“It took Nick Moran the best part of 12 years to get this made. And the end result’s screamingly energetic, wildly uneven, gay as a goose and at times, utter genius. As a Joe Meek biopic, it’s perfect.”
Con O'Neill stars as legendary self-taught electronics whizz, Joe Meek, who amazingly produces a string of home-made hit singles from his studio in his flat above a shop on the Holloway Road. But behind the early '60s hits "Have I the Right," "Just Like Eddie," "Johnny, Remember Me" and "Telstar" is a troubled individual whose chaotic private life and drug use leads to a tragic end... Telstar: The Joe Meek Story is a fascinating look at one of music's bona fide geniuses.
