Teenage Superstars (2017)

7.5/10 109 min Music Documentary

Overview

Grant McPhee's sequel to Big Gold Dream picks up where the previous film left off, and continues its thrilling tour of the pre-Britpop, Scottish music scene. It features bands, such as The Bluebells, The Pastels, The Soup Dragons and an early incarnation of Teenage Fanclub; plenty of rich archive footage; and fascinating interviews with some of the key people of the time, including Edwyn Collins, Bobby Gillespie, Jim Reid, Sean Dickson, Eugene Kelly and Alan McGee.

Cast

Jill Bryson

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Kim Deal

Narrator

Douglas Hart

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Alan McGee

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Stephen McRobbie

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Thurston Moore

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