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.
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Cast
Carl Shaaban
as Phil Lynott
Huey Lewis
as Self
Hugh Anthony Cregg III, known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor..
James Hetfield
as Self
James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield...
Adam Clayton
as Self
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960), is an English-born Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. He has resided in County Dublin, Ireland since his family moved to Malahide...
Eric Bell
as Self
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SEric Robin Bell (born 3 September 1947 in East Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish rock musician and guitarist, best known as a founder member and th...
Phil Lynott
as Self (archive footage)
Phillip Parris Lynott was an Irish singer, musician, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist a...
Director
Emer Reynolds
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