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Joe Strummer - news / articles


  • Strummer biopic heading to the big screen - 18 November 2010
    -The life of late The Clash frontman Joe Strummer is to be immortalised in a new movie.- -Bosses at production company Film4 have announced plans to turn the punk legend's story into a big screen biopic called Joe Publich.- - The film will be written by Paul Viragh,

Joe Strummer - what members say


  • Mystery Train
  • Mystery Train review by from PENARTH
    Rated - 5.0 stars 24 March 2004
    .... The movie is full of subtle jokes and superb performances from Steve Buscemi, Joe Strummer and Cinque Lee amongst others. The movie is a lot like Four Rooms which is no s...   Read customer review
  • Joe Strummer - Viva Joe
  • Joe Strummer - Viva Joe review by A customer from northampton
    Rated - 2.0 stars not as good as it could be. 12 July 2005
    ...theres a great film waiting to be made about the life of Joe Strummer. sadly this isnt it. hardly any mention of the fine work joe did with the pogues, film soundtracks etc...   Read customer review
  • Joe Strummer - Let's Rock Again
  • Joe Strummer - Let's Rock Again review by esoxlabrax from blackpool
    Rated - 5.0 stars joe is god. 17 June 2006
    ...f, old clash classics but best of all loads of reggae covers. better than viva Joe Strummer . the extras are actually better than the film. ..superb. ...   Read customer review

Joe Strummer - filmography


  • Mystery Train on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Joe Strummer,  Nicoletta Braschi,  Cinque Lee
    Director: Jim Jarmusch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jim Jarmusch broadens his scope with this episodic tale of a night in the life of several Memphis, Tennessee, inhabitants who unknowingly find themselves lodging at the same hotel. The first episode, "Far from Yokohama," is about two Japanese teenagers (Youki Kudoh and Masatoshe Nagase) on a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,190 members
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  • The Clash - Rude Boy on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Ray Gange,  Joe Strummer,  Paul Simonon
    Director: Raphael Delpard
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    RUDE BOY is part drama, part documentary, and part concert film. The camera focuses on Ray Gange, a punk music fan who leaves his dead-end job by landing work as a roadie for his favourite band, The Clash. Intertwined with numerous concert performances of classic songs ("London's Burning," "I ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 497 members
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  • Joe Strummer - Let's Rock Again on DVD
    Starring: Joe Strummer
    Director: Dick Rude
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After the breakup of the wildly influential punk rock band the Clash in 1986, the band's guitarist and frontman, Joe Strummer, largely stayed out of the musical spotlight, and while he released a solo album in 1989 and contributed music to several film soundtracks, he kept out of the public eye for ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 191 members
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Joe Strummer facts

5 most recent films

Joe Strummer - The Future Is Unwritten - 3.5 stars
Later With Jools Holland - Later - Giants - 3.5 stars
Mystery Train - 3.5 stars
The Clash - Rude Boy - 3.0 stars
Joe Strummer - Story - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Joe Strummer - Let's Rock Again - 3.5 stars
Joe Strummer - The Future Is Unwritten - 3.5 stars
Mystery Train - 3.5 stars
Later With Jools Holland - Later - Giants - 3.5 stars
Joe Strummer - Viva Joe - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Joe Strummer - Story - 3 stars
The Clash - Rude Boy - 3.0 stars
Joe Strummer - Viva Joe - 3.0 stars
Later With Jools Holland - Later - Giants - 3.5 stars
Mystery Train - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Steve Buscemi - 2 times - show films
Topper Headon - 2 times - show films
Johnny Green - 2 times - show films
Sy Richardson - 2 times - show films
John Cusack - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 1 times - show films
Dick Rude - 1 times - show films
Raphael Delpard - 1 times - show films
Mike Parkinson - 1 times - show films
Julien Temple - 1 times - show films