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2021 | DIRECTED BY EMER REYNOLDS

Phil Lynott: Songs For While I'm Away

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Movie Stats
Year
2021
Runtime
 112 minutes (1 hr 52 mins)
Select Cast
Carl Shaaban
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
18th Nov 2020
Last viewed:
17th Apr 2025
Total views:
14
Total Grosses
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UK total gross
  £26.8 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
3,564 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 11th Jun '21
  • Debut box office: 30th Oct '20
  • Debut position: 27
  • Highest position: 14
  • Debut gross: £9.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8
US Box Office
  • Release: No US cinema release.
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
emer reynolds Emer Reynolds
Starring
Carl ShaabanPhil Lynott
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
14
Weeks top 15
1
Total weeks
8
Total UK Gross:
£26,798
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Phil Lynott: Songs For While I'm Away
30 Oct 2020
27N
£9,426
£9,426
20 Nov 2020
36▼
£72
£12,162
27 Nov 2020
27▲
£240
£12,426
18 Dec 2020
39▼
£202
£12,727
11 Jun 2021
14▲
£13,811
£26,538
2 Jul 2021
39▼
£480
£14,028
30 Jul 2021
29▲
£2,366
£16,394
27 Aug 2021
55▼
£177
£20,117

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown
No global box office info
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Genres
Documentary
Documentary
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News from around the web
Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away review – diverting glimpse of Thin Lizzy's poet star  The Guardian Thu, 29th October 2020

Phil Lynott: Songs for While I’m Away review – The word ‘heroin’ is never mentioned  The Irish Times Tue, 22nd December 2020

Phil Lynott film provides a comprehensive look at his complicated life  Goldmine Magazine Sun, 14th November 2021

Watch a Clip From New Phil Lynott Film ‘Songs for While I’m Away’  Ultimate Classic Rock Fri, 14th August 2020

Director Emer Reynolds on Phil Lynott - Songs For While I'm Away: "We wanted to look at the artist behind the rock star, and the man behind the artist, and to tell the story of his life  Hotpress Thu, 10th December 2020

‘Songs For While I’m Away’: Thin Lizzy’s Scott Gorham Talks New Doc and His Friendship with Phil Lynott  Rock Cellar Magazine Fri, 12th August 2022