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Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008 · Film · 119 min
Directed by Nick Moran
Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar – the biggest selling record of it's time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall.
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There are a few (all are based on true story):
- Moneyball
- Good Night, and Good Luck
- Kinky Boots
- Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
- Ek Doctor Ki Maut (a hindi-language movie based on actual events, chronicling the sad state of Indian research scientists in government institutions; the movie is based on the life of an Indian doctor from Kolkata who developed a vaccine for leprosy. The doctor committed suicide, but the movie has changed that)