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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 4 m

Summary As the lead singer of The Clash from 1977 onward, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In The Future Is Unwritten, from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as ...

Directed By: Julien Temple

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 4 m

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary As the lead singer of The Clash from 1977 onward, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In The Future Is Unwritten, from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as ...

Directed By: Julien Temple

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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100
The most powerful documentary I've seen all year, and one of the two or three best films ever made about an artist or musician.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
90
The film is much more than a biography of the Clash’s guitarist and lead singer: It’s history, criticism, philosophy and politics, played fast and loud.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
83
Temple introduces viewers to Strummer the punster, Strummer the womanizer, and Strummer the poseur, whom his mates could only really talk to when no one else was around.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
80
The film is a rigorously thorough biography and an impassioned accolade. Temple spends as much time on Strummer's life before and after the Clash as he does charting the band's powerful musical and political influence.
By Carina Chocano FULL REVIEW
75
Its moving narrative requires little in the way of embellishment, but Temple’s documentary sometimes becomes too clever for its own good.
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75
At its best, it throbs with immediacy, just as Strummer did.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
50
Thirty years down the line, not everyone looks as they once did, so even fans will have trouble putting names to aged faces. Newcomers, meanwhile, will feel hopelessly shut out.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
7.7
79% Positive
11 Ratings
14% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
7.7
79% Positive
11 Ratings
14% Mixed
2 Ratings
7% Negative
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Production Company Parallel Film Productions, Film4, Nitrate Films, Sony BMG Feature Films
Release Date Nov 2, 2007
Duration 2 h 4 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline A celebration of Joe Strummer - Before, during and after The Clash
Website http://www.joestrummerthemovie.com/
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Awards

British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Nomination

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