Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away

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2020 · 112 min · Documentary · TMDB 7.3/10

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.

Directed by Emer Reynolds

Cast

• Carl Shaaban — Phil Lynott
• Huey Lewis — Self
• James Hetfield — Self
• Adam Clayton — Self
• Eric Bell — Self