Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce returns to Liverpool for 24 Hour Party people screening

Nov 26 2009 Chester Chronicle

AWARD-winning writer Frank Cottrell Boyce returns to Liverpool for a special Clapperboard Presents screening of his work 24 Hour Party People starring Steve Coogan.

Written by Boyce, this is the true story of one man - the inimitable and sadly missed Tony Wilson - one movement and the music and madness that was Madchester.

The Liverpool-born writer started as a critic for Living Marxism magazine and then went on to write episodes for Coronation Street and Brookside.

In 1990 he first worked with Michael Winterbottom on the film Forget About Me and then continued to work with him on films such as Butterfly Kiss, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Claim, 24 Hour Party People, Code 46 and A Cock and Bull Story.

Frank has been dubbed as arguably the most original and versatile screenwriter in England by film critic Roger Ebert.

Boyce said: “I love Clapperboard because it provides not just the opportunity but also the motivation to get out there and do something special.”

The screening of 24 Hour Party People takes place on Tuesday, December 1 at Picturehouse@FACT in Liverpool at 7pm. Tickets £10.