Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
Emer Reynolds2020-10-23
7.3
112 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Carl Shaaban | Phil Lynott | Unowned |
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Huey Lewis | Self | Unowned |
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James Hetfield | Self | Unowned |
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Adam Clayton | Self | Unowned |
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Eric Bell | Self | Unowned |
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Phil Lynott | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Suzi Quatro | Self | Unowned |
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Midge Ure | Self | Unowned |
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Caroline Crowther | Self (as Caroline Taraskevics) | Unowned |
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Sarah Lynott | Self | Unowned |
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Cathleen Lynott | Self | Unowned |
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Monica Lynott | Self | Unowned |
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Peter Lynott | Self | Unowned |
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Niall Stokes | Self | Unowned |
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Diane Wagg | Self | Unowned |
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Darren Wharton | Self | Unowned |
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Kit Woolven | Self | Unowned |
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Hugh Feighery | Self | Unowned |
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Alan Byrne | Self | Unowned |
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Gus Curtis | Self | Unowned |
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Jim Fitzpatrick | Self | Unowned |
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Scott Gorham | Self | Unowned |
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Jerome Rimson | Self | Unowned |
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Brush Shiels | Self | Unowned |