Summary:
Fact-based story about the drug-addled and sordid life of The Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones. Unfortunately the story moves so quickly into the sensationalized decadence and drug-induced state of Jones, that the unknowing viewer has to wonder why anyone would care. There are only a few framing sequences with members of The Stones, particularly Keith Richards, that show they had a great respect for him and tried to bring him back into the band as he drifted away. Mixed into the destruction of Jones is a common builder, Frank Thorogood, who is given the unenviable task of trying to please Jones by rebuilding his estate and to watch him per Jones' manager's instructions. Thorogood's life is so far removed from all of the sex and drugs that he sees, that he envies and desires the tawdry life as well, but never quite fits in. Unfortunately, at least according to this film and according to a supposed death bed confessional of Thorogood in 1993, it led to Thorogood's murder of Jones in a swimming pool "accident".
| Runtime: | 102 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for drug use, sexuality, nudity and language. |
| Production: | Finola Dwyer Productions |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, Music |
| Country: | UK |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jul 4, 2006 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Stephen Woolley | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Geoffrey Giuliano | Writer |
| Neal Purvis | Writer |
| Robert Wade | Writer |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Amelia Warner | Janet |
| Ben Whishaw | Keith Richards |
| David Morrissey | Tom Keylock |
| David Walliams | Accountant |
| David Williams | Speecy |
| Gary Love | Jeff |
| Johnny Shannon | Landlord |
| Leo Gregory | Brian Jones |
| Luke de Woolfson | Mick Jagger |
| Melanie Ramsay | Mrs. Thorogood |
| Monet Mazur | Anita Pallenberg |
| Paddy Considine | Frank Thorogood |
| Ralph Brown | Gysin |
| Rüdiger Rudolph | Volker |
| Tuva Novotny | Anna Wohlin |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Andrew Brown | Executive Producer |
| Charles Salmon | Line Producer |
| Finola Dwyer | Producer |
| Gary Smith | Executive Producer |
| Neal Purvis | Co-Producer |
| Paul White | Executive Producer |
| Robert Wade | Co-Producer |
| Stephen Woolley | Producer |
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