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Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away (2020)

★ 7.3/10 112 min Documentary Ireland English
Director: Emer Reynolds
Streaming: Not available

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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.

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Top Cast

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

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