Which 2002 film about Manchester's music scene was directed by Michael Winterbottom?

The 2002 film about Manchester’s music scene directed by Michael Winterbottom is 24 Hour Party People.

The film dramatizes Manchester’s popular-music culture from 1976 to 1992, focusing especially on Tony Wilson, Factory Records, and the club the Haçienda. Steve Coogan plays Wilson, whose media work and record-label ambitions helped connect punk, post-punk, and the later “Madchester” scene.

Its story moves from the Sex Pistols-era punk explosion through bands such as Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays. The film deliberately mixes biography, comedy, music history, and self-aware narration; its characters sometimes acknowledge that the movie is a playful reconstruction rather than a literal documentary.

A common mix-up is Control, another film connected with Manchester music. Control is Anton Corbijn’s 2007 biographical drama about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, whereas 24 Hour Party People covers the wider Factory Records world. High Fidelity is set largely in Chicago and London, and Velvet Goldmine is a fictionalized glam-rock story.