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Status
Released
Release
2010
Runtime
1h 55m
Available options inUS
"There are a couple of ways to avoid death....one is to be magnificent"
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
20 Cast Members
Andy Serkis
Ian Dury
Tom Hughes
Chaz Jankel
Olivia Williams
Betty Dury
Naomie Harris
Denise
Bill Milner
Baxter Dury
Ray Winstone
Bill Drury
Arthur Darvill
Mick Gallagher
Luke Evans
Clive Richards
Mackenzie Crook
Russell Hardy
Noel Clarke
Desmond
Toby Jones
Hargreaves
Ralph Ineson
The Sulphate Strangler
Charlotte Beaumont
Jemima Dury
Sam Spruell
Kilburns' Drummer
Andrew Knott
Reporter
Poppy Miller
Carer
Michael Maloney
Graham
Chloe Arrowsmith
Girl in bed with The Blockheads Charley (uncredited)
Catherine Balavage
Crazy Drug Girl
Nick Turner
Barman (uncredited)
