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Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away (2020)

1h 52m · 23 Oct 2020
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A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. Told extensively through the words of Lynott himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.

Movie ID17485
GenreDocumentary
DirectorEmer Reynolds
Main castCarl Shaaban, Huey Lewis, James Hetfield, Adam Clayton, Eric Bell, Phil Lynott, Suzi Quatro, Midge Ure
Release date23 October 2020
Release year2020
LanguageEnglish
Duration112 min (1h 52m)
Rating7.3 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseCowtown Pictures

Director: Emer Reynolds

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Carl ShaabanPhil Lynott Huey LewisSelf James HetfieldSelf Adam ClaytonSelf Eric BellSelf Phil LynottSelf (archive footage) Suzi QuatroSelf Midge UreSelf
Caroline CrowtherSelf (as Caroline Taraskevics)
Sarah LynottSelf
Cathleen LynottSelf
Monica LynottSelf
Peter LynottSelf
Niall StokesSelf
Diane WaggSelf
Darren WhartonSelf
Kit WoolvenSelf
Hugh FeigherySelf
Alan ByrneSelf
Gus CurtisSelf

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