Good Vibrations

:(This page is about the movie. For the record label of the same name, see Good Vibrations (record label)).
thumb|330x330px|Peel played by Kieron Forsyth makes an appearance on this video trailer between 1:12 and 1:18, where he says 'You gave the best 2 minutes of my life'
Good Vibrations is a 2013 UK film written by Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson and directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn. It stars Richard Dormer, Jodie Whittaker, Adrian Dunbar, Liam Cunningham, Karl Johnson and Dylan Moran. The film is a chronicle of Terri Hooley's life, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast's punk-rock scene. The film was produced by Chris Martin, with Andrew Eaton, Bruno Charlesworth and David Holmes. Holmes also co-wrote the soundtrack score.
=== Plot ===
Terri Hooley (Dormer) is a radical, rebel and music-lover in 1970s Belfast when the bloody conflict known as The Troubles shuts down his city. As all his friends take sides and take up arms, Terri opens a record shop on the most bombed half-mile in Europe and calls it Good Vibrations. Through it he discovers a compelling voice of resistance in the city's nascent underground punk scenes. Galvanising the young musicians into action, he becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and punks who join him in his mission to create a new community, an alternative Ulster, to bring his city back to life.
=== Release and Reception ===
Good Vibrations was released on 29 March 2013, following showings at various film festivals. Q magazine rated the film 5/5, while The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent, and Time Out all gave extremely favourable 4/5 reviews, with much praise for Dormer's performance as Hooley. Observer film critic Mark Kermode described the film as "an absolute humdinger with real heart and soul" and later described how he was twice moved to tears watching it. Kermode went on to call it the best film of 2013.
The film was the winner of both the Galway Film Fleadh Audience Award and The Belfast Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for three Irish Film and Television Awards including Best Film, Best Actor for Richard Dormer, and Costume for Maggie Donnelly, winning Best Costume. The film received the award for best script at the 2012 Dinard Festival. The film currently holds a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The screenplay of Good Vibrations received a BAFTA nomination
== Links To Peel ==
Peel is played in the film by Kieron Forsyth, who was listed in the credits but not on the IMDb (Internet Movie database) site. In one scene, the character is shown at Belfast’s Ulster Hall, wanting to hear The Undertones play their Teenage Kicks live and saying 'you gave the best 2 minutes of my life'.
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