telstar (2009)

The story of how an unassuming engineer went on to produce some of the most amazing music of the early 60's, and all from his flat above a leather goods shop. But then fame, the struggle to keep banging out the hits, his unfortunate arrest for cottaging and an untimely court case turned him into a gibbering wreck and eventual murderer.
It would be hard not to make an interesting film out of the life of Joe Meek and this, based on the play of the same name, manages to just about do it by covering his last seven years, whilst packing in cameo performances from many of the performers he terrorised/made famous. But unfortunately we get the usual lackluster performances from a few of the characters, whose supposed witty banter never gells. At times it's all to stilted. But overall it gives a feel for what it would have been like to hang around Hollyway Road.