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Sideline’s Citizens of Boomtown (The Story of The Boomtown Rats) for BMG Films and BeyondTNC TX BBC Two Saturday, May 23rd
“An extraordinary and compelling story brilliantly told”
The Today Show BBC Radio 4
“…one of the most dramatic and compelling narratives in modern music”.
Irish Times – Preview
‘Fascinating documentary .. packed full of great interviews. Well worth your time’
Daily Telegraph – Preview
“..this film, packed with famous faces, demonstrates that the Rats were pretty cool’
The Guardian – Preview
“..a thunderously enjoyable postcard from the past’..
Daily Telegraph
‘..a propulsive tale of Boom and bust – and improbable resurgence’
Radio Times – Preview
‘A great rock’ n’roll yarn … rattles along furiously with a dangerous gleam in its eyes’.
Irish Times
‘’ exhaustive story … interesting, engaging, insightful’
The Times
‘Pick of the Day’
The Daily Mail (and 5 other national UK media titles)
‘well curated delight … absolutely fascinating story’
The Sun
‘A cut above the usual BBC rock doc … a terrific film’
The Times
CREDIT TO ALL
Dedicated
to the Memory of
Nigel Grainge
DIRECTOR
Billy McGrath
PRODUCERS
Billy McGrath – Stuart Souter
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Hartwig Masuch
For BMG Alistair Norbury , Korda Marshall, Justus Haerder\
BeyondTNC Bill Lord
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Pamela Lee
ARCHIVE PRODUCER
Eoin Sweeney
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ken O’Mahony
SENIOR EDITOR
Michael O’Sullivan
THE BOOMTOWN RATS
Pete Briquette
Simon Crowe
Bob Geldof
Garry Roberts
Gerry Cott
Johnny Fingers
Darren Beale
Alan Dunn
POST PRODUCTION
Highwire TV/Film (Dublin)
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Ruth McLoughlin
SUPERVISOR/EDITOR
Mike Quinn
DUBBING MIXER
Killian Fitzgerald
ONLINE EDITOR & COLOURIST
Mark Quinn
SPECIAL THANKS
BMG
Hartwig Masuch.
BEYOND TNC
Michael Murphy
KRUGER COWNE
Mark Cowz
Maya Yglesias
Liam Teeling
Roger Waters
Maire Kearney
Jeanne Marine
GUESTS Order of appearance
Bono
Neil McCormick
Joseph O’Connor
Diarmaid Ferriter
Eoin Devereux
Roy Foster
Niall Stokes
Dave Fanning
Sting
Alan McGee
Charles Shaar Murray
Sinead O’Connor
David Fricke
Paul Gambaccini
Jools Holland
David Mallet
Paul Rappaport
Dave Stewart
Clem Burke
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Andrea Caslin (USA)
CAMERA ASSISTANTS
Brian Holland (Ireland)
Jack Jennings (UK)
Christian Kline (USA)
Conor Waters (Ireland
GRAPHICS Anna K Wright Marc Sherwin
LEGAL SERVICES
Luke Gornell/Kami Naghd (Clintons Sols) for BMG
Ciaran Maguire (Simon McAleese Sols) for Sideline
James Mathews (BeyondTNC)
PUBLICITY Sean Harris
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT Joe O’Sullivan
LIBRARY MUSIC West One Music
ORIGINAL MUSIC Pete Briquette
ADDITIONAL CAMERA/SOUND
Johnny Coughlin (USA)
Kevin Lee Brown (UK)
Brian Moore (Ireland)
SOUND RECORDIST (Ireland)
Finny Byrne
EXTRA CONTENT/DIRECTORS
Nick Franco (1185 Films)
John Maguire TV
Hamish MacDonald (h808 Films)
ARCHIVE SOURCES
Band-Aid Trust.
BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images
BMG Films
Channel 4
Eagle Vision
Bob Geldof Archive
Goldcrest Films
Bob Gruen Photography
IFI Irish Film Archive
ITV Archive
ORF
Radio Télévision Suisse
Radio Bremen distributed by Studio Hamburg
Perpetual Motion Pictures, Australia
Reelin’ in the Years Productions
RTE Archive
Universal Music
Vanderquest Ltd
Video form Pictures
ARCHIVE CONSULTANT (UK) Keren Greenwell
ARCHIVE RESEARCH Sam McGrath
All reasonable efforts were made to source & credit copyright holders
NIGHT SHOOT (Dublin)
MASKED ‘GIMP’ David McSavage
ART DIRECTOR Noel McEntee
MAKEUP & HAIR STYLIST Jennifer Keogh
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Ciara Scullion
MUSIC
Lookin’ After No.1, Mary Of The 4th Form, Joey’s On The Street Again, (She’s Gonna) Do You In, Kicks, Close As You’ll Ever Be, Don’t Believe What You Read, Rat Trap, Someone’s Looking At You, (I Never Loved) Eva Braun, Me And Howard Hughes, Blues Away, Neon Heart, My Talking Fall Down, Never In A Million Years, Nice N Neat, Whitehall 1212, Nothing Happened Today, In Code, The Elephants Graveyard, Hold Of Me, Tonight, Up All Night, Trash Glam Baby,
All Above Written by Bob Geldof
Published by Mute Song
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
She’s So Modern & I Don’t Like Mondays
Written by Bob Geldof/John Moylett. Published by Mute Song/Universal Music Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
Having My Picture Taken
Written by Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette
Published by Mute Song/Pete Briquette Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
Like Clockwork
Written by Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette/Simon Crowe
Published by Mute Song /Pete Briquette/Simon Crowe
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
D.U.N.L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E
Written by Simon Crowe/Roberts/John Moylett/Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette
Published by NOB Music/Copyright Control/Mute Song
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
Barefootin’
Written by Robert Parker
Performed by The Boomtown Rats
Published by Kobalt.
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Going)
Written by Barbara Ozen
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Published by Jamie Music Publishing.
Courtesy of BMG
Mama’s Roses
Written by John Maccauley
Performed by Big Tom & The Mainliners
Published by Four Roads Music
Courtesy of Big Tom Prods Ltd.
You Fascists Are Bound To Lose
Written by Woody Guthrie
Performed by Woody Guthrie
Published by SonyATV Music
Courtesy of Warner Music
She Does It Right
Written by Wilko Johnson
Performed by Dr Feelgood
Published by EMI
Anarchy In the UK
Written by John Lydon/Glen Matlock/Stephen Jones/Paul Cook
Performed by The Sex Pistols Published by Warner Chappell/Universal
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
Personality Crisis
Written by Johnny Thunders/David Johansen
Performed by New York Dolls
Published by Warner Chappell/EMI
Blitzkrieg Bop
Written by Johnny Ramone/Tommy Ramone/Dee Dee Ramone/Joey Ramone
Performed by The Ramones
Published by Warner Chappell
Roxanne
Written by Gordon Sumner
Performed by The Police
Published by Gordon Sumner
Fade To Grey
Written by Midge Ure/William Currie/Christopher Payne
Performed by Visage
Published by Universal Music/Kassner
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
Performed by Pink Floyd
Written by Roger Waters
Published by BMG Rights Management
© 1999 Pink Floyd Music
Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Written by Bob Geldof/Midge Ure
Performed by Band Aid
Published by Chappell Music
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
We Are The World
Written by Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie.
Performed by USA For Africa
Published by Sony Music/Concord Music/Kobalt Music
Courtesy of Sony Music
Radio Gaga
Written by Roger Taylor
Performed by Queen
Published by EMI Music
Bad
Written by Larry Mullen/Adam Clayton/Paul Hewson/Dave Evans
Performed by U2
Published by Universal
Pale White Girls & The Great Song of Indifference
Written & written by Bob Geldof
Published by Mute Song
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
The Boomtown Rats
Written by Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette
Published by Mute Song/© Control.
Courtesy of Universal Music Operations
THANKS
BMG London and New York
David Harris – Universal Music Ireland
Razib Chatterjee, Vicky Moran, Tommy Doyle – RTÉ Archives
Jill S Sinclair – Band Aid Trust (London)
Jo Cadman/Maurice Todman (PMP Aus)
BP Fallon
Dick Conroy – DVD Centre (Dublin)
Mill Street Studios (Dublin)
Larry Bass – Shinawil Productions
Grainne McAleer & Conor Sweeney (RTE)
Dublin International Film Festival
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City Of Boomtown Logo
Produced by Sideline Productions
Distributed by BeyondTNC
Post-Production – High Wire
© BMG Films 2020