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| If I Should Fall From Grace - The Shane MacGowan Story This unflinching, music-driven documentary provides the first real insight into the background and career of Shane MacGowan, the legendary Irish artist who, as lead singer and songwriter for the Pogues, became a worldwide punk icon. + About If I Should Fall From Grace + Press Quotes on If I Should Fall From Grace + Shane MacGowan Photo Gallery If Shane Should Fall From Grace With God Singer/songwriter and former Pogues leader Shane MacGowan is a successful musician and a highly gifted writer. Two recent polls in Ireland declared his Fairytale of New York to be the best Irish song ever. The Irish Herald Mar 2003 Drink and drugs make singer's story all but untellable Rock stars are notoriously inaccessible. There always seems to be a bodyguard, a bouncer, a posse and a press agent between them and the outside world. With Shane MacGo wan, it's booze and pills. Even when he stares you straight in the face, it seems like he's drifting further and further into an other world. The Plain Dealer Mar 2003 Documentary traces downfall of music legend It's believed that most humans have within them the capacity to be very good and very, very bad. And for the past 20-plus years, Shane MacGowan has publicly played out this struggle. Star Telegram 17 Mar 2003 Film captures the troubled life of Irish troubadour, Shane MacGowan Before catching himself, an interview subject briefly slips into the past tense when talking about Irish singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan. 17 Mar 2003 Rock 'n' roil It's possible to picture, as you watch Sarah Share's documentary about Shane MacGowan, that this is exactly how the footage would've turned out had Jim Morrison allowed a film crew to accompany him around Paris during the last days of his life. The Times-Picayune 17 Mar 2003 Filmmaker looks for the flickering light in Pogues founder The Sex Pistols were Shane MacGowan's favorite band. They made him want to wave his florid Irish heritage in the face of fellow Londoners. The Kansas City Star 14 Mar 2003 POGUE OF DEATH Documentary Offers Portrait of the Artist as a Drowning Poet It's true that no sadness is as sad as Irish sadness. And no Irishman was ever sadder to behold than Shane MacGowan, the great minor poet of Paddy rock 'n' roll and former lead singer of the Pogues. 18 Dec 2002 Documentary of a punk legend Former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan featured for St. Paddy's Day Now that Joe Strummer of The Clash has passed on to punk rock heaven, Shane MacGowan is truly the undisputed champion of the worst teeth in rock. Daily Vanguard 06 Mar 2003 Grace expectations If I Should Fall From Grace is the most intimate portrait of SHANE MacGOWAN yet. CRAIG FITZSIMONS meets the director of the critically acclaimed biopic, SARAH SHARE Hot Press.com 02 Aug 2001 If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story In the production notes that accompany 'If I Should Fall From Grace', Sarah Share admits that when she first met and agreed with Shane MacGowan to make this documentary, she didn't know whether the singer would turn up for interviews and worried what kind of state he would be in if he did. 26 Jul 2001 If I Should Fall From Grace -- The Shane MacGowan Story 'I remember that I was clinically insane," mumbles a jarred Shane MacGowan as he drinks with some friends. His drinking companions laugh awkwardly, but don't offer much else by way of response. Perhaps it's because there's a camera crew in front of them. Sunday Business Post 09 Aug 2001 Capturing the whirling life of Shane MacGowan It's not for the faint-hearted, but this film is a must for any music fan, particularly fans of the the Pogues. A poet, but also a slave to drugs and alcohol of such magnitude that one of the most startling aspects of the film is the fact he's still alive ... 29 Jul 2002 Sundance's Fall From Grace stumbles through singer-songwriter's mad tale a film lurches through the alcohol-soaked life and career of singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan, former front man for the punk-traditional Irish music band, The Pogues. MacGowan's perhaps more famous for his drinking, drugging and horrendously decayed teeth than his music... 16 Mar 2003 MacGowan Still Doing the Moooo-sic Thing Shane MacGowan, the former front man for the 1980's punk folk band the Pogues, lets out a guttural "moooo" as the camera follows him shuffling unsteadily along a verdant cow pasture in rural Ireland. With a half-filled bottle of gin in one hand and his raven-haired girlfriend Victoria in the other, MacGowan chortles and hisses his characteristic alligator snort. Irish American Post Jan-Feb 2003 Show of the Week If I Should Fall From Grace - The Shane MacGowan Story If Ozzy Osbourne were less level-headed, had taken more drugs and brushed his teeth less, he might look something like Shane MacGowan. Sydney Morning Herald 19 Dec 2003 If I Should Fall From Grace - The Shane MacGowan Story A music driven documentary that provides the first real insight into the background and career of the legendary Irish artist who, as lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, became a worldwide punk icon. 19 Dec 2003 |
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