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Mark E. Smith

Mark E. Smith

Acting

Biography

Mark Edward Smith was a singer, songwriter and inimitable front man of post punk Manchester band The Fall.

Known For

Ideal
8.0

Sitcom about a small-time dope dealer and his strange collection of acquaintances.

Ideal

2005
24 Hour Party People
7.0

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

24 Hour Party People

2002
Punk Britannia
7.5

A brand new take on the most transformative force in British popular music history.

Punk Britannia

2012
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
5.6

A 1-hour Documentary looking at the Manchester post-punk group and its infamous leader Mark E Smith. The Film follows the current band recording their final Session for the John Peel Show (they were his favourite group and recorded more sessions than any other band) as well as chronicling the chaotic history of the band & its numerous line-up changes.

The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith

2005
John Peel's Record Box
8.0

John Peel's Record Box is a documentary film made by Elaine Shepherd, released on 14 November 2005 on Channel 4. It was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award. It is about a small private collection of the British radio DJ John Peel who died in 2004 at the age of 65. Peel's main archive contained more than 100,000 vinyl records and CDs. This smaller private collection, however, contains 143 singles - some of them doublettes - stored in a private wooden box representing some of his personal favourites. According to the documentary, there are no singles by Peel's favorite group, The Fall, because he kept them in a separate box. The film features interviews with John's wife Sheila Ravenscroft, radio DJs and artists like Mary Anne Hobbs, Sir Elton John, Ronnie Wood, Roger Daltrey, Fergal Sharkey, Jack White, Michael Palin and Miki Berenyi.

John Peel's Record Box

2005
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
N/A

Dandelion Records and DVD's present Probably the nearest you will ever get to an official documentary on Mark E Smith and The Fall. Put together over a period of 13 years by three Danish Fall fans and with full involvement from Mark E Smith this film gives a real insight into the mechanisms of The Fall. Features many live clips and rehearsals of both The Fall and Smith and Ed Blaney. The cast list includes Mark E Smith, John Peel (a real in depth contribution from Peelie), Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, David Gedge, Stephen Malkmus, Dee Dee Ramone, Peter Hook, Grant Showbiz, John Cooper Clarke, Damo Suzuki, Gary Lucas, Ed Blaney, Jim Watts, Spencer Birtwistle, Ben Pritchard, Zlatko Buric, Alan Wise, The Other Dave and Fall Fan Dave. Bonus material includes a great interview with Mark E Smith in what was his favourite pub near Heaton Park in Manchester (sadly the pub is now closed)

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

2014
Hail the New Puritan
10.0

A fictionalized portrait of the British dancer and choreographer Michael Clark, depicting a day in his life as he and his company prepare for a performance.

Hail the New Puritan

1986
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land
6.0

Documentary made for Dutch television about Nick Cave in Berlin in 1987.

Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land

1987
Diary of a Madman
N/A

An update of Gogol's comic story about a man who thinks the way to his boss's heart is by sending letters to her dog. Starring Steve Evets, Yasmin Mills and The Fall's Mark E Smith

Diary of a Madman

1997
The Fall
N/A

Mick Middles's previously unreleased documentary on The Fall from 1994. Made available as an extra on Northern Cream: The Fall DVD That Fights Back in 2009.

The Fall

2009
Glow Boys
N/A

Glow Boys is set in a British nuclear power plant in the company of contract workers termed 'glowboys'.

Glow Boys

1998
A Leisure Society of Severe Preponderence
N/A

A devastating assault on conformity culture, neo-liberal politics, literary pretension and the all-around follies of the Western world. Using, ironically, anti-art strategies—appropriation, violation and collage—Kaganof splinters the division between the high and the low, revelling in the contradictions and absurdities that transpire in a life lived crossing borders. Filmed on location in The Hague September 1995 at the Crossing Border Festival.

A Leisure Society of Severe Preponderence

2011
The Fall: A Touch Sensitive Live
N/A

The Fall came out of Salford, Manchester in 1976 producing unusual songs with a unique delivery. There were various changes in the lineup over the years but Mark E. Smith's material and direct, barracking style has always preserved the Fall's identity. This concert catches the Fall at King George's Hall, Blackburn in 2002.

The Fall: A Touch Sensitive Live

2004
The Fall ‎– Live At The Haçienda 1983-1985
N/A

"Live At The Hacienda" features a collection of material taken from four shows the band played at the world famous Hacienda club in Manchester during the mid-1980's. Amongst the tracks featured are Independent Chart top five hit "Kicker Conspiracy" and live favourites including "God Box" and "What You Need". There is also some excellent bonus footage featuring an interview with Mark E. Smith. God Box / Kicker Conspiracy / C.R.E.E.P. / Lay Of The Land / Elves / Oh! Brother / Garden / Ludd Gang / Neighbourhood Of Infinity / I Feel Voxish / 2 X 4 / Slang King / Mere Pseud Mag. Ed / What You Need / Barmy / L.A. / Faust Banana / I Am A Damo Suzuki / Gut Of The Quantifier / Spoiled Victorian Child Plus Bonus interview footage

The Fall ‎– Live At The Haçienda 1983-1985

2005
The Fall: Perverted By Language/ Bis + Live at Leeds
N/A

Two live performances recorded in 1981, assorted clips and promotional videos.

The Fall: Perverted By Language/ Bis + Live at Leeds

2003
30 Minutes On A Manchester Slag Heap
N/A

Archival interview

30 Minutes On A Manchester Slag Heap

2019