Urgh! A Music War
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“Stand up & dance!”
Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.
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Cast
27 people
Sting
Self
Known for
Bee Movie
Dune
The Go-Go's
Themselves
Devo
Themselves
XTC
Themselves
UB40
Themselves
The Cramps
Themselves
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Themselves
Stewart Copeland
Self
Known for
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Andy Summers
Self
Known for
Another You
Danny Elfman
Self
Known for
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Jello Biafra
Self
Also in
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Bikini Bandits
Toyah Willcox
Self
Known for
Jubilee
Quadrophenia
Derek Burbidge Director · Jim Elderton Editor
United States release May 1, 1982 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Lorimar Productions
Production
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Production
Lorimar Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · November 7, 1981
Theatrical
United States · May 1, 1982
Theatrical
United States
November 13, 1981 · Premiere · US Premiere (Lefont Tara, Atlanta GA)
Australia
November 19, 1981 · Theatrical
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