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That was fun! Oh wait, you haven't seen it yet. 24 Hour Party People is a worth-see, even if you know very little about the Manchester punk era and the name "Joy Division" makes you go, "huh?" But the more you know about the era the more you will enjoy the self-referential storytelling that Michael Winterbottom makes fly from the opening flying scenes. And thank you Steve Coogan for embodying Tony Wilson so well that he comes across entertainingly, theatrically real without being likeable at all. The film does run out of story to tell towards the end, but what a ride and what a great tale of a true come-back kid. (FYI, there's a really good Joy Division boxed set now available called "Heart and Soul"/2001)