Telstar: The Joe Meek Story(2008)

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story is a 2008 film adaptation of James Hicks' and Nick Moran's play Telstar (2005), about record producer Joe Meek. The film is directed by Nick Moran and stars Con O'Neill, who also played Joe Meek in the original play.
Plot: The film tells the story of record producer Joe Meek, the songwriter-producer behind the 1960s hits "Have I the Right?", "Just Like Eddie" and "Johnny Remember Me". The film charts Meek's initial success with the multi-million selling record, "Telstar", his homosexuality which was illegal in the UK at the time, and his struggles with debt, paranoia and depression, which culminated in the killing of his landlady Violet Shenton and himself, on 3 February 1967.

Shaun plays Billy Kuy

​The Scotsman, 13 June 2009, Film Review: Telstar

Like Meek's records, Telstar is raw, fatalistic and somewhat crudely put together, but it also boasts both-barrels, mega-watt energy.

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