan (cm, doc., 2006), Cherrybomb (doc., 2009), Good Vibrations (2012).

Declaration

film director

“This is a story about the power of music even in the toughest of places and times. Belfast needed punk, the stuff that punk bands across the world were singing about, the punks in Northern Ireland lived through. As Joe Strummer said, ‘If punk was hard, Ulster was harder.’ This scene meant more than whether or not the bands topped the charts, or whether you were wearing the right bondage trousers, it changed how people thought and how they went on to live their lives. And a whole new generation of bands cites Terri and Good Vibrations as an inspiration, so it still resonates decades later.”

Cast

& Credits

regia/directors Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn
sceneggiatura/screenplay Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson
fotografia/cinematography Ivan McCullough
montaggio/film editing Nick Emerson
scenografia/production design Derek Wallace
costumi/costume design Maggie Donnelly
musica/music David Holmes, Keefus Green
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Richard Dormer (Terri Hooley), Jodie Whittaker (Ruth), Liam Cunningham (Davy), Adrian Dunbar (Andy), Dylan Moran (Pat), Michael Colgan (Dave), Karl Johnson (George)  
produttori/producers Chris Martin, Andrew Eaton, David Holmes, Bruno Charlesworth
produzione/production Canderblinks Film & Music, Revolution Films, Treasure Entertainment Production
vendita all’estero/world sales The Works International
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