Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away

Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away (2020)

Songs for While I'm Away

A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. Told extensively through the words of Lynott himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.

Date of release
2020-10-23
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Emer Reynolds

Casting

Interesting facts

Phil Lynott: Songs For While I'm Away is a 2020 documentary film about the life of singer-songwriter Phil Lynott and his career with Thin Lizzy. It aired on BBC Two on 23 October 2020 and was directed by Emer Reynolds. It features archival footage and testimonials from peers about Lynott's magnetism as a performer and his brilliance as a musician. The film's title is taken from a poetry collection of Lynott's published in 1974.

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