Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Directed by	Julien Temple
Produced by	Anna Campeau Alan Moloney Amanda Temple Orlagh Collins Stephan Mallmann Susan Mullen
Music by	Ian Neil Steve Isles Amanda Street
Cinematography	Ben Cole
Edited by	Mark Reynolds Tobias Zaldua
Distributed by	Vertigo Films IFC Films
Release date	20 January 2007 (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time	123 min. (Sundance Film Festival)
Country	Ireland, United Kingdom
Language	English

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten is a 2007 documentary film directed by Julien Temple about Joe Strummer, the lead singer of the British punk rock band The Clash, that went on to win the British Independent Film Awards as Best British Documentary 2007. The film premiered 20 January 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. It was also shown at the Dublin Film Festival on 24 February 2007.

It was released in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2007 and in Australia on 31 August 2007. The film opened in limited release in the United States on 2 November 2007.

Special Thanks: Terence Dackombe

The film was well received by critics. As of 18 October 2009 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 61 reviews. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 79 out of 100, based on 19 reviews.

Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle named it the 8th best film of 2007. Stephanie Zacharek of Salon named it the 9th best film of 2007.

As of 31 January 2008 box office takings totalled $US 1,108,740.

The official soundtrack was produced by Ian Neil, Julien Temple, and Alan Moloney. It is a mix of spoken word clips from interviews with Strummer and others, tracks from his various bands (including several rare or unreleased tracks by The Clash), and eclectic selections from other musicians that Strummer played on his BBC World radio show London Calling from 1999-2002 (some of which include his spoken introduction).

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