Citizens of Boomtown RTE/BBC 2020

After spending most of 2019 filming in Ireland, the UK, and the USA Sideline’s feature-length film Citizens of Boomtown received its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in March 2020, days before lockdown. It later aired in 2 parts on RTE and in May 2020 as a 90-minute film in the prestigious BBC2 IMAGINE slot.  Below is a sample of the press reaction plus credit where credit is due.

 

Citizens of Boomtown – a sample of what the critics said about Sideline’s Citizens of Boomtown 

 

“An extraordinary and compelling story brilliantly told”

The Today Show BBC Radio 4

 

“…one of the most dramatic and compelling narratives in modern music”.

Irish Times – Preview

 

 ‘Fascinating documentary .. packed full of great interviews. Well worth your time’

Daily Telegraph – Preview

 

“..this film, packed with famous faces, demonstrates that the Rats were pretty cool’

The Guardian – Preview

 

“..a thunderously enjoyable postcard from the past’..

Daily Telegraph

 

‘..a propulsive tale of Boom and bust – and improbable resurgence’

Radio Times – Preview

 

‘A great rock’ n’roll yarn … rattles along furiously with a dangerous gleam in its eyes’.

Irish Times

 

‘’ exhaustive story … interesting, engaging, insightful’

The Times

 

‘Pick of the Day’

The Daily Mail (and 5 other national UK media titles)

 

‘well curated delight … absolutely fascinating story’

The Sun

 

‘A cut above the usual BBC rock doc … a terrific film’

The Times

 

Credit to all

 

ROLLER

 

Dedicated 

to the Memory of

Nigel Grainge

 

DIRECTOR                                                          Billy McGrath

 

 

PRODUCERS                                                    Billy McGrath

                                                                        Stuart Souter

 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS                        Hartwig Masuch

For BMG                                                     Alistair Norbury

                     Korda Marshall

                      Justus Haerder

                  

BeyondTNC                                                        Bill Lord

 

PRODUCTION MANAGER                   Pamela Lee

 

ARCHIVE PRODUCER                           Eoin Sweeney

 

 

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY            Ken O’Mahony

 

SENIOR EDITOR                                  Michael O’Sullivan

 

THE BOOMTOWN RATS

 

Pete Briquette

Simon Crowe

Bob Geldof

Garry Roberts

 

Gerry Cott

Johnny Fingers

 

Darren Beale

Alan Dunn

 

POST PRODUCTION                  Highwire TV/Film (Dublin)

 

ASSISTANT EDITOR                     Ruth McLoughlin

 

SUPERVISOR/EDITOR                         Mike Quinn

 

DUBBING MIXER                            Killian Fitzgerald

 

ONLINE EDITOR & COLOURIST          Mark Quinn

 

 

SPECIAL THANKS

 

BMG                                                    Hartwig Masuch.    

 

BEYOND TNC                          Michael Murphy

 

KRUGER COWNE                                 Mark Cowne

          Maya Yglesias

 

Liam Teeling

 

Roger Waters

 

Maire Kearney

Jeanne Marine

 

GUESTS                                   Order of appearance

 

Bono

Neil McCormick

Joseph O’Connor

Diarmaid Ferriter

Eoin Devereux

Roy Foster

Niall Stokes

Dave Fanning

Sting

Alan McGee

Charles Shaar Murray

Sinead O’Connor

David Fricke

Paul Gambaccini

Jools Holland

David Mallet

Paul Rappaport

Clem Burke

(no gap) Dave Stewart

 

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR   Andrea Caslin  (USA)

 

CAMERA ASSISTANTS                 Brian Holland (Ireland)

Jack Jennings (UK)

Christian Kline (USA)

Conor Waters (Ireland

 

GRAPHICS                                           Anna K Wright

Marc Sherwin

 

LEGAL SERVICES           Luke Gornell/Kami Naghd (Clintons Sols) for BMG

Ciaran Maguire (Simon McAleese Sols) for Sideline

James Mathews (BeyondTNC)

 

PUBLICITY                                           Sean Harris

 

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT              Joe O’Sullivan

 

LIBRARY MUSIC                                  West One Music

 

ORIGINAL MUSIC                                Pete Briquette

 

ADDITIONAL CAMERA/SOUND      Johnny Coughlin (USA)

                                                         Kevin Lee Brown (UK)

          Brian Moore (Ireland)

 

SOUND RECORDIST (Ireland)             Finny Byrne

 

EXTRA CONTENT/DIRECTORS     Nick Franco (1185 Films)

                                                     John Maguire TV

                                                      Hamish MacDonald (h808 Films)

 

ARCHIVE SOURCES                

 

Band Aid Trust.

BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images

BMG Films

Channel 4

Eagle Vision

Bob Geldof Archive

Goldcrest Films

Bob Gruen Photography

IFI Irish Film Archive

ITV Archive

ORF

Radio Télévision Suisse

Radio Bremen distributed by Studio Hamburg

Perpetual Motion Pictures, Australia

Reelin’ in the Years Productions

RTE Archive

Universal Music

Vanderquest Ltd

Videoform Pictures

 

 

ARCHIVE CONSULTANT (UK)     Keren Greenwell

 

ARCHIVE RESEARCH               Sam McGrath

 

All reasonable efforts were made to source & credit  copyright holders

 

NIGHT SHOOT (Dublin)                                 

 

MASKED ‘GIMP’                       David McSavage

ART DIRECTOR                               Noel McEntee

MAKEUP & HAIR STYLIST              Jennifer Keogh

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT                  Ciara Scullion

 

MUSIC                              

Lookin’ After No.1, Mary Of The 4th Form, Joey’s On The Street Again, (She’s Gonna) Do You In, Kicks, Close As You’ll Ever Be, Don’t Believe What You Read, Rat Trap, Someone’s Looking At You, (I Never Loved) Eva Braun, Me And Howard Hughes, Blues Away, Neon Heart, My Talking Fall Down, Never In A Million Years, Nice N Neat, Whitehall 1212, Nothing Happened Today, In Code, The Elephants Graveyard, Hold Of Me, Tonight, Up All Night, Trash Glam Baby,

 

All Above Written by Bob Geldof                                            Published by Mute Song

Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

She’s So Modern & I Don’t Like Mondays

Written by Bob Geldof/John Moylett.    Published by Mute Song/Universal Music  Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

Having My Picture Taken                 

Written by Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette

Published by Mute Song/Pete Briquette Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

Like Clockwork          

Written by Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette/Simon Crowe

Published by Mute Song /Pete Briquette/Simon Crowe

Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

D.U.N.L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E

Written by Simon Crowe/Roberts/John Moylett/Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette

Published by NOB Music/Copyright Control/Mute Song

Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

Barefootin’    

Written by Robert Parker                             Performed by The Boomtown Rats

Published by Kobalt.                                     Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Going)       

Written by Barbara Ozen                              Performed by The Rolling Stones

Published by Jamie Music Publishing.      Courtesy of BMG

 

Mama’s Roses

Written by John Maccauley                          Performed by Big Tom & The Mainliners

Published by Four Roads Music                 Courtesy of Big Tom Prods Ltd.

 

You Fascists Are Bound To Lose                   

Written by Woody Guthrie                              Performed by Woody Guthrie

Published by SonyATV Music                       Courtesy of Warner Music

 

She Does It Right       

Written by Wilko Johnson      Performed by Dr Feelgood     Published by EMI

 

Anarchy In the UK     

Written by John Lydon/Glen Matlock/Stephen Jones/Paul Cook

Performed by The Sex Pistols Published by Warner Chappell/Universal

Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

Personality Crisis       

Written by Johnny Thunders/David Johansen           Performed by New York DollsPublished by Warner Chappell/EMI

 

Blitzkrieg Bop

Written by Johnny Ramone/Tommy Ramone/Dee Dee Ramone/Joey Ramone

Performed by The Ramones                                            Published by Warner Chappell

 

Roxanne        

Written by Gordon Sumner                                              Performed by The Police

Published by Gordon Sumner

 

Fade To Grey 

Written by Midge Ure/William Currie/Christopher Payne

Performed by Visage                                           Published by Universal Music/Kassner

Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2

Performed by Pink Floyd                                           Written by Roger Waters

Published by BMG Rights Management                  © 1999 Pink Floyd Music

Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Written by Bob Geldof/Midge Ure                           Performed by Band Aid

Published by Chappell Music                          Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

We Are The World

Written by Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie.         Performed by USA For Africa

Published by Sony Music/Concord Music/Kobalt Music     Courtesy of Sony Music

 

Radio Gaga

Written by Roger Taylor         Performed by Queen       Published by EMI Music

 

Bad     

Written by Larry Mullen/Adam Clayton/Paul Hewson/Dave Evans

Performed by U2                                                                      Published by Universal

 

Pale White Girls & The Great Song of Indifference

Written & written by Bob Geldof                                          Published by Mute Song

Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

The Boomtown Rats                                                 

Written by Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette             Published by Mute Song/© Control.           Courtesy of Universal Music Operations

 

THANKS                     

                                                       BMG London and New York

David Harris – Universal Music Ireland

Razib Chatterjee, Vicky Moran, Tommy Doyle – RTÉ Archives

Jill S Sinclair – Band Aid Trust (London)

 Jo Cadman/Maurice Todman (PMP Aus)

BP Fallon

Dick Conroy – DVD Centre (Dublin)

Mill Street Studios (Dublin)

Larry Bass – Shinawil Productions

Grainne McAleer & Conor Sweeney  (RTE)

Dublin International Film Festival  

 

 

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City Of Boomtown Logo

 

Produced by Sideline Productions

 

Distributed by BeyondTNC

 

Post-Production – High Wire

 

     © BMG Films 2020