24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British biographical comedy drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival to positive reviews.
UK theatrical poster
Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.
The first Factory Records office, 86 Palatine Road in West Didsbury, Manchester.
The Haçienda's interior before opening
The new Haçienda apartments in 2007
The top of Wilson's gravestone, designed by Peter Saville and Ben Kelly.