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Morrissey’s unauthorized biopic England is Mine—a film from the producers of Control has been graced with an official trailer ahead of it’s August 4th release The film is directed by Mark Gill and stars Jack Lowden as the young singer, and Black Mirror’s Jessica Brown Findlay starring as his best friend—artist/musician (and co-founder of post-punk group Ludus), Linder Sterling.
The film appears to chronicle Morrissey’s harsh attempts at music journalism and writing—and his briefly joining The Nosebleeds with future Cult guitarist Billy Duffy—assumingly including Billy’s introduction of Mozz to Johnny Marr at a Patti Smith concert that would ultimately lead to the future Smiths guitarist showing up on Morrissey’s doorstep.
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