Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
Original title: Songs for While I'm Away
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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Huey LewisSelf
Carl ShaabanPhil Lynott
James HetfieldHimself
Adam ClaytonHimself
Eric BellHimself
Phil LynottArchive footage
Suzi QuatroSelfMovie DNA
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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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Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away has a runtime of 112 minutes.
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