Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
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Directed by Julien Temple
Written byJulien Temple
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CinematographySteve Organ
Edited byCaroline Richards
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Country United Kingdom [1]
LanguageEnglish

Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan is a 2020 documentary film about the life of Shane MacGowan, the lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues who fused punk rock with Irish folk music and whose biggest hit was the Christmas song Fairytale of New York. The film was written and directed by Julien Temple and produced by Johnny Depp. [2] [3] [4]

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The world premiere of the documentary was on September 20, 2020 at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival [5] [6] [7] where it was nominated for the Golden Shell award for Best Film [8] [9] and won the runner-up "Special Jury Prize". [10] [11] [12] It was also nominated for Best Music Documentary at the 2020 5th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards and 2020 36th International Documentary Association Awards. [8] [13] [14]

Magnolia Pictures acquired the North American distribution rights. [6] The North American premiere was on November 11, 2020 at DOC NYC [2] [1] followed by special screenings in theatres in the U.S. on December 1, 2020 before its general release on December 4, 2020. [2] [15] [16] The film was distributed by Wildcard Distribution in Irish cinemas [11] [17] and by Altitude Films in the U.K. and Ireland. [18] [19] The release in U.K. and Ireland cinemas by the two distributors was delayed from November 20, 2020 to December 4, 2020 due to COVID-19. [20] [17] The film was released on demand and DVD in the U.S. and Canada on December 4, 2020 [21] [22] and in the U.K. and Ireland on December 7, 2020. [23] [19] The film was released in theaters in Canada on December 4, 2020 [24] and released in Australia on December 17, 2020. [25] [26] BBC4 broadcast the film on March 16, 2021. [27] [28] The film played in theaters around the U.S. but not in New York City due to the city’s COVID shutdown of cinemas. After MacGowan's death on November 30, 2023, the IFC Center presented the first New York theatrical screenings from December 25 to December 26, 2023 as a tribute to him on what would have been his 66th birthday. [29]

Premise

This is Shane’s story, as told by Shane and a small, intimate cast of close friends and family members. [30]

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