Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

John Irvin

Cast

Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill, Shaun Evans

In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. Twenty years on, these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Brian Gibson

Cast

Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail

The movie follows Bernie, a record producer who persuades his nephew Frankie to create a new rock star that will help Bernie overcome his work related ennui. Iggy, the burnt out roadie pillages the graves of various celebrities such as Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, and Sid Vicious, using the head of Elvis Presley to top things off. All g...

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Brian O'Hara

Cast

Graig Guggenheim, Jayson Spence, Barry Feterman

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Todd Haynes

Cast

Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin

Evan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater. After discovering his talent, the Wizard gives Evan the name "August Rush" and devises a plan to profit from his talen...

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Kirsten Sheridan

Cast

Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers