Telstar - The Joe Meek Story If you are from the 60's, you like 60's music or you want to see a film that makes you laugh, cringe, look at life's general injustice's then just settle down and watch this "barn stormer". I didn't really know much about this gentleman but he was a pioneer of rock and roll and produced one of the biggest selling and most iconic sounds of the 60's (i.e Telstar), amongst other timeless 1960 classics. This film is British, it's superb and will have you hooked, It really is quite an uplifting then terribly tragic story about Joe Meek's life and will give you a fantastic 2 hour rollercoaster ride of ...  Read the complete review

This film is currently on general release. A DVD will go on sale in September. Joe Meek is hardly the best-known figure in 60s pop. A successful producer in the few years before The Beatles, he had two or three hits that people would remember now, but didn't achieve lasting success. Left behind by fashion, troubled by mental health problems, and tormented by debt, Meek's story didn't have a happy ending. But he's had something of a cult following for years, and now there's a film of his life, or at least the important bits. The film follows Meek's career from about the start of the 60s and his first big hit (Johnny Remember Me by John Leyton), ...  Read the complete review