Supersonic

2016 "The incredible true story of the band that defined an era."
7.8| 1h57m| R| en| More Info
Released: 26 October 2016 Released
Producted By: On the Corner Films
Country: United Kingdom
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Official Website: https://a24films.com/films/supersonic
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Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the most genre and generation-defining British bands that has ever existed and features candid new interviews with Noel and Liam Gallagher, their mother, and members of the band and road crew.

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Mat Whitecross

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LastingAware The greatest movie ever!
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
juanoyhanarte I feel this was made for me. As a big fan of Oasis, it truly warms my heart everytime.
tomosp1965 Watching this documentary/film, was like I had travelled back to 1994 and watched the next two years in a Meth induced rush. The only difference being, this time I actually was able to take it in and reflect on what a great time it was to be alive. I loved their first single/album and every subsequent single/album after that, why? Because I was carried along on the hype and the fantastic music. Liam and Noel, or should I say Noel and Liam? They created history and without really setting out with that intention, became the greatest band of the last 50 years. Life sometimes has twists, it does something that is the least expected thing you or anyone else thought would happen, then bang, nothing is the same afterwards. To be in a certain place at a certain time, purely by luck, plus to have a record company boss in the audience, well that's what I mean. Noels songwriting is the key to the success, but Liams vocals where also crucial. This film shows the rise of Oasis, from humble beginnings to becoming the greatest rock n' roll band of a generation. Their journey was like a person being at the best fireworks display ever, but with too much drink or drugs in their system. You see lots of lights, hear lots of bangs and get a bit over excited, and afterwards you say, "What the hell happened?" Then spend the next few years asking if you were really there at all! The relationship between the brothers was ultimately their downfall, but at least their music will still be around for future generations to listen to.This film takes you through the two years from 'Definitely Maybe' being released, to the few months after 'What's the Story Morning Glory hit the shops and the massive Knebworth gigs.Its an honest film and the views of all the people involved is given.Loved it. 10/10
Bruno Herbert It is undeniable that Oasis was one of the most important bands of its generation, icons and founders of the genre Britpop or "British Pop". Oasis's legacy goes far beyond its compositions, its songs and discs released ... it transcends a song. The legacy of the guys revolves around controversies, quarrels, controversial statements and the strong, subversive, transgressing, imposing and austere personality of the Gallagher brothers, who built all this together, without passing a false image of good young men in front of the cameras and of the microphones, even with problems between them. Who is a rock band from a small state of England (Manchester). They came to do nothing at the post of one of the best and most influential bands, with one of the biggest hits with record best selling albums in the UK. I believe it to be almost impossible, a band performing something for everything Oasis has accomplished, much because of the internet as well. People do not go to shows anymore, they do not buy more discos, nowadays, any idiot with a computer at home and record a record alone. The internet is not at all bad for a music industry, of course, but it is undisputed that it is the voice of many artists, but Oasis may have been considered a last great band until the emergence of the internet. Supersonic is an inspiring, emotional, grandiose, compelling and somewhat nostalgic account of how not Manchester boys. Noel Gallagher and Liam became dismayed to this day.MAD FER IT !
Leftbanker "Just because you can't get any bigger or any higher doesn't mean to say you can't keep doing it." –Liam Gallagher This film is brilliant on so many levels that it's difficult to keep track of them all. The film deals only with the time in which the band went in less than 3 years from signing to a label to its apotheosis at the Knebworth concert in 1996 in front of a quarter of a million fans. Drugs used (but not abused, claimed Liam), music played and written, bands changes made told mostly in their own words in the flash when the band went from complete obscurity to total brilliance in the world of rock and roll in the mid 90s. There is an incredibly intense personal telling of this story through scraps of dialogue from the band patched together with their music. This intimate look at the band is even more remarkable considering how the story is twenty years old. An incredible achievement in film.Starting backwards I have to point out that the editing is nothing less than inspired, as inspired as the music. Just try to imagine the heaps of video clips, press releases, interview takes, photos, bootleg recordings, and police reports that went into the final product of Oasis: Supersonic.The band members are from lower middle class roots yet their intelligence and wicked sense of humor shine through thick accents and lazy grammar at every step along their narrative. I'm no slouch at foreign languages but I was very thankful for the English subtitles for all of the intensely Mancunian bits.