- A Life in the Death of Joe Meek
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director =Howard S. Berger andSusan Stahmann
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writer =Howard S. Berger andSusan Stahmann
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music =Songs byJoe Meek and others
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released =24 January 2008 ,Reel Music Film Festival
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country =flag|USA
language =English
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website =http://www.myspace.com/meekmovie
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imdb_id =0436782"A Life in the Death of Joe Meek", an independent American documentary about
Joe Meek , [imdb title|0436782|A Life in the Death of Joe Meek] byHoward S. Berger andSusan Stahmann .Joe Meek was one of Britain's premier independent record producers of the late fifties and early sixties. Meek was renowned for his pioneering recording techniques and for the futuristic sound of the records he produced, but notorious for his eccentric personality. His biggest success was the production ofThe Tornados ' 1962 worldwide #1 hit "Telstar".The Film premiered on
24 January 2008 on theReel Music Film Festival (Portland, Oregon ) [http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/reel_fest.php Reel Music Film Festival] .The production, which began shooting in 2003, includes over 60 interviews with Meek's family, close friends, associates, musicians and pop culture movers and shakers such as
Alex Kapranos ,Keith Strickland ,Edwyn Collins ,Liam Watson ,Huw Bunford andSimon Napier-Bell .The film was shown at the 2008 Glasgow Film Festival [http://www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/ Glasgow Film Festival] . Sensoria Film Festival,
Sheffield : Saturday, April 12 [http://www.sensoria.org.uk/ Sensoria Film Festival]Interviewees
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John Leyton (singer and actor)
*Marc Evans
*Keith Strickland
*Mike Berry
*Steve Howe
*Edwyn Collins
*Alex Kapranos
*Jake Arnott
*Honey Lantree (The Honeycombs )
*Humphrey Lyttelton
*Chas Hodges
*Charles Blackwell
*Big Jim Sullivan
*Roger LaVern (The Tornados )
*Huw Bunford (guitarist withSuper Furry Animals )
*Dennis D'Ell (The Honeycombs )
*Bobby Graham (session drummer)
*Alec Palao
*John Lantree
*Robbie Duke
*John Repsch
*Adrian Kerridge
*Simon Napier-Bell
*Clem Cattini Literature
*"Cult VIP: Joe Meek", Dazed and Confused January 2008 (Vol.2, Issue 57) [http://www.dazeddigital.com/magazine/issue-157/ Dazed and Confused issue 157: "Cult VIP: Joe Meek"]
References
External links
*http://www.myspace.com/meekmovie Official Site
*http://www.s1play.com/cinema/review/132406.html s1play.com Review by Alison Rowat
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