The story of the Thin Lizzy legend is coming to the big screen.
As I was going over the list of Irish icons that deserve to have their life story told on the big screen, the name of Phil Lynott truly belongs in this illustrious company.
Charismatic, talented, cool before Ireland even knew what it meant to be cool, and a bloody good musician, the Dubliner helped to put Ireland on the map and as RTÉ’s recent documentary on the Thin Lizzy singer showed, he was incredibly proud to be Irish.
“When I’m in England, I’m from Ireland. When I’m in Ireland, I’m from Dublin. When I’m in Dublin, I’m from Crumlin,” was just one of his saying but away from the stage, Lynott’s life is incredibly interesting and indicative of a changing mentality in Irish society.
As stated previously, the talented director Emer Reynolds (The Farthest) is making a new documentary about Lynott’s life and it’s set for a cinematic release and Screen Daily have provided a few more details about what fans can expect to see.
“The documentary will trace how a young black boy from working class 1950’s Dublin became one of Ireland’s greatest rock stars as the lead singer of Thin Lizzy. Born in Birmingham to a father from British Guiana and an Irish mother, he moved to Dublin as a young child where he lived with his grandparents. He died aged just 36 in 1986,” it states.
The working title of the documentary is Phil Lynott: Songs For While I’m Away and the production has assembled a very interesting list of contributors taht includes; Thin Lizzy’s Eric Bell, Scott Gorham, Darren Wharton, Midge Ure, Skid Row’s Brush Shiels, U2’s Adam Clayton, Suzi Quatro, Huey Lewis and Metallica’s James Hetfield.
The filmmakers are also on the hunt for rare and insightful archive material to help tell Lynott’s story.
On this note, they’re looking for professional and amateur footage/photos of Phil Lynott or Thin Lizzy in action.
If you’ve got anything that fits this description, feel free to get in touch with the filmmakers at [email protected].
Who knows, maybe some camera that’s gathering dust in your attic could be part of a key scene in a documentary about one of Ireland’s greatest ever musicians?
If you’ve got some footage of Lynott doing what he does best, all the relevant details are below.
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