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Shane MacGowan is a Actor and Original Music Composer born on 25 december 1957

Shane MacGowan

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Birth name Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan
Birth 25 december 1957
Death 30 november 2023 (at 65 years)

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, né le 25 décembre 1957 à Tunbridge Wells, dans le Kent, est un musicien irlandais. Il est le chanteur du groupe The Pogues, célèbre dans les années 1980.

Biography

Bien qu'il soit Irlandais, Shane MacGowan est né en Angleterre dans le Kent à Tunbridge Wells. Ses deux parents irlandais ont vécu dans de nombreuses régions du sud-est de l'Angleterre, dont Londres et Brighton. Peu de temps après sa naissance, la mère de MacGowan retourne en Irlande, où il passe six années avec elle dans la maison familiale de Carney, près de Nenagh dans le comté de Tipperary.

En Irlande, il est complètement immergé dans la musique traditionnelle irlandaise. Sa mère est chanteuse et danseuse traditionnelle, travaille comme mannequin à Dublin, et son père est féru de littérature et d'écriture. Il retourne en Angleterre, où il est scolarisé à la Holmewood House Preparatory School of Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells. Ses résultats sont légèrement supérieurs à la moyenne, mais Shane est victime de sa timidité. En 1971, MacGowan obtient une bourse d'études musicales et intègre Westminster School, une école privée anglaise à proximité de la Maison du Parlement. Il est trouvé en possession de drogue et est expulsé lors de sa deuxième année. En dépit de ses premières années en Irlande, il vit la majorité de sa vie à Londres, d'où il tire son accent très prononcé du nord de Londres.

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Don Letts
Don Letts
(1 films)
Alex Cox
Alex Cox
(1 films)
Kathy Burke
Kathy Burke
(2 films)
Billy Idol
Billy Idol
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shane MacGowan (5 films)

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Actor

The Filth and the Fury, 1h47
Directed by Julien Temple
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors John Lydon, David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Stewart Copeland, Bryan Ferry, Benny Hill
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating75% 3.7944553.7944553.7944553.7944553.794455
Insultes, crachats, irreverence et violence, le groupe Sex Pistols est l'un des plus célebres représentants du mouvement punk londonien. La folle ascension de Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Sid Vicious et Paul Cook dans la deuxième moitié des années soixante-dix, période de grève et de misère pour la classe ouvrière de Grande-Bretagne, n'aura duré que l'espace de vingt-six mois et un seul album.
Eat the Rich, 1h30
Directed by Peter Richardson
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Kevin Allen, Ronald Allen, Kathy Burke, Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Planer
Roles Terrorist
Rating59% 2.951592.951592.951592.951592.95159
The film begins in a high-class London restaurant named 'Bastards', staffed by the protagonist, waiter Alex (Alan Pellay). Alex is subject to the daily contempt and disgust of the upper-class customers, and is eventually fired for being obnoxious and rude to the clientele. After witnessing an act of terrorism on an embassy, he robs a benefits office and goes on the run with his new friend.
Straight to Hell, 1h26
Directed by Alex Cox
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Sy Richardson, Courtney Love, Dick Rude, Miguel Sandoval, Grace Jones, Dennis Hopper
Roles Bruno McMahon
Rating55% 2.7998852.7998852.7998852.7998852.799885
The film opens with three hitmen, Willy, Norwood, and Simms (played by Dick Rude, Sy Richardson, and Joe Strummer, respectively) who are staying in a posh Los Angeles hotel. After failing a job, they take off in a car with a whiny pregnant woman named Velma (Courtney Love), who is in on their scheme. They then flee to Mexico to escape the wrath of their boss, Amos Dade (Jim Jarmusch), and rob a bank along the way. While driving through the desert, their car breaks down due to Simms having filled the gasoline tank with diesel by mistake. They bury their suitcase of money in the desert and begin to walk.

Sound

The Informant, 1h45
Directed by Jim McBride
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Cary Elwes, Timothy Dalton, John Kavanagh, Seán McGinley, Stuart Graham, Ciarán Fitzgerald
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62% 3.147383.147383.147383.147383.14738
It tells the story of Sean Pius McAnally "Gingy" (Anthony Brophy) and the journey he makes on his way to becoming a supergrass. Gingy is reluctantly pulled out of retirement in a caravan in the Republic of Ireland by two IRA men who bring him back to Belfast to perform one last job due to his skill with an RPG. On their way back they are stopped by a British Army patrol led by Lt David Ferris who introduces himself to Gingy. Gingy initially refuses the job but realises he has no choice after the Chief of the Belfast Brigade briefs him and threatens him. The job entails the killing of a judge using an RPG, during the getaway the gang smash through a roadblock and one of the soldiers from the previous patrol recognises Gingy from the previous checkpoint.