A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where 'no one knows anything' and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record.
Acting
Hoult's reptilian charisma carries every scene.
Writing
Voiceover so vicious it cuts like broken glass.
Direction
Harris makes Britpop look genuinely grotesque.
Director
Owen Harris
Nicholas Hoult
Steven Stelfox
Craig Roberts
Darren
Georgia King
Rebecca
Tom Riley
Parker Hall
Jim Piddock
Derek Sommers
Edward Hogg
DC Woodham
James Corden
Roger Waters
Joseph Mawle
James Trellick
Dustin Demri-Burns
David Schnieder
Damien Molony
Ross
Bronson Webb
Rob Hasting
Ella Smith
Nikki
Rosanna Hoult
Katy
Ed Skrein
Rent
Kurt Egyiawan
Tim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on John Niven's novel, who actually worked as an A&R during the real Britpop era. The venom is autobiographical.
The film captures the exact moment before digital killed the industry—physical sales, cocaine budgets, and genuine delusion about 'the next big thing.'
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