Teenage Superstars (2017)

7.5/10 • 109 min • Music Documentary

Overview

Grant McPhee's sequel to Big Gold Dream picks up where the previous film left off, and continues its thrilling tour of the pre-Britpop, Scottish music scene. It features bands, such as The Bluebells, The Pastels, The Soup Dragons and an early incarnation of Teenage Fanclub; plenty of rich archive footage; and fascinating interviews with some of the key people of the time, including Edwyn Collins, Bobby Gillespie, Jim Reid, Sean Dickson, Eugene Kelly and Alan McGee.

Cast

Jill Bryson

Kim Deal

Narrator

Douglas Hart

Self

Alan McGee

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Stephen McRobbie

Thurston Moore

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