Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away (2020)
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.
Director: Emer Reynolds
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Carl Shaaban as Phil Lynott |
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Huey Lewis as Self |
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James Hetfield as Self |
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Adam Clayton as Self |
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Eric Bell as Self |
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Phil Lynott as Self (archive footage) |
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Suzi Quatro as Self |
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Midge Ure as Self |
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Caroline Crowther as Self (as Caroline Taraskevics) |
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Sarah Lynott as Self |
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Cathleen Lynott as Self |
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Monica Lynott as Self |
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Peter Lynott as Self |
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Niall Stokes as Self |
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Diane Wagg as Self |
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Darren Wharton as Self |
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Kit Woolven as Self |
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Hugh Feighery as Self |
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Alan Byrne as Self |
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Gus Curtis as Self |
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Jim Fitzpatrick as Self |
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Scott Gorham as Self |
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Jerome Rimson as Self |
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Brush Shiels as Self |
| Production | John Wallace | Producer |
| Production | Alan Maher | Producer |
| Production | Peter Worsley | Producer |
| Directing | Emer Reynolds | Director |
| Editing | Tony Cranstoun | Editor |
| Editing | Jackie Jarvis | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Jo Halpin | Researcher |