Wham! (2023)
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- TV-14
- 1h 32min
- Documentary, Biography
- 05 Jul 2023 (USA)
- Movie
Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham career, from '70s best buds to '80s pop icons.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
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Cast
| Wham! | ... |
Themselves (archiveFootage)
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| George Michael | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Andrew Ridgeley | ... |
Self
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bananarama | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Bono | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| David Bowie | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Boy George | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Phil Collins | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Mark Dean | ... |
Self - Innervision Records (archiveFootage)
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Helen DeMacque | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Aretha Franklin | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Elton John | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Shirlie Kemp | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Paul McCartney | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Freddie Mercury | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Simon Napier-Bell | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Kyriacos Panayiotou | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Sting | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Paula Yates | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Connie Chung | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Bob Geldof | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Tony Hadley | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| George Harrison | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Mick Jagger | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| John Lennon | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Brian May | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Phil Oakey | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Jerry Wexler | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Stevie Wonder | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
| Chris Smith | ||
Written by
| Clare Keogh | ... | (script writer) |
Produced by
| John Battsek | ... | producer |
| Alex Black | ... | archive producer |
| Miles Coleman | ... | development producer |
| Kerstin Emhoff | ... | executive producer |
| Simon Halfon | ... | producer |
| Andrew Ruhemann | ... | executive producer |
| Chris Smith | ... | producer |
| Abigail Watts | ... | line producer |
Music by
| Tim Atack | ||
Editing by
| Gregor Lyon | ||
Editorial Department
| Shing Hong Chan | ... | color assistant |
| Julian Debrah | ... | post operations coordinator |
| James Dwyer | ... | conform editor |
| Jon Gray | ... | account executive: Company 3 |
| Christopher Nundy | ... | finishing producer |
| Sam Pope | ... | assistant editor |
| Dan Preston | ... | on-line editor |
| James Slattery | ... | colorist |
| Stefan Sonnenfeld | ... | supervising colorist |
| Laura Metcalfe | ... | head of production: Company 3 (uncredited) |
| Ella Nicolì-Horne | ... | post-production runner: Company 3 (uncredited) |
| Viktorija Tupikaite | ... | data i/o operator (uncredited) |
| Tom Woodall | ... | head of picture (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Emily Nye | ... | post-production manager |
Sound Department
| Claire Ellis | ... | dialogue editor |
| Patrick Fripp | ... | sound effects editor |
| Greg Gettens | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Keith Hodne | ... | additional re-recording mixer |
| Kevin Senzaki | ... | additional sound designer |
| Alan Leer | ... | adr mixer (uncredited) |
| Caitlin McDaid | ... | vo engineer (uncredited) |
| Cem Tuncer | ... | AD Mixer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Stefan Nadelman | ... | graphics & animation |
Music Department
| Nick Angel | ... | music supervisor |
| Iain Cooke | ... | music supervisor |
| Estera Dabrowska | ... | music coordinator |
Script and Continuity Department
| Clare Keogh | ... | script producer (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Brian Aris | ... | archive & audio footage courtesy of |
| Allan Ballard | ... | archive stills courtesy of: ballard.photos/Pictures in Mind |
| Joe Bangay | ... | archive stills courtesy of: ArenaPAL |
| Georges Barrier | ... | archive & audio footage courtesy of: Institut National de l'Audiovisuel |
| Richard Blade | ... | archive & audio footage courtesy of: Video Beat |
| Anton Corbijn | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Getty Images |
| Chris Craymer | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Trunk Archive |
| Jerry L. Dasti | ... | legal counsel (as Jerry Dasti) |
| Alan Davidson | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Shutterstock |
| Chalkie Davies | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Getty Images |
| Anne Davin | ... | production accountant |
| Callum Duff | ... | archive researcher |
| Peter Facer | ... | archive & audio footage courtesy of: Video Beat |
| Martyn Goddard | ... | archive stills courtesy of |
| Mark Goodier | ... | archive & audio footage courtesy of: Listen Entertainment |
| Fraser Gray | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Shutterstock |
| Frank Griffin | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Avalon/TopFoto |
| Paul Grindey | ... | legal counsel |
| Simon Hanhart | ... | archive stills courtesy of |
| Clare Hoban | ... | clearance counsel: Reviewed and Cleared |
| Gered Mankowitz | ... | archive & audio footage courtesy of: Iconic Images |
| Tom Mastin-Lee | ... | fact checking researcher |
| Harry Papadopoulos | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Wham! contact sheet images |
| Neal Preston | ... | archive stills courtesy of |
| Nicky Price | ... | archive & audio footage courtesy of |
| Michael Putland | ... | archive stills courtesy of |
| Kitty Robertson | ... | archive researcher |
| Sheila Rock | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Shutterstock |
| Tom Sheehan | ... | archive stills courtesy of |
| Pennie Smith | ... | archive stills courtesy of |
| John Swannell | ... | archive stills courtesy of |
| Laura von Speulda | ... | production coordinator (as Laura Von Speulda) |
| Nigel Wood | ... | production accountant |
| Richard Young | ... | archive stills courtesy of: Shutterstock |
Thanks
| David Austin | ... | the filmmakers would like to thank: George Michael Entertainment |
| Luke Ballard | ... | thanks |
| Daniel Barassi | ... | thanks |
| Michael Burdett | ... | thanks |
| Gary Crowley | ... | thanks |
| Sebastian Davey | ... | thanks: Russells (as Seb Davey) |
| Mark Dean | ... | thanks |
| Helen DeMacque | ... | very special thanks: Wham! (as Pepsi DeMacque-Crockett) |
| Simon Esplen | ... | thanks: Russells |
| Connie Filippello | ... | thanks |
| Tony Fletcher | ... | thanks |
| Jon Fowler | ... | thanks |
| Paul Gomersall | ... | thanks |
| Steve Gregory | ... | thanks |
| Anat Halfon | ... | thanks |
| Ira Halfon | ... | thanks |
| Joe Halfon | ... | thanks |
| Lev Halfon | ... | thanks |
| James Kelly | ... | thanks |
| Shirlie Kemp | ... | very special thanks: Wham! |
| Dee C. Lee | ... | very special thanks: Wham! |
| Tracey Li | ... | thanks |
| Mike Mansfield | ... | thanks |
| Michelle May | ... | thanks |
| Paul Mex | ... | thanks |
| George Michael | ... | in loving memory of / very special thanks: Wham! |
| Andrew Morahan | ... | thanks (as Andy Morahan) |
| Peter Murphy | ... | thanks |
| Simon Napier-Bell | ... | thanks |
| Chris Organ | ... | the filmmakers would like to thank: George Michael Entertainment |
| Mike Owen | ... | thanks |
| Steve Pafford | ... | thanks |
| Jack Panayiotou | ... | thanks |
| Yioda Panayiotou | ... | thanks |
| Andrew Ridgeley | ... | the filmmakers would like to thank / very special thanks: Wham! |
| Lizzie Scandrett | ... | thanks: Russells |
| Paul Simper | ... | thanks |
| Jill Sinclair | ... | thanks |
| Paul Spong | ... | thanks |
| Andy Stephens | ... | thanks |
| Jackie Subeck | ... | thanks |
| Karen Swayne | ... | thanks |
| Hilary Tipping | ... | thanks (as Hilary McLaren) |
| Caroline True | ... | thanks |
| Mark Walker | ... | thanks: Russells |
| Nick Warner | ... | thanks |
| Dave West | ... | thanks |
| Wham! | ... | very special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
Special Effects
Other Companies
- R3store Studios (film scanning)
- Molinare TV & Film (post-production)
- 45RPM (music services)
- Wiggin (legal counsel)
- Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo (legal counsel)
- Reviewed & Cleared (clearance counsel)
- AON (production insurance)
- 10X Media Group (archive & audio footage courtesy of: Network Ten Australia)
- ABC News Videosource (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Associated Press Archive (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Memorias Celuloides (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation Library Sales (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Bauer Media (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Channel 4 (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Action Time (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Screenocean (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Channel X (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- CBS Media Ventures (archive & audio footage courtesy of: Entertainment Tonight)
- Footageforpro (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Future Publishing (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Iconic Images (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Getty Images (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Huntley Film Archives (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- ITN Archive Limited / Getty Images (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- ITV Archive (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- DC Thomson & Co. (archive & audio footage courtesy of: Jackie Magazine)
- Kinolibrary (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- The Band Aid Trust (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- London Transport Museum (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Listen Entertainment (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Viacom International (archive & audio footage courtesy of: MTV and VH1)
- Mystockvideo (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Getty Images / NBC News Archives (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Nimia (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Framepool (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Retro Video (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Rock's Backpages (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- RockfordMedia (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Pond5 (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- RTÉ Archive (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- RPM Productions (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Sony Music Entertainment (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- BFI National Archive (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Archbuild (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Veritone (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- VICE Media Group (archive & audio footage courtesy of)
- Shutterstock (archive stills courtesy of)
- Pictures in Mind (archive stills courtesy of)
- Trunk Archive (archive stills courtesy of)
- DPA Picture Alliance (archive stills courtesy of)
- Alamy Stock Photo (archive stills courtesy of)
- Avalon (archive stills courtesy of)
- TopFoto (archive stills courtesy of)
- gbimages (archive stills courtesy of)
- Jill Furmanovsky Archive (archive stills courtesy of)
- Arenapal (archive stills courtesy of)
- Mirrorpix (archive stills courtesy of)
- News UK (archive stills courtesy of)
- New Musical Express (NME) (archive stills courtesy of)
- Photoshot (archive stills courtesy of)
- Ullstein Bild (archive stills courtesy of)
- Street Level Photoworks (archive stills courtesy of)
- Blitz Magazine (thanks)
- Townsweb Archiving (thanks)
- Russells (thanks)
- Analog-ny (post-production sound services)
- Endcrawl.com (end titles made with)
- So Speedy (post-production script)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In 1982, teenage best friends George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley set out to conquer the world as Wham. By June 1986, they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium having done exactly that. Now, for the very first time, told in their own words, comes the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with timeless, classic pop hit after hit: "Club Tropicana," "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," "Freedom," "I'm Your Man", and, of course, "Last Christmas." Their time in the spotlight was white-hot, and they became the very first Western pop act to play in China. It was a time that both encapsulated and epitomized not just their youth but also that of the many millions of fans who adored them. |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In a 2023 interview with Smooth Radio, Chris Smith spoke about the unexpected way archive material was found and how it shaped the film: "The biggest surprise during the process was realizing that Andrew Ridgeley's mother had these scrapbooks. Those ended up, I think there were 50 in total and were this incredible document that sort of charted the rise and the ultimate conclusion of Wham!. To have those as a guide that we were able to come back to time and time and time again as a narrative device was such an incredible break. And then in terms of the actual archive, the process, it wasn't like we collected everything and then we cut the movie. It was ongoing throughout the entire process. And we had heard that there was this fabled footage that existed from the Club Fantastic tour. And I don't think we found that until like a couple of weeks before we finished. It was something that somebody knew someone who knew someone who had a copy of VHS tape on their shelf. It's much more happenstance than I think people would assume. I think that people would assume that this all exists in one centralized location in George Michael's estate. Andrew had a lot of it, but there were a lot of things that were just sort of floating out there that we were fortunately able to find and pull in." See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards (2024). See more » |
| Soundtracks | A Ray of Sunshine See more » |
| Quotes |
George Michael:
I always get really shy when there's loads and loads of other pop stars about. I just tend to clam up a bit. See more » |