

Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
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2020-10-23 • 1h 52m
A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. Told extensively through the words of Lynott himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.
- Directors
- Emer Reynolds
- Editors
- Tony Cranstoun

Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
Visit website2020-10-23 • 1h 52m
7.3/10 • 3
A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. Told extensively through the words of Lynott himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.
- Directors
- Emer Reynolds
- Editors
- Tony Cranstoun
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsCarl Shaaban
Phil Lynott
Huey Lewis
Self
James Hetfield
Self
Adam Clayton
Self
Eric Bell
Self
Phil Lynott
Self (archive footage)
Suzi Quatro
Self
Midge Ure
Self
Caroline Crowther
Self (as Caroline Taraskevics)
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