Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away

Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away

2020/10/23 • Released • English

Documentary
7.3
1h 52m

Overview

A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. Told extensively through the words of Lynott himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.

Director : Emer Reynolds

Casts
Carl Shaaban

Carl Shaaban

Phil Lynott

Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis

Self

James Hetfield

James Hetfield

Self

Adam Clayton

Adam Clayton

Self

Eric Bell

Eric Bell

Self

Phil Lynott

Phil Lynott

Self (archive footage)

Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro

Self

Midge Ure

Midge Ure

Self

Caroline Crowther

Self (as Caroline Taraskevics)

Sarah Lynott

Self

Cathleen Lynott

Self

Monica Lynott

Self

Peter Lynott

Self

Niall Stokes

Self

Diane Wagg

Self

Darren Wharton

Darren Wharton

Self

Kit Woolven

Self

Hugh Feighery

Self

Alan Byrne

Self

Gus Curtis

Self

Jim Fitzpatrick

Self

Scott Gorham

Scott Gorham

Self

Jerome Rimson

Self

Brush Shiels

Self

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