Songs for While I'm Away
7.3
112 minutes
10/23/2020
Overview
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 List
Carl Shaaban
as Phil Lynott
Huey Lewis
as Self
James Hetfield
as Self
Adam Clayton
as Self
Eric Bell
as Self
Phil Lynott
as Self (archive footage)
Suzi Quatro
as Self
Midge Ure
as Self
Caroline Crowther
as Self (as Caroline Taraskevics)
Sarah Lynott
as Self
Cathleen Lynott
as Self
Monica Lynott
as Self
Peter Lynott
as Self
Niall Stokes
as Self
Diane Wagg
as Self
Darren Wharton
as Self
Kit Woolven
as Self
Hugh Feighery
as Self
Alan Byrne
as Self
Gus Curtis
as Self
Jim Fitzpatrick
as Self
Scott Gorham
as Self
Jerome Rimson
as Self
Brush Shiels
as Self