Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Directed by	Julien Temple
Produced by	Anna Campeau Alan Moloney Amanda Temple Orlagh Collins Stephan Mallmann Susan Mullen
Music by	Ian Neil Steve Isles Amanda Street
Cinematography	Ben Cole
Editing by	Niven Howie Mark Reynolds Tobias Zaldua
Distributed by	Vertigo Films IFC Films^[1]
Release date(s)	January 20, 2007 (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time	123 min. (Sundance Film Festival)
Country	Ireland, UK
Language	English
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Ratings
Finland:	K-11^[2]
Ireland:	15A^[2]
United Kingdom:	15^[2]

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten is a 2007 documentary film directed by Julien Temple about Joe Strummer, the lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. The film premiered January 20, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.^[3] It was also shown at the Dublin Film Festival on February 24, 2007.^[3]

It was released in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2007 and in Australia on August 31, 2007.^[3] The film opened in limited release in the United States on November 2, 2007.^[3]

1 Cast
2 Critical reception
3 Box office performance
4 References
5 Press reviews and further reading
6 External links

[edit] Cast

Brigitte Bardot – Herself (archive footage)
Michael Bazalry (Flea) - Himself
Bono – Himself
Steve Buscemi – Himself
Terry Chimes – Himself
John Cooper Clarke – Himself
John Cusack – Himself
Peter Cushing – Winston Smith (archive footage)
Johnny Depp – Himself
Matt Dillon – Himself
Dick Evans – Himself
Alasdair Gillies – Himself
Iain Gillies – Himself
Topper Headon – Himself
Mick Jagger – Himself (archive footage)
Jim Jarmusch – Himself
Mick Jones – Himself
Steve Jones – Himself
Anthony Kiedis – Himself
Don Letts – Himself
Bernie Rhodes – Himself
Bobby Gillespie - Himself
Justine Frischmann - Herself (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese - Himself
Joe Strummer – Himself

Special Thanks: Terence Dackombe

[edit] Critical reception

The film was well received by critics. As of November 3, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 84% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 25 reviews.^[4] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 11 reviews.^[5]

Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle named it the 8th best film of 2007.^[6] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon named it the 9th best film of 2007.^[6]

[edit] Box office performance

As of January 3, 2008, the film has grossed $239,149 in the United States and Canada.^[7] As of December 16, 2007, the film has grossed $718,872 in other territories.^[8]