Oil City Confidential (2009)
Oil City is 100% Pure Below Sea Level, Canvey Island Noir
Director Julien Temple's film celebrates Canvey Island's Dr Feelgood, the Essex R 'n' B band that exploded out of the UK in the prog era of the early Seventies, delivering shows and albums that helped pave the way for pub rock and punk.
- Date of release
- 2009-10-20
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Director
- Julien Temple
Casting
- Lee Brilleaux — Lee
- Wilko Johnson — Wilko
- John Martin — The Big Figure
- John B. Sparkes — Sparko
- Chris Fenwick — Self
- Jake Riviera — Self
- Jools Holland — Self
- Alison Moyet — Self
- Joe Strummer — Self (archive footage)
- Suggs — Self
- Richard Hell — Self
- Will Birch — Self
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