The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson
Synopsis
'The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson' confronts our worst nightmares of impending death and turns them upside down. It tells the extraordinary, yet universal story of legendary musician Wilko Johnson who, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given a few months to live, accepted his fate with uplifting positivity and embarked on a farewell tour, capturing the imagination of the world as he went. But like every good story Wilko's has a damn fine twist in its tail. Two years later and confounding the odds, Wilko wakes up in a hospital bed, unexpectedly sentenced to live, having now to integrate those enlightened lessons learnt under sentence of death into the unexpected and ongoing future of his life.
SXSW 2015 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 91 mins
- Director
- Julien Temple
- Producer
- Richard Conway, Andrew J. Curtis
- Co-Producer
- Jim Gottlieb
- Executive Producer
- Grace Carley, Victoria Cadogan-Rawlinson
- Editor
- Caroline Richards
- Screenwriter
- Julien Temple
- Director of Photography
- Steve Organ
- Principal Cast
- Wilko Johnson
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 5th May 2015
