Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

Genre: Biography

In the early 1960s self-taught electronics whizz Joe Meek amazingly produces a string of home made hit singles from his studio in his flat above a leather shop in London. His biggest success is the instrumental 'Telstar' but accusations of plagiarism delay royalties. Joe's mercurial temper causes his artists to forsake him for other labels, in particular his young lover Heinz Burt. Now in debt and after unwisely parting from his chief financier Major Banks, Joe finds himself unable to control his life. Increasingly paranoid, believing he is being bugged by rival record companies and that everybody is out to get him, the last straw comes when landlady Violet tells him she is selling the building in which he lives. Joe had once confiscated a shotgun from Heinz. Now it is dangerously close at hand and about to end the Joe Meek story.

🏆 1 nomination

Genres

Biography, Drama, Music

Director

Nick Moran

Cast

Con O'Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris

Released

19 June 2009

Runtime

1h 59m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.4 / 10

Votes

1,891

Rotten Tomatoes

78%

Edition

Base