Supersonic (2016)

R10/02/2016Music, Documentary, History1h 57m

The incredible true story of the band that defined an era.

Overview

Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the most genre and generation-defining British bands that has ever existed and features candid new interviews with Noel and Liam Gallagher, their mother, and members of the band and road crew.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Noel Gallagher

    Self

  2. Cast 1

    Liam Gallagher

    Self

  3. Cast 1

    Paul Arthurs

    Self (as Bonehead)

  4. Paul Gallagher

    Self

  5. Cast 1

    Peggy Gallagher

    Self

  6. Cast 1

    Tony McCarroll

    Self

  7. Alan McGee

    Self

  8. Cast 1

    Alan White

    Self (archive footage)

  9. Mark Coyle

    Self (archive footage)

You see so many of these musical biopics that are clearly just manufactured by record companies and/or the acts to create some publicity and squeeze an extra bit of juice from their back catalogues. That cannot be said of this way more visceral film that takes us from the origins of “Oasis” as two brothers and their pals rehearing relentlessly in a basement through to global stardom. Neither Noel nor Liam Gallagher pull their punches as their evaluations of not just their own turbulent relationship, but of a grasping and manipulative industry and of the hilarious degree of hypocrisy that preva...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $226,286.00

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